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. 

Companies running SAP get the importance of middleware in connecting applications – but many don’t realize that the data in those applications is often insecure. Read this white paper to discover the 5 ways that Managed File Transfer ensures that data exchanges within your company and with trading partners are secure from transmission to delivery. 

Consolidating and modernizing the IT that runs your B2B and file transfer environments – the backbone of your supply chain - can deliver big rewards: cost savings, improved efficiency, and revenue growth. Read this paper to learn the seven key success factors for a consolidation and modernization project and how to achieve them in your business. 

This video describes Accellion’s new mobile file sharing solution that provides easy, secure access to your corporate data. 

This white paper reviews proof points and best practices for file sharing disaster recovery. 

<p>Object-based file systems offer performance improvements in HPC environments, but many companies are unsure which market options are worth evaluating. This expert e-guide examines several notable offerings and explains how they can eliminate I/O bottlenecks in HPC architectures.</p> 

This paper explores the tools Cisco provides to simplify mass deployments of the VPN Client. The two methods are discussed: the creation of an installation CD-ROM and network-based installations. I will explain how to reduce calls to the Help Desk by locking users out of advanced configuration functions in the user interface. 

Watch this short video on a new line of NAS servers specifically designed to provide your business with all the special features you require, along high speed performance. Learn how adding a small and energy efficient chip enables your business to share, access, and protect all your files quickly and painlessly. 

This asset explains why organizations should search beyond Mobile Device Management (MDM) policies in the workplace and implement a Mobile Content Management solution to help keep users, devices, and – most importantly – corporate data secure. 

New products and strategies in data storage and networking, including storage virtualization, IP and Fiber Channel hybrids and the evolution of hard disk drive storage. 

Greg begins with an introduction to storage and networking terminology, which helps to demystify complicating acronyms and other jargon used by storage and networking specialists.