Check out this copy of independent backup expert and analyst Brien Posey's Storage Decision's seminar presentation "Next-Gen Backup School" to get a vendor-neutral breakdown of backup in 2013. Download the slides now for practical insight into backup testing & planning, modern backup techs and much, much more! 

This SearchStorage.com e-guide presents recent ESG survey results and explores cloud adoption trending, budgets, and cloud storage options. Download to learn the benefits of cloud storage technology and how to go about choosing the right technology for your data storage environment. 

The increasing demands for high availability, reliability and security of application access are driving the need for load balancers to provide a comprehensive set of network level and application-level services. Read this paper to learn more. 

In this week's special issue of Computer Weekly, we reveal the UKtech50 - our list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT. This year's winner is Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy, who talks in an exclusive interview about his hopes for the UK technology industry, and life at HP since the company's 7bn GBP acquisition. Download the new issue now. 

Desktop virtualization initiatives are topping the priority lists of most IT managers. Learn more about this key strategic directive and the steps to getting started in your organization. Download the white paper from ESG now. 

Part 2 of SearchSecurity.com's 3-part guide on antimalware products offers expert insight into gathering pertinent information into the technical information necessary to move forward in the RFI process. Get an overview of technical requirements, questions to ask potential vendors, and a list of products that may meet your needs. 

This chapter discusses the process of evaluating and purchasing backup products. Also discussed are the issues to be aware of during this process, such as recovery deadlines, scalability, security, and more. 

Ontrack® PowerControls™ saves time and costs to search, recover, restore and manage data in Microsoft® Exchange and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server environments. It’s easy and offers granular level management to produce quick, relevant results. 

Who could have imagined that a tablet would capture the imagination of employees and IT alike? But the iPad did, and it’s kicked off an arms race for smart mobile devices. This report introduces a simple framework to guide content and collaboration professionals through employee-fueled tablet scenarios and IT-led tablet projects. 

This month's cover story, "BYOD Challenges That Lurk Beyond Network Security", discusses five specific networking challenges associated with BYOD and examines the steps organizations have taken in an attempt to handle these issues. 

For each threat, the paper describes background information, general risk mitigation strategies, and the database protection provided by Imperva SecureSphere Database Security Solutions. 

Check out this white paper to learn about the top 5 misconceptions about data protection and how your company can effectively address them to increase the security of its information assets. 

This extract from Michael Blackstaff's book, Finance for IT decision makers, teaches you how to make effective business and financial cases for IT projects.