This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud. 

HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics, based on a survey of end users,  identifies the challenges faced by IT departments and suppliers on software licensing, and offers advice to organisations on dealing with software licensing. 

Technology barriers have prevented enterprises from adopting Java-based approaches for mission critical applications with extreme and predictable computing needs. However, recent advances throughout the entire Java stack have overcome these barriers to position Java to power the next generation of enterprise computing. 

Is the C-suite really the best source of early leads that will convert to revenue for your company? New research from KnowledgeStorm unveils some surprising results that call this common conception into question, and should have technology marketers re-examining their lead targeting strategies. 

In recent years C-level executives in many of the world's largest and most successful organizations have been forced to introduce a wide range of cost-cutting measures as macroeconomic forces continue to create a challenging and uncertain trading environment. 

This is an informative preview of the book, the first ever on data virtualization, that fills this information void with 10 in-depth case studies from data virtualization adopters across a range of industries. 

In this paper you’ll learn how Snapshots use a copy-on-write operation that minimizes the drive space required for each snapshot. Unless there are changes in the original database, the snapshots will remain empty. Queries to the snapshot for un­changed records will automatically be redirected to the original database. 

Storage Magazine Online June 2011 – Managing Storage for Virtual Servers 

Organizations considering Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) should know that WS08 R2 (RDS) alone does not sufficiently provide many critical capabilities. Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect - the alternative to Citrix, extends the functionality of WS08 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) with advanced centralized management. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the importance of IT strategy when budgets are under pressure. The first part of our Buyer’s Guide to virtualisation examines the barriers preventing many organisations from adopting the technology; and Transport for London’s CIO talks about how IT helps avoid Olympic travel chaos. Download the issue now.