Technology upgrades are a constant in any IT environment, often driven by the need for more capacity or a platform’s end of life. Over the past few years, IT shops have been upgrading to improve their return on investment (ROI) as well. Read this white paper to learn about new ways to maximize technology ROI through better operations management. 

This paper takes a detailed look at the leading reasons to do a database upgrade and the specific benefits of upgrading. 

Databases hold a wealth of important information but without proper upkeep it is worthless. Read this white paper to learn how easy it is to prevent huge database errors with data cleansing processes. 

Read this white paper to get an overview of the Oracle Database family of products and learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. 

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 2012 benchmarking survey from ESI assesses the role of the Project/Programme Management Office (PMO), its development to full-blown maturity and value to the business.   

This report from Oxford Economics and AT&T shows ICT investment and productivity growth are closely linked - and European countries are lagging behind other parts of the world in both areas. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

In order to get funding for a significant server consolidation effort, IT professionals will have the greatest chance of success by building an ROI blueprint, delineating the costs, benefits and savings involved in the project. This white paper will discuss key considerations in assessing the ROI of server consolidation. 

Watch this webcast and join James Kobielus of Forrester Research, Sybase and Fuzzy Logix to learn how to put the power of complex, advanced analytics into the hands of non-technical knowledge workers and clients. You will learn why companies are turning to in-database analytics to gain faster insight into data. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

This article explores ways in which small and mid-sized businesses can improve the performance of their databases - and their businesses - by upgrading to SQL Server 2008. 

The recent surge in cyber attacks has forced organisations to align cyber security efforts across all of their operations, rather than focusing on IT, but CEOs now need to take the lead in protecting their organisations, this report from PwC argues.