This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

Constant product innovation has contributed to a thriving equipment-manufacturing industry, however, fewer time-saving tools are available to QA than developer groups. As a result, testing is becoming an innovation barrier. This paper examines the innovation barrier: its causes, effects, & what’s needed to restore the vigorous pace of innovation. 

This white paper will look at the role data migration plays as part of a tiered storage strategy and how IT departments can optimize data migration to make their tiered storage architecture more efficient and cost-effective. 

Your business is the sum of its parts—your inventory, your production, your marketing, your spend, and most importantly, your workforce. More than half the cost of your business can be tied to your workers—the people who deliver revenue, drive growth, and make your business perform. In today’s economy, people are the new bottom line. 

Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in enterprise computing today, with advocates promoting benefits including improved business efficiency, cost savings, and mission-critical data and application protection. This series examines some of the implications of virtualization on small and medium-sized businesses. 

Despite the rumors, tape remains a viable economic part of the data storage hierarchy due to its lower cost per GB, decreased operating expenses and reduced energy costs. Check out this SearchStorage.com E-Guide to hear storage guru Rich Castagna’s take on tape and what role it can play in your data center today. 

In this podcast, learn how to implement a cost-effective, efficient disaster recovery (DR) plan with virtualization. Discover 4 different DR methods that work with virtualization to help prevent future disasters. Learn how to plan for DR by defining requirements and assigning application inventory to service levels. 

In this presentation transcript, learn how to implement a cost-effective, efficient disaster recovery (DR) plan with virtualization. Discover 4 different DR methods that work with virtualization to help prevent future disasters. Learn how to plan for DR by defining requirements and assigning application inventory to service levels. 

This white paper demonstrates how, with the right organizational concepts and technology in place, shared services can deliver on promises for both lower costs and better service quality. 

Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology to become part of a complete backup and retention solution set that also includes conventional disk backup, tape, replication, and encryption. 

In this videocast, learn how to implement a cost-effective, efficient disaster recovery (DR) plan with virtualization. Discover 4 different DR methods that work with virtualization to help prevent future disasters. Learn how to plan for DR by defining requirements and assigning application inventory to service levels. 

This videocast explores several virtualization applications, and details 10 common use cases for virtualization and it can help your company improve their IT infrastructure. Discover how to enhance your disaster recovery and high availability plans without draining the IT budget. 

In an effort to decrease maintenance costs from its legacy payroll system, full service manufacturer Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. (WPI) chose to implement the payroll and time and attendance modules offered by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. Read this case study to learn about the rapid return on investment that WPI experienced.