This edition of BI Trends and Strategies opens with a piece by Lou Agosta on the need for data warehouses to adapt to new data types, innovation and big data. Alan R. Earls also offers advice for incorporating spreadsheets into your BI programs without problems and Richard Herschel calls for universities to step up their BI and analytics programs. 

Discover why and how CIOs need to expand their data backup strategies, which virtualization approaches are expected to become mainstream practices, and the ways big data is influencing data backup tactics. Backup is still a vital piece of IT infrastructure, but some policies are more effective than others - find out which tactics are best. 

As more businesses deal with aging SAP systems, data archiving strategies are becoming more important. Most administrators either have added storage or migrated historical data to offline storage. But simply moving old data elsewhere isn’t ideal. Read this e-book to learn how to develop successful SAP data archiving strategies and solutions. 

The benefits of the cloud cannot be fully realized without tackling the security and privacy concerns associated with cloud environments. In this resource, uncover a security roadmap that can help you build a sound approach for successfully achieving your cloud security needs. 

Being able to efficiently protect your organization's critical data is a number one priority. 

In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover the steps essential for effectively integrating server virtualization into your disaster recovery strategy. 

Intel’s new data center strategies shift the emphasis away from reducing the number of physical data center facilities to, instead, focusing on approaches that leverage the full potential of their data centers worldwide, enabling a nominal cost savings of about USD 1 billion by 2014. 

This white paper describes how combining your front-end business strategy to downstream technical execution helps you overcome rapid technological changes, shortens product lifecycles and turns innovative ideas into profitable business opportunities. 

As today’s databases continue to grow in size, complexity and importance, organizations struggle to find the most appropriate strategy to keep them secure. In this Gartner report, uncover the essential controls and best practices for adequately protecting data bases and enterprise data. 

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. 

<p>In this e-guide find expert strategies for jump starting your test automation strategy. Also learn the benefits and drawbacks of taking on such a project and decide if it’s the right move for you.</p> 

An unplanned interruption can have significant impact on operations, revenue and reputation. Yet using the right technology can significantly reduce the labor of recovering from a disruption or disaster. Access this resource to discover how you can maintain an effective disaster recovery strategy with a converged infrastructure solution.