This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

Schulz discusses threats, challenges and new strategies effecting storage and networking performance and capacity. 

The growth in enterprise telepresence, projected to reach nearly 25,000 units globally by 2013, has been largely fueled by sponsorship from executives and the use of the telepresence by senior business leaders. 

This white paper contains some tips and shortcuts showing you how the addition of parameters to these Cisco IOS commands will make your life easier. 

Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why. 

<p>In this exclusive E-Guide from SearchUnifiedCommunications.com, learn more about the intelligent network and how telepresence and visual collaboration is changing the modern enterprise. Uncover the extranet and desktop video requirements driving 2012 telepresence trends and how the iPad is changing enterprise video-conferencing strategies.</p> 

One of the most eagerly awaited features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is the “Self Service Business Intelligence” technology known as PowerPivot. This white paper highlights the new PowerPivot features. 

The Security Forum is a membership group of security experts from both the customer and supply sides of industry, government, and academia, who share a common aim to raise confidence levels in IT business operations. 

Explore 4 key examples of how businesses in all industries are leveraging desktop and application virtualization solutions to embrace workshifting and capitalize on efficiency and productivity gains in this essential resource. 

In this white paper discover how the Cisco Service Provider Next Generation Networks (IP NGN) works and how service providers are benefiting from this technology. Explore examples of configurations for different platforms and contrast the differences in the types of operating systems. 

In this final session, Wolf discusses application selection, focusing on using chargebacks to counter physical storage challenges. He gives network architecture examples, offers some CPU considerations, and tackles issues with heterogeneous VM management. 

Technology and data consumption are evolving faster than mobile networks are able to adapt; what we at iPass are calling “Mobile Darwinism.” Learn more as you explore mobility trends and mobile usage among business users.