Read how new challenges in IT like virtualization and cloud computing are changing the role of Network Managers, who are now required to leverage automation and integrated solutions even further to adapt to these changes. Learn how EMC Ionix Network Solutions help Network Managers overcome these challenges. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we take an in-depth look at one of the hottest emerging technologies – software-defined networking – and what it means for IT departments. We visit Iceland, home of the greenest datacentres, and see what they offer to CIOs. And we look at the growth of governance as a key task for CIOs. Read the issue now. 

This white paper explores the role of remote management in ensuring IT infrastructure uptime and provides an in-depth explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of in-band tools, the operational advantages of remote management, and more. 

This report by Mark Madsen will explain what data integration is, and especially the difference between Operational Data Integration and Analytic Data Integration. It highlights the benefits of open source for data integration, and provides a series of recommendations to make the integration job easier, repeatable and more productive. 

This study evaluates the leadership role that Chief Information Officers performs in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals 

Explore the changing role of the CIO, and the blurring of the line between IT and finance, as CIOs begin to function as strategic advisors to the executive team. 

This document is supported by Bsafe/ES Modules such as Bsafe Network Log, Bsafe Analyzer, Bsafe Traffic Analyzer, Bsafe Archive Central Audit, Bsafe Simulator, Bsafe IDS (alerts) and Bsafe IPS. 

This whitepaper traces the evolution of E-Transpromo, demonstrating the increasingly important role across new media. It explores self-service web portals, online banking and bill consolidators, cell phone bill pay, and secure transaction email. 

Analyst firm EMA has released the results of their first ever All-Stars in Enterprise Systems Management for 2008 report, covering 18 different systems management disciplines. 

In this analyst report, Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises can realize by deploying mobility solutions using BlackBerry® smartphones and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software. 

Consult this white paper to learn more about how the concepts of business IT are transforming. It describes the nature of identity and access intelligence and the factors that are behind this new and emerging aspect of security evolution. 

Database security is the last line of defense, so it deserves greater focus on the protection of private data from both internal and external attacks than IT pros have traditionally given it. Read this paper to learn what steps you can take to improve database security in your organization. 

For all the advances in the technology over the last 20 years, the process of hiring hourly workers has remained fairly static.