Read these articles to create a framework for stating your company's case for implementing a data governance strategy. 

This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008, small and mid-sized businesses have a variety of options for creating state-ofthe art strategies for ensuring high availability and disaster recovery for their databases. This article explains why upgrading to SQL Server 2008 may help IT sleep better at night. 

This edition of SharePoint Insider offers insight on how to keep workers across the world connected and tips on how to overcome the potential pitfalls of doing so. It also details how you can take collaboration to the next level by creating an extranet environment that extends SharePoint 2010's capabilities to customers and busines partners. 

In this expert e-guide, you will receive tips and best practices on using business intelligence to effectively grow your business. 

In this third edition of the Customer Experience Exchange e-zine, Chris Maxcer delves into world of incorporating team-building activities into contact center agents' schedules, Vangie Beal discusses Dell's six-year investment in social media and Anna Fiorentino writes about why customer loyalty has dipped nearly 10%. 

Orion delivers comprehensive fault, bandwidth and performance management, providing visibility into real-time statistics and network availability. Unlike traditional network management solutions, Orion's auto-discovery and auto-configuration features enable the software to be operational in less than an hour. Download a free 30-day trial today. 

Find out what 1,038 B2B marketers revealed about what works for lead generation and nurturing tactics. Invite your entire team to view this free Webcast and learn about B2B email, search marketing and surprising Webcast and white paper marketing statistics. 

<p>Maintaining proper control over your mainframe infrastructure can be a time-consuming task for IT professionals. This research report discusses new management capabilities you can leverage immediately to streamline this essential process so you can allocate your time to other important projects.</p> 

This report has been created by drawing together a series of 12 articles Quocirca wrote for SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.UK.  The articles look at the various aspects of creating a strategy for a flexible and effective data centre aimed at providing a platform to carry the business forwards. 

The promise of creating value by harnessing collective activities is attractingorganisations to technology that connects employees, engages customers and partners inconversation, or boosts their R&D through crowdsourcing initiatives. 

This edition of BI Trends & Strategies features a lead article by SearchCIO.com's Linda Tucci, who offers a helping hand in the quest to dismantle the dreaded data silo. The second piece outlines mobile BI, including a reference to Apple's iPad, and the final article delves into the world of performance management.