The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

<p><strong>High-tech companies face challenges keeping pace with new</strong> <strong>cloud-based business models, this study from Accenture reveals.</strong></p> 

IT considerations are not given adequate attention or rigour in the due diligence prior to mergers and acquisitions, this report from Ernst & Young reveals. 

Explore the impact of business intelligence in provider settings, and the results of the SearchHealthIT.com reader survey, in this exclusive report. 

<p>This solution overview forecasts trends that will impact various business functions in the workplace. Explore the advantages of desktop virtualization and learn how to meet the data center infrastructure requirements of this technology.</p> 

Examine the current state of backups and devise a strategy to start improving backup and recovery windows today. Learn about the challenges associated with storing, managing and protecting today's information, and discover how emerging technologies like virtualization and the cloud have impacted the backup process. 

This 2012 IT skills and salary report analyzes the responses of over 9,500 IT pros to explore the relationship between training, salary, and an employee’s sense of professional satisfaction. Find out which jobs pay the most and which employees are the most satisfied. 

Noted author Jim Metzler reports on the emergence of vWOCs. From the data center to the branch, virtualization is enabling a revolution in how WAN optimization is acquired and deployed. Whether combined with traditional physical appliances or fully virtualized, the new choices make universal network optimization a reality. 

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. 

In order to deal with unprecedented data growth, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) need to look into solutions tailored to their specific and changing needs. Read this analyst brief to learn SMB storage best practices, and learn about Quantum’s new additions to the SMB storage market. 

This podcast, the third in a series of studies examining the impact that emerging online media have on B2B technology marketing, shows how three mainstays of the Web 2.0 culture are evolving into B2B information delivery tools: Online video, Social networks and Wikis. 

Managed print services offer far-reaching environmental benefits, helping a business reduce its carbon footprint, in addition to significant cost savings, according to this report from Quocirca.