In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the economic benefits of plans to release more government data for wider re-use by software developers. We announce the winners of our Social Media Awards, and hear what the IT industry thinks of the new UK cyber security strategy. Download the new issue now. 

Dell claims that its management solutions, based on Altiris, do more than HP's to simplify management. Are these claims valid? Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC (PNA) explored the logic behind these claims. Read this paper to see what the research reveals. 

As Northeast Delta Dental grew its backup and recovery demands increased so the company decided to purchase Quantum DXi3500 disk appliances with deduplication and replication to address its needs. 

In this report the Taneja Group will first review the current barriers to wider adoption of VDI, and examine how Dell's EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays can help customers with these problems. They will then validate these claims via benchmark performance tests and interviews, and finally test performance claims under additional scenarios. 

There have been claims of the development of a self-replicating virus that can be used to proactively go after the attackers before they attack you. Can this “good malware” actually work? In this podcast, ESET researcher explores the notion of this defense technique, including the potential benefits and drawbacks that the technology can introduce. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

Putting to rest many of the claims that tape has passed its prime, this Clipper Note from The Clipper Group confirms that tape can be an important cost-saving storage technology for long-term archiving of big files in a tiered storage architecture.  

Read this case study to find out how Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida combined application lifecycle management (ALM) best practices with performance management software to drive improvements in the performance and availability of their business-critical services. 

GE Centricity EDI, part of GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity portfolio, leverages technology to help healthcare providers improve patient care, streamline operations, trim revenue cycles and improve cash flows. Processes that were once handled manually are automated and can be performed around the clock.  Read this case study to learn more. 

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. 

Read this e-guide from SearchCRM.com to learn how American Express and Yahoo tackle customer service with their own twists, how to communicate through multiple channels and ways to craft a single customer view through CEM technology. 

The recent surge in cyber attacks has forced organisations to align cyber security efforts across all of their operations, rather than focusing on IT, but CEOs now need to take the lead in protecting their organisations, this report from PwC argues. 

In this Videocast, renowned storage expert, Jon Toigo, outlines the Green Data Project, provides an overview of green storage and explores other relevant topics.