In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now. 

This paper shows the value of combining Oracle software with Intel Xeon processors on Dell PowerEdge servers. It begins with an overview of the collaboration that created these synergies, before detailing the major areas where they are manifest to end-customers: intelligent performance, automated energy efficiency, and flexible virtualization. 

This whiteboard presentation explains the latest in data storage from Oracle. 

In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. 

It was not your typical “Patch Tuesday” on the day that Microsoft released both the Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 to the public at the same time. This expert white paper discusses how the two service packs complement each other by helping keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level. 

Learn about a remote support system that can help your company maintain mission-critical systems while going through implementations, changes, or for everyday needs. 

Database partitioning can greatly enhance the manageability, performance, and availability of almost any database application. Since partitioning is transparent to the application, it can be easily implemented for any kind of application because no costly and time-consuming application changes are required. 

Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage software is the key ingredient that enables Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances to deliver unmatched simplicity, ease-of-use, increased storage efficiency, and industry leading price/performance. 

This podcast explores the key changes made to Windows Server 2008 R2 in Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. Discover how your organization can leverage these improvements for reduced costs, increased control and improved efficiency. 

You can consolidate all data warehousing and analytical processing using Oracle Exadata. With its integrated analytics, there are no more slow data loads and everything is run off your data warehouse, no matter how much data you have. Watch this video and learn how to get up-to-date information faster while managing all of it in one place. 

In late 2004 and early 2005, DB Kay & Associates conducted a market survey to uncover the best practices for deploying Virtual Support Networks. 

Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression enables the highest levels of data compression and provides enterprises with tremendous cost-savings and performance improvements due to reduced I/O. Read this white paper to learn more.