The first edition of Cloud Computing Review tackles the big questions about cloud computing, such as does the cloud really save you money? Find out about the hidden costs of cloud, as well as what you should pay attention to in cloud contracts. Plus, explore the link between enterprise applications and the cloud through a detailed case study. 

<p>This brief video explores the benefits cloud service providers can take advantage of by partnering with Asigra when offering cloud-based data protection in their services portfolio. </p> 

This exclusive report from Bloor Research analyzes today’s email security challenges, and the solutions best placed to overcome them. Explore 8 major players in the market that are poised to deliver top-notch email security. 

Discover how outsourcing your email security to the cloud can enhance your overall security strategy while decreasing management costs and increasing availability. Explore the key advantages of Security-as-a-Service in this essential resource. 

<p>Get help deciding if your company can benefit from offering cloud backup and recovery services, and also find tools to help you select a platform vendor that will help you in your venture.</p> 

This research brief examines the outlook for cloud adoption in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based on market research conducted among IT decision-makers. 

This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud. 

<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> 

Gartner analysts, William Clark, David W Cearley and Avivah Litan, explain how business can exploit context-aware computing and social media. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

Secure Sockets Layer virtual private networks compose a mature market segment, serving a variety of VPN use cases for workstations and mobile-device remote access. In this Magic Quadrant, Gartner examines the role of SSL VPNs in remote access and the state of the market. 

Deep inspection network-based intrusion prevention continues to be a due-diligence security control. The near-term future of the intrusion prevention system market will be determined by the pace of innovation of another market: next-generation firewalls. Explore Gartner's evaluation of network IPS that places McAfee in the leaders' quadrant.