This paper outlines the need for an application portfolio management (APM) solution and why a successful venture depends on an accurate picture of the portfolio. Learn why it's vital to understand which business processes your employees rely on and why the proper level of visibility leads to well-informed decisions about retiring or replacing apps. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude talks about releasing government datasets to the public and why open data will drive the next industrial revolution. We also review the latest test version of Windows 8 and see how it shapes up for tablet computers and business users and much more. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices. 

Despite a host of server options available, companies often have difficulty making the best platform choice for their businesses. This video explores one new offering that is garnering a lot of attention from IT professionals and explains why it is well suited to handle intensive workloads and support virtual environments. 

This resource demonstrates how Iron Mountain's cloud storage solutions help health care facilities meet backup and disaster recovery challenges while maintaining HIPAA compliance. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

Legacy networks aren’t fulfilling the needs of modern organizations. Discover how software-defined networking (SDN) powered by the OpenFlow protocol can be a game changer for you by helping you achieve a next-generation network that satisfies all of today’s needs. 

<p>Get key tips and hints for dealing with the rapidly growing population of wireless devices connecting to your network and learn how an end-to-end fabric architecture can help you truly embrace the consumerization of IT (CoIT) and bring your own device (BYOD) trend.</p> 

An IT modernization project will be unique to your business, and to successfully manage it you'll need the appropriate tools, resources, and best practices throughout the process. Read this paper to get a framework for initiating your modernization efforts. 

In this two part course, Deputy Executive Director for ARMA International, Diane K. Carlisle, reveals how Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP®) is designed to assist organizations in implementing records systems and policies to keep you out of the headlines for the wrong reasons.