This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

This ‘thought paper’ draws a parallel between young people in the 1960s and 1970s, the group that became known as the baby boomer generation and young people of today, often termed Generation Y or Digital Natives. 

This issue of Enterprise CIO Decisions E-Zine highlights several success stories showcasing how today's IT leaders are finding enough success to increase BI investments and, ultimately, putting their data growth management concerns to rest. 

This case study examines a food services company that needed to find a more efficient way to keep track of and manage food and laundry inventories, address customer concerns in the call center, automate processes, and manage tax calculation processes. Continue reading to discover the software they used to effectively meet their business needs. 

As today’s threats move away from mass attacks to more targeted ones, using a complex range of techniques to penetrate through traditional security measures, organizations must take a more proactive and preventative approach. This paper explores how integrity control plays a key role in defending networks with application and change control.   

As businesses build the optimized data center, VMware vSphere can deliver consolidation as well as cost effective business continuity, disaster recovery, and high availability for mass application adoption with packaging and pricing that matches individual market segments. Read this paper to learn more. 

This paper explores the tools Cisco provides to simplify mass deployments of the VPN Client. The two methods are discussed: the creation of an installation CD-ROM and network-based installations. I will explain how to reduce calls to the Help Desk by locking users out of advanced configuration functions in the user interface. 

This case study outlines the solution that Medtronic, the largest medical technology company in the world, selected for its ability to transfer large amounts of data from Excel to SAP while minimizing errors, ensuring that its SAP deployments were completed as smoothly as possible. Read this now and learn more about why Medtronic chose this option. 

Read this exert e-guide to learn how to avoid the pitfalls of SAP sales order management that all too often lead to data confusion. 

This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department. 

This comprehensive white paper discusses the best practices for making the right selection of SAP or qualified SAP partner suites. Read now to discover how you can conquer common SMB business challenges. 

Juniper Research analyses the growing market for mobile apps in this report extract.