If the worldwide health system is not in crisis, it is under intense pressure and cost cutting trends in the light of the global downturn are only set to continue. For most hospitals and medical establishments budget allocations for IT were expected to be smaller in 2009 than in 2008. 

In this e-guide, readers will learn about real-world cases of data integration in the cloud. 

It isn't always easy to know when to upgrade to the latest hardware or software release. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, there are many compelling reasons to make the move, including: Enhanced business intelligence; improved business continuity features; better performance and better management capabilities. 

Check out this video for a hands-on introduction to a complete disaster recovery solution that can automate the backup and protection of your servers and ensure full recovery within minutes from an intuitive, one-click interface. This video will walk you through the basic functions of this appliance, and outline the benefits it can bring you today. 

In this white paper, learn how you can enable Oracle real application clusters (RACs) to run efficiently and as fast as, if not faster, than a single instance. 

Cloud computing uses 91 percent less energy than traditional on-premise applications. Nucleus evaluated Salesforce.com's customer base and found that cloud computing drives more than just significant financial savings: the effective sharing of resources also generates a substantial green benefit. 

In this white paper, we will discuss how SharePoint workflows work and how you can implement them to im­prove existing business processes. We will look at the existing predefined workflows that come with SharePoint and you will see how to create your own using the SharePoint Designer. 

Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio. 

Because Appleby operates data centers in several geographic regions, replication for disaster recovery purposes is one of the company’s top concerns. The company’s decentralized storage infrastructure seemed to make multi-site replication prohibitively costly and complex. Check out this case study to learn about the solution Appleby found. 

In this case study, read about Microsoft’s Enterprise Application Services Group, and how they turned to LiteSpeed for backups that run four times faster while increasing performance. Then, see how LiteSpeed reduced the size of their SAP database backups, allowing them to leverage their current storage hardware. Read this case study today. 

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. 

Access this exclusive case study to learn how one company was able to easily and securely archive email offsite to pave the way for the firm’s migration to Exchange 2010. Discover the benefits of this solution inside. 

Read this brief case study to learn how Kiekert teamed up with Peer Software to implement a content management plan that facilitated efficient, reliable collaboration while also minimizing system resources.