This white paper explores service-oriented architecture's (SOA’s) relationship with and relevance to IT and business. Recent survey-based research and IDC’s top-line forecast for SOA are presented in this paper and help communicate the value, opportunities and challenges associated with SOA. 

Following nine other surveys, the BI Survey 10 analyzed the platforms of six of the largest BI vendors and asked 2,961 organizations across 80 countries many of the same questions as previous years. Read this now and learn how organizations view certain aspects of their BI tools, such as response time, performance, business benefits and more. 

<p>Access this resource to find survey results of polled software developers, testers, and performance test engineers about their access to test environments. Learn how you can increase your test environment access to ensure higher quality test processes and significantly increase your project success rate.</p> 

This white paper highlights the results of a Forrester survey exploring why hybrid cloud implementation is the preferred approach for forward-thinking organizations. 

This report and the accompanying data reduction survey dispel common myths and confusion about data deduplication and compression and lay out the best practices and implementation recommendations. Read now to learn more. 

Today, maintaining a competitive edge while managing costs is the challenge that most organisations face. High up on the IT Directors‟ to do list is innovation in the way costs are managed and contained, while at the same time providing a dynamic and responsive IT service to the business. 

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 report from Accenture looks at the challenges facing the public sector in offering digital services. 

Big businesses are planning to grow their mainframe computer capacity despite the downturn  this survey of 1,347 large mainframe users worldwide by BMC Software reveals. 

This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers 

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. 

This white paper presents a cost/benefit analysis of VDI based on research, surveys, benchmarks, and analyst reviews. Find out how this architecture compares to traditional PCs and obtain key findings and best practices for success.