This Technology Spotlight from IDC discusses the drivers, benefits, and challenges of creating virtual desktop environments, and examines a key technology that can help organizations successfully deploy virtual desktops. 

James Cook University needed to replace ageing storage systems that held vital student, administration and business applications. In order to get enterprise-level performance and availability that could keep up with the exponential growth of the university's data needs, they turned to IBM. 

This exclusive resource presents how you can leverage user virtualisation to your advantage in order to achieve a seamless Windows 7 transition. Learn how to reduce migration complexity and ease system management without added costs. 

<p>In order to fully accept the “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) trend in your enterprise, it is vital to find a solution that provides security, scalability, centralized policy, and a superior end-user experience. Learn how you can bring order to the chaos of BYOD, plus details of a solution that can help you achieve this.</p> 

This paper lays out five "best practice" ways to fortify your planned or existing virtualized environment, ensuring that it is architected for security, malware suppression, and regulation compliance. 

Virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs) are one of the hottest technologies in IT today – and more and more organizations plan to deploy virtual desktops throughout 2011. Read about this and more in the March 2011 edition of Storage Magazine. 

In order to create a roadmap for increased agility and flexibility, you must start with application transformation. This resource provides key insights into which business issues applications affect, how application transformation is defined,how to get started and much more. 

This white paper offers a rapid, flexible and simple approach to connect your enterprise and cloud applications in mere days. 

Without effective delivery management, software development organizations risk increased costs, missed opportunities, longer lead times, and misalignment of business strategy with the products that are actually delivered. View this webcast to learn best practices that will ensure on-time delivery of high value products. 

This white paper will shed light on how converged infrastructure is uniquely positioned to help schools deliver state-of-the-art capabilities at affordable price points and without taxing internal IT resources. 

<p>Visit SearchSecurity.com's IT Decision Center that focuses on the Antimalware solutions in the marketplace today. Gain expert advice at each stage at the buying cycle as well as have access to answers to the top 5 questions SearchSecurity.com's audience has around antimalware solutions directly from the top vendors in the space in one place.</p> 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy.