Entrusted with managing massive volumes of data, Santa Fe Partner's small IT staff knows the importance of security and data availability. Recently, they were looking for a file synchronization tool that would help the company manage market and transactional data as well as allow data transfer for DR. Read on to learn about the solution they chose. 

This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at the datacentre that knows everything about you, at credit checking firm Experian. We analyse the government's new plans to change the way it works with IT suppliers; and kick-off our Buyer's Guide to outsourcing with a look at the latest trends. Download the new issue now. 

Access this report from research and advisory firm Work Design Collaborative, LLC (WDC) to learn about the business benefits of a remote workforce and the best practices and technologies IT can implement to leverage them. 

Validated by leading analyst firms Gartner and Forrester, data virtualization is considered a “must have” in every enterprise’s data integration portfolio. This white paper discusses the five most frequently deployed data virtualization usage patterns. 

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. 

Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often reach the point where their executives are considering, or should make, a significant change and/or investment in business management IT. What used to be ruled out as an option for these types of organizations, but now needs to be strongly considered, is ERP. Read this research report to learn more. 

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. 

This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them. 

In this week's issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies that retailers are turning to for IT-enabling customers' Christmas shopping. We examine research revealing the huge cost of application software that fails to meet requirements; and we talk to one of the pioneers of agile software development. Download the new issue now. 

Are you wondering about VMware's latest ESX product? Watch this interview with Eric Henderson, Director of Technical Services for the IT consulting firm New Age Technologies as he discusses VMWare's vSphere. 

Access this case study to learn how a small firm synchronized the JobClock® System, an application that tracks time and attendance for every worker at the job site, with a mobile device to gain 24/7 access to their time-keeping system. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations.