In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes. 

This expert e-guide from SearchWindowsServer.com offers advice for planning and designing an effective security strategy. Find out why it is important to also secure Group Policy settings and learn how managed service accounts boost server security in R2. 

This paper examines the types of verification services used in the escrow industry. It discusses why verification has become a best practice for both the users of software and the developers creating the applications, as well as a solid recommendation by the lawyers who advise them. 

For many organizations, implementing desktop virtualization in an enterprise environment can be a long and challenging project. This white paper highlights the Dell™ Integrated Solution Stack (ISS) that helps reduce the time, complexity, risks, and costs of implementing desktop virtualization in enterprise production environments. 

Active Administrator™ is a comprehensive and proactive Active Directory management solution. Active Administrator provides four powerful integrated AD management features within one console, including centralized event auditing and reporting, back-up and recovery, Group Policy offline editing and rollback, and simplified delegation of AD rights. 

In this webcast, Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst at The StorageIO Group, and Randy Glissman, Solutions Marketing Manager at Quantum, explore solutions for virtual server data protection and discuss general data center trends and perspectives. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now. 

Like many organisations, data at Bromford Group falls into two distinct groups. On one side is a Microsoft SQL database that tracks customer relationship management, records of tenants and properties. On the other side is all of the data that runs the business itself: Microsoft Exchange, corporate files, and network drives crammed with documents. 

Download the Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM). 

By working with Dell, the Peterson Sullivan IT group achieved its goals of creating a consolidated and scalable IT environment with strong backup and disaster recovery strategies. 

This podcast explores the key changes made to Windows Server 2008 R2 in Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. Discover how your organization can leverage these improvements for reduced costs, increased control and improved efficiency. 

This extensive survey from Aberdeen Group examines how various sales performers are using electronic signatures. 

This newly released Aberdeen Group Analyst Report Enhancing GRC through Effective Access Control details effective risk management techniques.