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. 

Although pay levels are unlikely ever again torise as fast as they did at the end of the 1990s when fears about the “millennium bug” stoked thefires of an already over-heated job market – or to fall as fast as they did when the bug failed to bite– employers are acutely aware of the need to keep a close eye on short- and long-term pay trends. 

Until recently, organizations implementing cloud technologies have been forced to weigh the security advantages of private  cloud against the elasticity and pay-as-you-go model of public clouds. Now, with a new private in-house cloud service offering from CSC, organizations will be able to enjoy the best of both worlds. 

Companies should consider investments in time and attendance applications as a low-risk, low-cost way to reduce payroll costs and improve productivity.  Companies that already have time and attendance applications should consider maximizing the breadth of their deployment or extending it to other workforce-related functions. 

When it comes to IT certifications, not all certifications are equally valued by companies. Find out the top 15 certifications most in demand for 2012 and what their corresponding salaries are on average. Discover which certifications will net you a 6-figure salary. 

Read this white paper to learn about Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP applications, scalable solutions offered on a three-month to multi-year contract on a pay-per-month, per-user, or per-instance pricing. Discover the many benefits these flexible services can offer your organisation.  

Our MCSE Boot Camp is an intensive program that will help you get up to speed on Windows 2003 and prepare you for three new certifications - MCSE, MCSA, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status in each of the exam topics. The course features a combination of the theory and practical aspects of the Windows 2003 technologies. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

This white paper describes the many benefits of electronic signatures and how your organization can implement an eSignature system into your current contract process. 

This white paper examines the benefits they have noticed so far and the tradeoffs that they hadn't anticipated. Discover the top challenges these organizations face and the technologies they are considering to address them. 

Financial institutions worldwide depend upon the credibility and security of Credit Market Analysis (CMA’s) products and services daily. CMA’s approach to market analysis creates large volumes of highly sensitive data that require secure management and storage. CMA has been running a Dell Compellent enterprise storage solution for over two years. 

In this presentation transcript, expert Mike Laverick reviews the different disaster recovery options available for VMware infrastructures. He covers VMware Site Recovery Manager, host-based replication technologies, stretching high-availability technologies across multiple sites, and scripting custom solutions using PowerCLI. 

Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks has been replaced with botnets. This paper examines the history of attacks of malware and the defenses needed to counter these attacks.