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. 

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. 

<p>AstraZeneca was looking for a way to automate its manual duty assignment and logging training processes. Read this case study to learn how they accomplished this by implementing a learning management system to automate and streamline the assignment of all regulatory and job-specific training.</p> 

Strategic HR is essential to the long-term health of your organization. Focusing on talent identification and retention, workforce planning and succession management, rather than tactical HR duties such as payroll processing, can yield significant results. This paper outlines the business benefits of investing in strategic HR capabilities. 

SAP recently released two new mobile apps aimed at increasing the scope of HR-related information that employees, executives, and managers can access outside the workplace. Read this expert e-guide to learn how to maximize the value of your HR initiatives by leveraging SAP’s new mobile technologies. 

<p>Read this white paper to learn how to justify investments in HR programs and technology through creating a HR analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) in three key steps. Learn the challenges you may encounter along the way, and quick tips for overcoming them.</p> 

This white paper addresses HR challenges and metrics solutions for improving operations. 

Workforces are aging, and there also is a critical shortage of talent in today's business pool, creating an imperative initiative for human resources. This paper explains the necessity to forecast the future through strategic workforce planning and also offers up six pitfalls to avoid when venturing down the recruitment and talent management path. 

<p>Watch this webcast to uncover HR research results that highlight tips and best practices for HR technologies including change management, user experience work, and levels of integrity.</p> 

Human resources (HR) departments in large companies often struggle with keeping track of employees and paperwork while maintaining efficiency. Read this brief case study to discover how you can improve efficiency by minimizing SAP data entry in the HR department with the help of Winshuttle Transaction, an automated data entry system. 

This IDC case study featuring Comcast explores the challenges the rapidly growing company faced, as well as the HR solutions which met and exceeded their needs.