In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the new IT security proposals from the European Commission and ask whether the benefits will be worth it. We reveal the challenges of managing big data, with help from some industry analysts, and hear from the Open University CIO on IT tools that support learning. Read the issue now. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how mainframe technology that was meant to be dead and buried is finding innovative new applications. We analyse the challenges facing the government's largest deployment of agile software development, and our Buyer's Guide highlights the firms making the most of social media. Download the new issue now. 

This paper will discuss the advantages and industry-leading capacity of the StorageTek LTO-5 tape drive and how implementing StorageTek LTO-5 into StorageTek tape libraries will result in a significant boost in capacity that will help customers stay on top of their data growth needs. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

This paper looks at the components of a data protection system based on NetBackup and outlines a number of different configurations and solutions aimed at both reducing the risk of failure within a particular site and recovering from the loss of the site. 

Gartner analysts explain how Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) teams can best prepare for the cloud. 

The term “data deduplication”, as it is used and implemented by Quantum Corporation in this white paper, refers to a specific approach to data reduction built on a methodology that systematically substitutes reference pointers for redundant variable-length blocks (or data segments) in a specific dataset. Read on to learn more. 

Whether you are just starting a compliance program or need to fine-tune your existing process, this document will help you understand the steps involved in becoming GIPS compliant. It is not a substitute for the Standards themselves. It is designed to help you understand the value of compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, pitfalls to avoid. 

This article by Gartner analysts provides CIOs with a checklist of guidelines and questions to help businesses make the most out of the next generation mobile technology. 

Check out this brief success story to learn how an international aerospace company implemented a new backup and recovery solution in two months and with no business downtime, and as a result, reduced their IT backup workload by 93 percent. 

In this presentation document, white paper guru Michael Stelzner, author of "Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged," will share his secrets on creating effective white papers that attract prospects in droves. 

This paper explains that as automation tools continue to evolve in a quest to deliver the most comprehensive set of automated capabilities, the notion of writing scripts will be rendered anachronistic. Continue reading to learn more about the shift from scriping to dynamic, intelligent process automation.