In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key trends and technologies that will be on IT leaders’ agenda in 2012. Our first Buyer’s Guide of the year examines how IT consumerisation will affect business technology; and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh tells us why government IT isn’t working. Download the new issue now. 

Join Glenn Weadock, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCITP, MCSE, MCT, A+, for this Windows 7 Review Guide. This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from Vista or from XP. 

This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems. 

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. 

User virtualization decouples user-specific settings and policies from the physical or virtual machine, and allows users the flexibility to manage their own preferences across multiple physical or virtual devices. Learn how user virtualization can help to lower support costs, enhance security and risk management, and speed up IT processes. 

When configuring storage for a virtual desktop environment, you‟ll run into a lot of the same issues you had to deal with when you set up storage for your virtual servers. But a virtual desktop infrastructure also has its own special challenges. Access the e-book for tips and best practices for implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure. 

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. 

The tough economic climate will accelerate businesses take-up of “disruptive technologies”, such as cloud computing and mobile working, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard. 

Individuals and organizations often want to retain as much e-mail as possible. Reasons range from convenience to compliance to organizational policy. Some are also the result of court action and legal hold orders. The most common is the individual’s own requirement to keep e-mail as long as possible in a readily accessible log for collaboration. 

During this Mimecast webinar, you'll gain an understanding of what to look for in a cloud services provider, learn how to identify your own IT transitions points related to their specific email environment, uncover how to address any potential internal security questions when transitioning to a cloud-based service, and more! 

This report, the second in a series of studies looking at the impact emerging online applications have on B2B technology marketing, finds that blogs and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) are catching on more quickly than previously thought. 

Computing conducted a survey to investigate what IT decision makers looked for when assessing the security of their websites. This paper features a detailed discussion of key findings and the implications for those trying to retain a competitive edge in a challenging online market place.