This expert E-Guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com discusses some of the obstacles facing administrators managing virtual environments. Explore the "side effects" virtualization can bring to the data center and learn how implementing a few new tools can help alleviate some of these pain points. 

Learn how businesses are reducing their current data center energy consumption and explore the steady rate at which server virtualization spending continues to increase. Gain insight into the downward trends in systems management spending and IT job advancement. 

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. 

In the third issue of BI Trends and Strategies, learn from BeyeNETWORK experts William McKnight and David Loshin how to create a time-proof information management infrastructure, as well as five steps you can take to improve the quality of analytical data. Also learn about connectors for moving data between relational databases and Hadoop clusters. 

This expert e-guide offers an overview of SearchDataCenter.com's annual Data Center Purchasing Intentions Survey. Get insight into this year's trends around server hardware, operating systems and virtualization. Find out what your IT peers have made top priorities in their data centers this year and much more! 

In this Storage Decisions University classroom, get a complete overview on the current SSD landscape and the SSD options available for today’s storage managers. 

View this webcast to hear Kevin Haley, one of Symantec's security experts from the Security Technology and Response organization, discuss key findings from the Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), the latest security research and the top trends for 2012. Find out how the security landscape will affect your organization. 

The majority of today's businesses have flat or decreasing data center budgets. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the latest data center purchasing trends. 

<p>Are you able to effectively leverage and report on Oracle eBusiness Suite data? Read this expert e-book to find out the latest technology trends that may affect your BI and reporting strategy. Learn more about how to get the most out of included BI/reporting features, when to use OBIEE and when you may need to consider alternative tools.</p> 

Using modern-day Agile techniques such as automation and cloud hosting solutions, today’s IT leaders have opportunities to reap better returns on their ALM investments. In this issue, experts will share source code control system automation strategies, hosting options for code repositories and trends in requirements management tools. 

This expert guide explores what the availability of cloud services means for channel professionals, how to capitalise on this growing trend, and what to look for. 

Big data can present big problems. Just ask expert Wayne Eckerson, who takes some time in this first installment of a two-part video series to discuss the common issues surrounding the management of big data growth in a data warehouse. Learn why big data is more pivotal than ever, how you can gain a competitive advantage by analyzing it and more. 

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is what keeps the latest software tools working, and Agile ALM provides transparency and improved communications between teams and stakeholders. This exclusive e-zine discusses the latest collaboration tools for ALM and software configuration management (SCM).