<p>Many firms are now planning to run mission critical workloads on public cloud, according to this research from Forrester and BMC.</p> 

As many executives embrace the idea of a true “single version of the truth” about their customers, they face the fact that their data warehouse and CRM systems, however successful, haven’t reached this goal. 

As organizations begin implementing server virtualization, it is critical that they consider the fact that backup and data protection processes will need to be done differently and may become more complicated. This DCIG analyst report discusses methods of effectively protecting data in virtual environments and the different solutions available. 

In this exclusive podcast, listen as Nicole Bradberry, CIO of Rise Health Inc., describes the process of building a custom web application that her enterprise now utilizes to handle intake and aftercare procedures for primary care physicians. Gain insight into the IT innovation that landed Bradberry the coveted Business Harmonization Award. 

Supported by results from specific case studies, this whitepaper shows how you can finally meet your recovery objectives, provide seamless failover between multiple sites, improve remote application performance, and lower your ongoing bandwidth costs. 

In this year’s report you will be able to see analysis presented on a global basis, compare trends across continents and explore country-by-country overviews. The results show that the CIO community is wrestling with significant pressures as the Great Recession fades into history and a new decade, with a new competitive landscape, emerges. 

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. 

Read this white paper to find out why 38% of businesses surveyed in 2011 had replaced their ERP solutions and find criteria for determining if and when you should upgrade or migrate to new software. Also, find tips on making a business case for an investment as well as selection criteria for choosing ERP that will meet your business needs. 

This E-Guide from SearchHealthIT.com highlights the results of a recent American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) survey indicating that today's physicians are not only more accepting of EHR adoption, but are becoming increasingly savvy players in EHR decision-making. 

This brief guide demonstrates sets out to prove why organizations' concerns surrounding the arrival of voluminous amounts of data sets, the inclusion of many more users and the addition of variable data types are vastly over exaggerated. It also offers vast insight on how companies have extended analytics deep into their operations. 

Read this expert e-zine to discover three ways to cut business applications costs. Inside, learn how to: identify unnecessary licenses;move applications to the cloud- and get the most from cloud provider service agreements; and select the right size integrator for your company. 

Access this resource to uncover how datacenter infrastructure management brings IT and facilities together to create a datacenter-wide view that opens the door for creating business value, innovating the datacenter, and increasing flexibility to respond to changing business needs.