This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT. 

While fixed-function devices such as point-of-sale (POS) systems, ATMs, mobile devices and more are subjected to the same threats and compliance requirements as regular endpoints, they also have their own innate security challenges. This paper uncovers a 3-pronged approach to securing fixed-function devices and how to effectively implement them. 

Barcoding, also known as Automatic Identification (Auto ID), is a method of encoding information into a machine-readable pattern of predefined bar and space patterns that can be quickly and accurately read by a scanner and a computer. Read this white paper to learn how to incorporate barcoding into your everyday. 

Now that smart phones are being used by professionals in fields ranging from field service to customer care, evaluating and selecting the optimal device has become more challenging. Read this white paper for an in-depth look at which smart phone features make work easier and why ruggedness is a requirement. 

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. 

This white paper reviews the top drivers behind IaaS adoption and discusses best practices for assessing and preparing the enterprise to transition to an IaaS framework. 

Juniper Research defines a mobile ticketing user as “someone who stores a ticket on their mobile phone for later redemption” at the point of travel, the music venue, the cinema etc. 

This research brief is based on a recent Tech Target survey with more than 200 storage administrators and IT professionals in mid-sized and enterprise-class companies, and focuses on how these decision-makers view the storage-related challenges that result from server virtualization. 

This white paper has today's best practices and keys to help you get back on your feet even if your backup data has been lost. Receive a backup maintenance checklist with key questions to ask regarding your backup strategies, discover common backup challenges and more. Read on to ensure you're prepared for the worst. 

<p>This white paper underscores the importance of SharePoint and details its unique hardware and workload requirements. Obtain exclusive advice to help you design an architecture that will increase performance and response times in your SharePoint environment.</p> 

Named as one of Storage magazine’s “Hot Technologies for 2011”, automated storage tiering is an effective way to make efficient use of installed data storage resources, and to take advantage of the high performance of solid-state storage. 

Before implementing any cloud solution, it's critical that an organisation understand the time, effort and costs associated with it. This white paper explores the pros and cons of today's SaaS offerings, and takes an in-depth look at how they apply to email archiving as regulatory and storage requirements continue to proliferate. 

The era of capture is in full stride as organizations are capitalizing on today's innovative capture technologies to reduce costs, eliminate paper-based functions and comply with regulatory requirements. But where do you stand on this capture continuum? This paper, outlining the five phases of capture, can help you decide where you need to be.