This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn. 

Access this white paper to learn how software escrow agreements can be a critical tool to help ensure application continuity within your business continuity plan. 

This article shows how an application grid built on Oracle Fusion Middleware can not only prevent unplanned outages, but it can improve the overall performance of mission critical business applications. 

Unplanned business disruptions come at a high cost.  In an emergency situation, desktop virtualization enables displaced workers to continue working from home, on any device – a tablet, a rented laptop, an old PC or a device they just purchased. Discover why desktop virtualization is a vital element of business continuity planning. 

If you're a small or mid-sized business thinking about virtualization, particularly in the world of Microsoft, it makes sense to upgrade your database servers as well. This article explains why to upgrade and provides several examples of companies that have successfully made the move. 

Storage systems are severely susceptible to attack and it is time for organizations to rethink their security tactics. Read this eGuide to learn about concepts regarding storage security and solutions like encryption that can help defend against attack. 

The IBM Information Management portfolio offers a complete set of solutions designed to help you not only manage your data, but also master it. Read on to learn more about: Data management, information integration, data warehousing and more. 

The security of SQL Server database servers has become a top priority for database administrators. This article examines best practices that can be employed to secure Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases. It provides an overview of the security model in SQL Server 2000 and discusses best practices you can employ to secure yours. 

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. 

Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership (TCO), but how desktop PCs are managed remains the most critical factor in reducing TCO.   This Gartner article illustrates how a higher management level for desktops can achieve lower TCO and improved user productivity. 

This tip guide from our editorial team features an article on overcoming single-view issues and how customer experience management (CEM) technologies are a valuable tool for this problem. 

SAP Insider Article covering new SAP CRM innovations which help companies empower their employees, substantially improve the customer experience, and thereby achieve a competitive advantage. 

Read this brief article to discover how this growing retail chain of "island fashion" utilizes their loyal customers and their information to keep their business going through the recession and beyond.