Economies of scale, flexibility and costreduction – cloud advocates have made sure that we are familiar with these potential benefits, even if we have yet to agree on an exact definition of cloud computing. But doubters argue that none of these benefits will actually be available unless some fundamental security issues can be overcome. 

Microsoft Exchange Server can bring to your company but the internal deployment delays, administrative complexity and cost of Exchange just isn’t practical. 

To remain competitive in a global market, manufacturers have begun to outsource IT processes ranging from vendor-managed inventory to hosted ERP systems. However, the first step is choosing a reliable provider. Access this paper to explore a fully managed, IaaS solution that guarantees unmatched reliability, security and infrastructure. 

Access this case study to learn how a company used Hosted BlackBerry® services to help monitor, manage and provision the BlackBerry smartphones used internally by its employees. 

Voice over Internet Protocol is the future of enterprise telecommunications. Find out if VoIP is the right choice for your company right now. Discover the benefits VoIP has to offer and how to overcome potential pitfalls during deployment. 

Migrating their in-house email systems to the cloud is an option many businesses are actively pursuing. Discover how choosing a cloud-based email and collaboration suite can help your organization address costs, mobility, scalability, and more. 

In this case study, explore how Acacia Federal Savings Bank outsourced their data protection and availability requirements to ensure business continuity and improved security. Disocer how they successfully transitioned from tape to Virtual Server Replication services to the cloud to realize a host of benefits. 

In this report Ovum calls for a rethink of the traditional IT technology stack, to ensure better interoperability and adaptability. 

During this webcast, Claudia Imhoff, of Intelligent Solutions, and Jeff Morris, of Actuate, will discuss the top issues that business intelligence (BI) implementers must tackle to create a sustainable and maintainable self-service BI environment in 2012. 

Discover 10 of the biggest mistakes people make when configuring the High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) features in vSphere deployments. Take a look at 5 common HA issues, 4 DRS issues and an issue that affects both HA and DRS. 

In this Storage Decisions University classroom, we dissect the “big” issues surrounding “big data” and offer technical solutions to address these challenges. 

The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and 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.