Read this expert e-zine to discover three ways to cut business applications costs. Inside, learn how to: identify unnecessary licenses;move applications to the cloud- and get the most from cloud provider service agreements; and select the right size integrator for your company. 

This expert tip analyzes the impact of the cloud and offers exclusive advice to help organizations embrace this technology. Find out how the cloud can eliminate IT silos and discover what you need to know about licensing, support, and chargeback. 

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and BMC, you will discover best practices for comprehensive and cost-effective mainframe management, maintenance and upgrading. Explore cost-effective mainframe upgrades and gain insight into approaches essential for adding flexibility to today's mainframe applications. 

Hypothetically, SQL Server virtualization will save you money and manpower. However, there are some risky components involved, and a few major scenarios in which SQL Server virtualization won't benefit you. Read this expert e-guide to learn if virtualizing SQL Server is a good idea for your organization and find tips on avoiding potential pitfalls. 

Organisations have been under pressure to make savings wherever possible and have consolidated their IT during the recession. However, along with the opportunities consolidation presents there are also challenges, and experts warn that any form of consolidation needs to be undertaken carefully. 

This webcast explores your options for getting the best data performance, delivery and storage. Watch now to learn about a collaborative approach that customizes its platform to fit your business's data. 

Through this expert e-brief uncover the answers to your top mainframe questions, including: the benefits of staying with a mainframe, what approaches are easiest when moving data or applications, how to move off the mainframe in a way that is least disruptive to the business, and more. 

SQL Server 2008 R2 has been labeled a BI release because of its new features for business intelligence. In this interactive classroom, industry expert Don Jones explains the improvements made to existing SQL Server BI features like SSRS. Learn about the benefits of self-service BI and Master Data Services. Then take a quiz to test your knowledge. 

Master data management (MDM) tools are on the rise as more companies look toward ways to solve all their data needs through one system. This expert e-guide from our editorial team features two articles with exceptional insight on what vendors and trends are prevailing in the current MDM market. 

This document is designed to help firms understand their data conversion options. It outlines what data is critical and must be converted for compliance purposes and business continuity, what data is not critical, the relationship between data conversion and reporting, and what to look for in a new technology provider relative to data conversion. 

In this SearchSQLServer.com E-Guide, you will discover the unique advantages offered by a SQL Server 2008 migration. 

Many IT administrators believe the cloud is staged to offer adaptable, flexible and scalable resources at a fraction of the cost. But with varying definitions, strategies and expectations, the cloud is still clearly in the developmental stages. Take a look at this white paper for an expert analysis of cloud computing. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing.