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. 

For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service. 

This white paper examines not only the technologies, but the organizational dynamics necessary to successfully implement an environmental footprint management program that can encompass all organizational impacts on the environment. 

The UK public sector is in the midst of a period of transformation and improving citizen engagement will be key to the success of this change. 

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. 

The Habor Group designs and supports network infrastructures for small to medium businesses in the architectural industry. Read this case study to learn how Autotask provides single, cost effective solution for improving efficiency. 

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. 

Although pay levels are unlikely ever again torise as fast as they did at the end of the 1990s when fears about the “millennium bug” stoked thefires of an already over-heated job market – or to fall as fast as they did when the bug failed to bite– employers are acutely aware of the need to keep a close eye on short- and long-term pay trends. 

The approach to end-of-life compliance that many manufacturers are taking today will not scale with the rapid growth and increased complexity of regulations and industry or supply chain requirements. Read this paper to discover the benefits of best-in-class approaches to environmental management programmes and the systems need to support them. 

This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture. 

This report, by Gary Clayton from Privacy Compliance Group, examines the role that Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology can play in helping organizations address the challenges of locating information in response to electronic discovery. 

Watch this quick webcast to learn how 5 businesses have optimized data movement for this new era of IT, including engineering and environmental firm HDR EOC.