Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP. 

This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9. 

This white paper was written to demonstrate the business value proposition delivered by Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances. This is demonstrated through a description and analysis of the features and superior ease of use delivered by the operating system and management software included in the cost of an appliance. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we visit the £65m datacentre that sits at the heart of Tesco's ambitious online strategy. Government has approved the iPhone for use by Whitehall officials – we assess the risks. And the CIO at British Gas talks about how IT transformed the firm's customer service. Read the issue now. 

Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it. 

Writing a corporate security policy might seem complex, but ultimately it is a collection of many small policies. These ten security policies (or sub-policies) are essential to every organization, regardless of size, location, age, mission, or the product or service produced, and are presented here (in no particular order). 

On a Smarter Planet, Leveraging Information is critical to achieve the insights needed in today's businesses.  This book was written to describe New Intelligence for our customers and how IBM InfoSphere Warehousing and Smart System Analytics solutions contribute to a Smarter Planet. 

This blog post takes a closer look at data marts and how data warehouses evolved from them. Learn about the pros and cons of this technology as well as trends to expect for the future. 

The Jericho Forum has been described in a crude way as ‘those people who want to get rid offirewalls’. That’s not strictly accurate – Jericho believes that protection should be appliedclose to data (JFC#1, JFC#9)1, and that firewalls should just be ‘quality of serviceseparators’. 

This white paper compares Oracle's enterprise tape offerings to the latest IBM enterprise tape offerings and describes how Oracle's industry-leading capacity, performance and flexibility can help IT organizations manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the government's controversial new policy on open standards and what it means for public sector IT. After hurricane Sandy hit New York, we talk to one datacentre operator about how it kept services running. And our latest buyers' guide examines the market for infrastructure on demand. Read the issue now.