This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

This expert resource from Gartner examines integration brokerage and how it can apply to a variety of integration problems. 

Managing 1-n cloud relationships and services across hybrid environments points to a brokered or intermediary model to solve integration/security complexity, aggregate services, & add new value. Join this webinar to learn how to prepare your organization for Cloud Service Brokerage. 

<p>Businesses need to keep a close eye on the evolution of cloud based services to avoid wasting money and missing out on business opportunities.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> 

Check out this video to learn about the latest developments and enhancements to NetApp's Midsize Enterprise portfolio. In addition to learning about the hardware and software improvements that the company has brought to their MSE solutions, you'll receive recommendations and best practices regarding the deployment of these technologies 

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. 

Storage Magazine Online is starting off the New Year right – specifically, by covering a few of the major topics, issues and technologies you’ll likely be hearing about quite frequently in 2011 like new storage strategies and hybrid cloud storage. 

The recent advances of virtualization and cloud computing have made a powerful data center an absolute must for organizations across the entire spectrum of the enterprise community. Access this exclusive resource for an in-depth overview of the latest server technology. 

With every major IT purchase expected to deliver a rapid payback in the current economic climate, it is vital to demonstrate in hard numbers the return on investment for upgrading servers when they are struggling to support the business. This report offers a guide to calculating the ROI for moving to the latest server technology. 

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). 

Watch this webcast as Forrester's Scott Santucci explores the new sales paradigm and discusses how businesses must alter their selling models. Also discover what the real value of a sales force is today, what today's sales person looks like and what a 'selling system' is and how it helps increase the productivity of the sales person of the future. 

<p>Check out this paper to learn about the advantages of moving from tape- to disk-based backup in today's data intensive IT.</p> 

Each year, the Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com editorial teams – as well as a group of independent storage experts and IT pros – select the enterprise data storage Products of the Year in five categories. The February cover story announces the winners and why these new and enhanced products stand out from the pack.