This resource examines some of the forces behind the adoption of cloud computing, explores how cloud architectures impact data centers and discusses best practices and technologies that can help companies collect the benefits of cloud computing without compromising uptime or overwhelming their power and cooling systems. 

Digital Britain is the UK government’s strategic vision for the UK digital economy. While social inclusion and rights protection are major themes, the plans will also have a significant impact on businesses. 

Between 25% and 50% of most companies’ revenue goes toward purchasing goods and services, so the ability to keep these costs down is paramount. Applying strategic sourcing methodologies to pinpoint spend categories and select qualified suppliers allows organizations to reduce expenses and positively impact the bottom line. 

This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future. 

Despite well-publicised concerns regarding security, compliance and data integration issues, banking institutions have begun embracing cloud computing across the services spectrum. 

In this Tech Talk, Ed Walsh, Virtual Iron's President and CEO speaks about the dramatic impact that server virtualization is having on network storage vendors and end-users. 

This independent report from analysts, Nucleus Research offers a critical assessment of Oracle’s Cloud Services. 

The service desk is the last place you should try to cut back. For external-facing organizations, quality support keeps customer loyalty and repeat business high and ensures that partners and suppliers can do business with you cost effectively. Read this white paper to discover the path to proper service desk consolidation and its many benefits. 

This report, the second in a series of studies looking at the impact emerging online applications have on B2B technology marketing, finds that blogs and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) are catching on more quickly than previously thought. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics assess the impact of the cloud on the IT department and the way the department functions. 

Back in the time when businesses were predominantly “local” and to a large extent insulated from each others operations, it really didn’t matter very much how we defined the Business Impact of Information Risks, for we knew what we meant in each business and we didn’t have much need to share that meaning with others. 

This paper examines the impact of de-duplication in a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and recovery environment.