The Corporate Executive Board IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assess IT spending,  staffing, and outsourcing levels at more than 175 organizations globally, representing roughly US$38 billion in IT spend. Download for the latest IT budget trends. 

The cost and time associated with managing desktops is rising at a time when budgets are being tightened and IT staffing is strained. This is driving interest in the use of desktop virtualization, where virtual desktop machines run on servers within the data center. Access this white paper to learn more about the benefits of desktop virtualization. 

While desktop virtualization and VDI are certainly becoming trendy, the reality today is that properly designing a system is still complex and a source of worry and confusion for many architects. 

As a consequence of tightening budgets and increasing uncertainties, government organizations are looking at how to leverage cloud computing as a model to ensure greater flexibility, lower costs, more-rapid provisioning and greater focus on areas that are more domain-specific. 

As demands for anytime, anywhere access to data and applications continues to rise, more and more businesses are turning to client virtualization. This white paper explores the benefits this approach can offer and introduces new solutions that can help you leverage it to satisfy the needs of your users. 

Businesses are seeking to increase bottom-line cost savings through sourcing and procurement functions. To generate value, forward-looking organizations are strengthening supplier relationships and  making procurement a more strategic focus in the organization. 

This expert white paper establishes the ultimate IT security goal: the most reliable preventative and detective security system possible with the least amount of capital expenditure. From common sense solutions to revolutionary concepts, instructor James Michael Stewart challenges IT pros to explore his methods of saving money on company security. 

Recent news from the Bank of England now places a swift economic recovery in real doubt. The UK economy actually slipped into negative growth in the final quarter of 2010, and even the most optimistic forecasts predict economic recovery over the coming years to be sluggish at best. 

This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of analytic applications, how they can help your business, and why and how you should integrate these platforms for optimum performance. 

<p>This webcast introduces new technology that can help you seamlessly implement desktop virtualization without compromising security, user experience or budget. Discover how you can satisfy your end-users by giving them the freedom they demand, while still maintaining control over IT and your new environment.</p> 

In this white paper, learn how the right financial consolidation solution can help you replace silos of inconsistent data with the information and analytic capabilities you need for actionable insight. 

This brochure outlines SAP's comprehensive portfolio of procurement solutions, and describes how your organization can leverage SAP solutions to achieve procurement excellence.