In this final session, Wolf discusses application selection, focusing on using chargebacks to counter physical storage challenges. He gives network architecture examples, offers some CPU considerations, and tackles issues with heterogeneous VM management. 

Read this white paper to learn how Newell Rubbermaid Inc. improved its use of the available-to-promise (ATP) functionality of the SAP enterprise resource planning (ER) application to better allocate inventory and determine what goods were available to customers, and create even greater supply chain efficiencies. 

Schulz discusses threats, challenges and new strategies effecting storage and networking performance and capacity. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

In August 2011, Forrester Consulting surveyed over 200 leading IT firms in North America and Europe to answer the question, “What are the implications of expanding testing in development, and what does it mean to development quality?”. Read this report to see the results. 

This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers 

Quocirca looks at the case for mobile printing in the enterprise and suggests best practices for a mobile print strategy. 

Discover how a gap analysis can reveal areas where the reality and long-term vision of your organization are diverging and provide the momentum  needed to start adopting service management best practices. Find out how gap analysis can help your company identify what it does well and how to achieve its goals. 

This white paper informs you on all you need to know about the new troubleshooting tools that are bundled with Windows 7 and provide you, an IT Professional, with the knowledge to quickly figure out what’s happening “under the hood” on a Windows 7 computer. 

A capability-led approach to enterprise architecture provides the rigour and structure that will allow companies to ‘do EA properly’ and deliver real business value, this paper argues. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project.