This brief paper outlines a solution that seamlessly synchronizes your customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) data to grant you timely access to the information you need to make pivotal and proper business decisions. 

This is the first in an annual series of reports highlighting trends in the structural quality of business applications regarding characteristics such as robustness, performance, securit y, and changeability. 

This report from Accenture looks at the challenges facing the public sector in offering digital services. 

This paper discusses the case for system consolidation and legacy decommissioning and the best practices approach to ensure data protection and access to legacy data while lowering costs. Learn how the Dolphin platform for data and document management provides flexible applications, tools and best practices for optimizing the SAP environment. 

Download this report from Arthur D Little to learn 5 key innovation concepts for CIOs and CTOs. 

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. 

There has been a resurgence in multivendor network architectures fueled by innovation, market competition and a renewed concentration on business necessities. Download this resource and discover how this refocused approach can lower costs and improve the funcitionality of your network with little or no additional complexity. 

The value of the IT market for smart cities globally is approximately $35bn, according to this in depth analysis from Ovum. 

Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. 

Download this report from Accenture to discover the 6 IT technology trends that will impact CIOs in 2012. 

The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

This expert video, brought to you by SearchWindowsServer.com, takes a closer look at Windows Server 2008 R2 and its new capabilities. Discover how your organization can lower costs, improve productivity, and increase efficiency. 

Meeting business expectations can be tough, especially when trying to keep up with the dynamics of the IT industry. This white paper outlines today's top five ways to jumpstart your unified infrastructure management approach.