This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. 

Check out this special European edition of Storage magazine for expert analyses and forecasts about where storage is heading and how you can get ahead of the curve. 

Outsourcing is the quest to offload either commodity or very specialized activities, so that staff can focus on work that truly adds value to the business. 

This report examines the people, process and technology supporting network equipment testing. It provides insight on how various companies measure the value testing delivers during release process. Voke. Inc, also provides recommendations on resolving the growing challenges for testing organizations. 

This paper encourages all businesses to consider a more formal "green" strategy in regards to client computing and the technology refresh cycle. The timing could not be better. There is also a business case to be made that the 'business as usual' environment could view the "green" initiative as a compelling event unto itself. 

<p>Many companies struggle to choose the right hardware to support their critical business functions. This IT handbook provides an expert checklist to help you navigate the server selection process, increase resource utilization, and design a disaster recovery strategy for your virtual environment.</p> 

Constant product innovation has contributed to a thriving equipment-manufacturing industry, however, fewer time-saving tools are available to QA than developer groups. As a result, testing is becoming an innovation barrier. This paper examines the innovation barrier: its causes, effects, & what’s needed to restore the vigorous pace of innovation. 

Since power and cooling is needed to run the data center, it is essential that data center managers find ways to lower costs. This expert e-guide explores how you can implement the right power and cooling strategies for your environment to reduce overall energy costs. 

With rising energy prices and increasing building costs, a data center’s running costs can have a big impact on your operational expenses. Try our online data center energy efficiency self-assessment tool to gauge your current energy usage and see how you can help reduce your data center operational costs. 

HP has been a pioneer in incorporating technology to improve energy efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for IT systems in the datacenter, with solutions designed to reduce server management costs, increase utilization, and improve power and cooling. 

This resource examines hot-air and cold-air containment methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot-aisle containment is the preferred best practice for new data centres.