By rolling out Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, Perkins & Company consolidated servers and provided employees with virtual desktops. Learn how these solutions helped save time for IT staff, improve productivity for employees, and much more! 

During this webcast, Claudia Imhoff, of Intelligent Solutions, and Jeff Morris, of Actuate, will discuss the top issues that business intelligence (BI) implementers must tackle to create a sustainable and maintainable self-service BI environment in 2012. 

The cost and time associated with managing desktops is rising at a time when budgets are being tightened and IT staffing is strained. This is driving interest in the use of desktop virtualization, where virtual desktop machines run on servers within the data center. Access this white paper to learn more about the benefits of desktop virtualization. 

This case study highlights how one company used cutting-edge software tools and training to help streamline service management and turn it from a bottleneck into a smoothly running operation that was more responsive to users' needs but without bloating costs or stretching precious IT staff resources. 

Retaining talented staff will be one of the biggest headaches for the IT department this year, despite the continuing economic downturn, leading CIOs heard. IT staff are feeling financially squeezed after several years of below-inflation pay rises, and many realise their only prospect of securing a higher salar y is to change employer. 

EMC's new VNXe series storage systems in conjunction with the company's Unisphere storage management are designed to address IT staff's demand for substantially improved "usability" in storage solutions for small and medium sized business. Read this white paper to learn more. 

Learn how one business upgraded their server environment using an HP blade server and DL series servers.  Discover how this advance lowered acquisition costs, decreased maintenance, and reduced IT staff time. 

By employing a strong archiving strategy as the foundation for an intelligent data management program, enterprises can enhance efficiency for IT staff, meet compliance requirements, and streamline backup processes. 

IT organizations are under increasing pressure to make sure that the data underlying business intelligence (BI) reports is both current and accurate. Learn how new, sophisticated scheduling and process automation technologies can help your organization ensure high data quality, without wasting valuable time finding and fixing issues manually. 

One approach being used to reduce complexity and TCO in the data center is the implementation of new management software for blade servers, increasing business value and trimming expenses that vex IT budgets and divert important resources for transformational projects. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

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