This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program lifecycle not just up-front program inception costs and considerations.  

When it comes to IT projects, there are a number of common mistakes – and too often project managers avoid the problems that those mistakes create instead of facing them head on. Inside this white paper, learn about the 6 most common IT project mistakes and 3 ways to avoid them. 

Output management saves the enterprise money by centralizing control of the output environment directly with IT professionals trained to efficiently resolve problems. 

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. 

From any operating system or any application, byREQUEST® can automatically pickup and move reports, documents, files and data directly into SharePoint on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly schedule. 

In the face of shrinking margins, today’s retailers seek a large competitive advantage. Given that a retailer’s largest controllable expense is its workforce, retailers that implement a solution that gives real-time visibility into labor practices and generates optimized schedules will help with labor costs, store sales and customer service levels. 

Access this resource to learn exactly what factors need to be taken into consideration when deciding what PC backup solution is most suitable for your organization. 

This research reports looks at the overall performance of companies and what improvements companies were still getting from their ERP systems.  Find out what the benefits are from newer ERP systems, and when you should consider an upgrade or replacement. 

Businesses increasingly use IT automation tools to meet the challenge of managing their data centers. This document describes two types of IT automation software: enterprise job scheduling and run book automation (RBA). It explains how each solution helps to improve efficiency and reduce risks and when to use each solution and when to combine them. 

This IDC paper presents the key concerns driving IT management and how they translate into needs that can be addressed through modern approaches to job scheduling and workload automation.