Most organizations strive for efficiency because it ties to cost savings and better performance, while helping to anchor competitive advantages. However, improving efficiency requires organizations to continually seek new methods of managing increasingly complex business processes. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now. 

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. 

Constant product innovation has contributed to a thriving equipment-manufacturing industry, however, fewer time-saving tools are available to QA than developer groups. As a result, testing is becoming an innovation barrier. This paper examines the innovation barrier: its causes, effects, & what’s needed to restore the vigorous pace of innovation. 

Security has always been an important part of any IT infrastructure. This white paper has tips to help improve your awareness of some of the more important risks threatening your Microsoft infrastructure. 

The Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), a key part of the Flexible Workstyle solutions, allows you to both simplify and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your Windows® 7 desktop. Read this white paper to find out more about this advanced approach to desktop management. 

This white paper discusses several "must-have elements" as part of any organization's SharePoint adoption with DocAve plan. 

Check out this white paper to learn about two network protocol models, TCP/IP and OSI. 

Microsoft has turned its Dutch headquarters into a radical experiment which the company believes could point the way to the future of the workplace. Its office at Schiphol airport has done away with dedicated desks and offices and it has given employees the freedom to chose where, when and how they work. 

Think about the ways your business could perform better if your employees were connected to each other and to your data. This article tackles some typical business collaboration challenges and how servers can help conquer them. 

With combined solutions from Dell and Microsoft, organizations can utilize their existing virtualized and physical infrastructures while enabling a consistent and manageable transition to a more virtualized environment in the future. 

This HP/Microsoft white paper explains how their fast track data warehouse architecture can help you make the decision for hardware selection and configuration. HP and Microsoft working collaboratively can help you obtain the information to successfully integrate your data warehouse.