Real-time, global data updates have become a critical business requirement for financial-services firms. Quick reactions require near-instant access to data, risk analysis and deeper computational analysis for effective decision making. View this webcast to learn how to better manage ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates. 

Read this case study to learn how one growing Euopean retailer was able to migrate to an architecture that could support real-time delivery of shop data to the data center for processing and real-time communication of pricing events to its shops using open source integration software. 

Through increased information visibility and data accuracy, Barclays Capital was able to mitigate exposure to operational and reputational risk. Read the entire case study now, compliments of Sybase. 

The CIO's role becomes more strategic as organizations use information to create a competitive advantage. This paper – using evidence from benchmarks created with IBM to test WebFOCUS' performance on System z running z/OS and Linux – helps CIOs to balance demands for information accessibility and processing power. 

This white paper discusses strategic workforce planning for a changing business environment and methods for improving your business strategy. 

The use of analytics in government can be either tactical or strategic - supporting or even driving the accomplishment of key missions and objectives. Read the white paper, "Strategic Use of Analytics in Government" and find out how four governmental mission and management areas make use of analytics. 

Improve performance, implement security procedures, and institute server redundancy that is invisible to the user by leveraging the strategic point of control that exists between the servers in the data center and the Internet. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

The need for strategic information by department and executive managers is driving the transformation of tactical departmental systems into enterprise solutions, regardless of the size of the company employing the solutions. 

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 not only offers the performance and management features that virtualization customers require for their data center workloads, but also provides a strategic alternative to proprietary virtualization to enable organizations to accelerate their innovation, increase manageability, and reduce costs. 

While virtualization offers costs and agility benefits, it can also increase the risk and complexity of your existing environment. Is your computer security strategy and software able to keep up? In this resource, get an in-depth look into the virtualization security challenges, and discover how to develop a strategic approach for risk mitigation. 

To be a true strategic partner to management, human resources (HR) requires process and systems excellence. HR needs to know the business — the drivers, mission, and challenges. Read this IDC white paper to learn how to achieve excellence in HR by focusing consistency, integration, insight, responsiveness, and agility. 

Meeting business expectations can be tough, especially when trying to keep up with the dynamics of the IT industry. This white paper outlines today's top five ways to jumpstart your unified infrastructure management approach.