This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

Application performance monitoring (APM) is skyrocketing in popularity. This Gartner Magic Quadrant can help you gain a better understanding of APM, how it can benefit your application environment and how you should go about implementing it today. Read this now and also learn about specific vendor's strengths and weaknesses and what to be aware of. 

If the worldwide health system is not in crisis, it is under intense pressure and cost cutting trends in the light of the global downturn are only set to continue. For most hospitals and medical establishments budget allocations for IT were expected to be smaller in 2009 than in 2008. 

How well-versed are you in the three key areas of contract lifecycle management (CLM) that will give you the visibility to control your contracts and comply with regulations? Take this quick quiz to determine your contract competency and understand whether a CLM solution would benefit your organization. 

While fixed-function devices such as point-of-sale (POS) systems, ATMs, mobile devices and more are subjected to the same threats and compliance requirements as regular endpoints, they also have their own innate security challenges. This paper uncovers a 3-pronged approach to securing fixed-function devices and how to effectively implement them. 

This brief paper outlines how Mercury Medical vaulted into the 21st century through implementing IBM Cognos Express for midmarket companies, resulting in a boatload of benefits, including cost and time savings. Read this now to gain more insight into why Mercury sought this solution and learn how you can achieve similar results. 

This E-Book offers expert advice on creating an on-site medical image archive as well as using a cloud storage provider for medical images. Additionally, explore 2 case studies regarding compliant storing and archiving of medical data. 

<p>Support contracts are becoming crucial aspects of IT management as IT environments are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Examine the trends propelling the support services market, and discover the importance of continuing post-warranty support.</p> 

This resource examines why healthcare organizations are drowning in the data they are creating and why they need even more data to weather this storm. 

Many procurement organizations struggle to meet savings goals with an overworked staff using time-consuming, manual processes or outdated systems. Read this paper to learn how to better collaborate with key stakeholders, qualify suppliers, ensure a competitive bidding process, and negotiate contract terms with suppliers. 

No, IBM is not going on the game show circuit, but IBM will make Watson’s full human language understanding deep question and answer system (DeepQA) available to healthcare in the near future for many use cases benefiting providers and payers. 

This White Paper is presented by IDC Health Insights and sponsored by HP and Intel. 

Read this paper to learn more about HP's business processes services for procurement.