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. 

While the value of desktop virtualization is understood, many IT managers are wondering where and how to start.  This paper details how to navigate the “how” questions, map the right desktop virtualization technology to different types of users and scale the deployment with confidence. 

LANsurveyor automatically discovers and diagrams network topology, generates network maps in Visio, detects new devices and changes to network topology, and performs inventory management for hardware and software assets. Download a free 30-day trial today to see why more than 45,000 network professionals trust SolarWinds solutions. 

Social channels are here to stay and should be part of your customer engagement strategy, as you will be re­quired to integrate these new channels sooner, rather than later. This paper will help you build the best road map to customer success, integrating both old and new channels into your customer experi­ence strategy. 

Juniper Research defines a mobile ticketing user as “someone who stores a ticket on their mobile phone for later redemption” at the point of travel, the music venue, the cinema etc. 

Juniper Research defines mobile banking as  “the provision of banking services to customers on their mobile devices”: specifically we mean in the vast majority of instances “the operation of bank current and deposit or savings accounts”. 

There are several stages in the road map from virtualization to cloud, and each should be planned strategically, rather than one step at a time.  This paper details the five stages in the path to cloud computing and what’s needed at each stage. 

Data abstraction overcomes data structure incompatibility by transforming data from its native structure and syntax into reusable views and data services. But some data abstraction approaches work better than others. Composite data virtualization is an optimal way to implement an abstraction layer at enterprise scale. 

This e-book contains discussion and debate around where procurement can and should be setting its sights for the year 2020 and beyond. The primary objective of this resource is to initiate a dialogue on the future of procurement and to create a road map for how to get there. 

Looking to accelerate your journey to the cloud? The first step is mastering virtualization. This video introduces a comprehensive, fully integrated solution that offers unified management that can simplify your virtualization deployments. With this platform, you can map out your cloud infrastructure and jumpstart your transition today.