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. 

This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time. 

This paper explores the tools Cisco provides to simplify mass deployments of the VPN Client. The two methods are discussed: the creation of an installation CD-ROM and network-based installations. I will explain how to reduce calls to the Help Desk by locking users out of advanced configuration functions in the user interface. 

Read this white paper to learn about an energy company that leveraged an automated data entry system to quickly upload non-payroll contractor and third-party supplier information into SAP. 

Check out this white paper for 4 keys to a successful backup and recovery strategy for a multi-location organization. Learn how technologies like replication can help offsite backups, discover the keys to efficient management and storage in today's data intensive environments and learn about teaming with a partner to ensure your data is protected. 

Faxes are moving to the cloud. No longer do you need to worry about the cumbersome manual processes of printing, managing paper, maintaining equipment and more. This paper offers an overview of a specific solution that delivers faxing as a fully integrated, on-demand service within your ERP environment. Read this to discover its many benefits. 

This TowerGroup paper, sponsored by Sybase discusses the roles of real-time analytics and complex event processing (CEP) in an increasingly fast-paced and complex securities trading environment. 

This paper examines the usefulness and goal of summarization. These goals consist of conserving RAM, bandwidth and CPU by hiding information from some of the routers.  

Real-time, global data updates have become a critical business requirement for financial-services firms. Quick reactions require near-instant access to data, risk analysis and deeper computational analysis for effective decision making. View this webcast to learn how to better manage ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates. 

This white paper describes how combining your front-end business strategy to downstream technical execution helps you overcome rapid technological changes, shortens product lifecycles and turns innovative ideas into profitable business opportunities. 

SAP HANA is at the heart of SAP's renewal and is core to everything we are working on.  It is a foundation to deliver real-time analytics and amazing new business applications, while dramatically simplifying our customers' IT landscapes.   In these videos, customers describe, in their own words, the business impact of HANA.