This case study examines how one major telecommunications company implemented an application performance monitoring solution and gained a 63% ROI in just 1.6 years, saving an annual average of more than $5 million. Read this and learn how such an option can lower the cost of managing IT, reduce downtime risks, improve compliance and more. 

Voice remains the most important element within the broader mobile telecoms market; however several threats exist to this mainstay  of operator revenues.  Indeed, the role that voice plays in the telecommunications ecosystem  of the future will be very different from today owing to unprecedented structural, competitive and technology drivers. 

<p>When choosing a desktop virtualization platform to manage your desktop infrastructure, your architecture and capabilities may be limited by the features offered by each product. This document details the features and benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops 3.0 in comparison with current market competitors.</p> 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

By acquiring Scalent, Dell is sending the message to competitors, partners and end users that it intends to compete more aggressively in the emerging fabric-based infrastructure (FBI) market. Learn more by downloading this Gartner research report. 

This strategy guide will help IT decision-makers understand how converged infrastructure will facilitate such essential tasks as network support, stretching data storage resources, automating operations and streamlining systems management. 

This paper details the current state of business analytics, revealing why it's not as pervasive as one may think. Read this now and learn some best practices that will help CIOs spearhead their company's BI initiatives to make better use of data for a competitive advantage. 

This edition of BI Trends & Strategies features a lead article by SearchCIO.com's Linda Tucci, who offers a helping hand in the quest to dismantle the dreaded data silo. The second piece outlines mobile BI, including a reference to Apple's iPad, and the final article delves into the world of performance management. 

Executives at small and midsize companies are making critical business decisions every day based on the information available to them. This information can come from a variety of sources: opinions from peers and colleagues; a personal sense of intuition or business judgment; or data derived internally or externally to the organisation. 

Discover how desktop virtualization enables businesses to embrace IT consumerization and all of its benefits without compromising security, compliance or acceptable use policies. 

This paper is the second in a two-part series exploring the innovation barrier – the point at which testing can no longer keep pace with development in the equipment manufacturing industry. It examines the innovation barrier’s symptoms – from slowdowns in development to mounting quality issues – and the potential impact on equipment manufacturers. 

The Internet enables prospects to search for you rather than the other way around. You must place expertly crafted content wherever prospects might be searching. Marketers are leveraging a new methodology called Intelligent Content Strategy to attract more prospects that are looking for their solutions. 

The mobilisation of Web 2.0 is fostering new partnerships and rivalries throughout the value chain.