This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing. 

In the third issue of BI Trends and Strategies, learn from BeyeNETWORK experts William McKnight and David Loshin how to create a time-proof information management infrastructure, as well as five steps you can take to improve the quality of analytical data. Also learn about connectors for moving data between relational databases and Hadoop clusters. 

The Internet enables prospects to search for you rather than the other way around. You must place expertly crafted content wherever prospects might be searching. Marketers are leveraging a new methodology called Intelligent Content Strategy to attract more prospects that are looking for their solutions. 

This paper discusses how different organizations tackle the issue of enterprise content management (ECM) decision making. Based on a recent AIIM survey of ECM decision makers, it offers advice  for IT managers seeking to adopt  a more holistic ECM strategy that incorporates the needs and requirements of various operational departments. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

This expert presentation transcript explores key management factors you should consider as you navigate your virtualization initiative, including licensing, memory capabilities, and more. Hear about one company's virtualization roadmap and determine whether it aligns with your own virtualization plans. 

<p>Storage Decisions University is a new online, "always on" learning environment designed to provide step-by-step learning content to storage decision makers affected by everyday backup challenges. The content in this virtual environment is there for you to read, listen to, watch or download at your convenience.</p> 

This white paper helps in better understanding all the different cost factors and includes a simplified calculator that will help influencers and decision makers to better estimate the true TCO of a SaaS versus a traditional software deployment. 

With combined solutions from Dell and Microsoft, organizations can utilize their existing virtualized and physical infrastructures while enabling a consistent and manageable transition to a more virtualized environment in the future. 

Read this expert e-zine from the teams at ebizQ.com and SearchSOA.com to learn how business process management (BPM) technologies have evolved over the past year and what the latest, most effective strategies are for implementing them. 

<p>Read this report to learn all of the ways in which wholesalers and distributors are integrating ERP software into their daily operations. Find out if there's a strategy you aren't already using that could add value to your company.</p>