In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the importance of IT strategy when budgets are under pressure. The first part of our Buyer’s Guide to virtualisation examines the barriers preventing many organisations from adopting the technology; and Transport for London’s CIO talks about how IT helps avoid Olympic travel chaos. Download the issue now. 

Now is the time to start evaluating your IT infrastructure and the role private or public cloud services might play for your company going forward. This white paper discusses the promise of cloud computing as well as the three types of cloud services and primary deployment models. 

This research from management consultants, Xantus, shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, there is a general acceptance from CIOs of the benefits and a growing commitment to develop those benefits. 

Until recently, it was difficult for manufacturers to obtain a true picture of what was happening on the shop floor. Real-time, accurate data reflecting production activity, planned production schedules, quality checks, machine breakdowns, inventory levels or a shortage of materials made it a challenge for shop floor management to keep track.. 

By deploying a converged infrastructure solution, one organization in the public sector upgraded its server environment to support growth and reduce server footprint. Read this resource and discover how this helped them handle data growth, and accelerate deployment time. 

This white paper is designed to help companies, large, small, public, and nonpublic, navigate some of the “hype” that sometimes blurs the line between fact and fiction surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 

In this exclusive Gartner report, compare the top vendors offering public cloud IaaS with a graphical, easy to understand representation of each vendor's standing in terms of ability to execute and completeness of vision. Access the link within for a link to the full report. 

Public sector organisations are experiencing increasing levels of economic crime, including cybercrime, and are particularly at risk from being defrauded by their own employees and their suppliers, according to findings from PwC’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey. 

The present need to radically cut public expenditure provides a once in a generation opportunity to transform the efficiency of the public sector. In order to achieve this, the public sector needs to radically change its current business processes to achieve greater efficiency. 

VMware vSphere 5.0 delivers enhanced performance and scalability to ensure that even the most resource-intensive applications can run on your cloud. Find out about the newest improvements that contribute to faster HA configuration times and failover rates, lower management operational latencies, and higher management operations throughput. 

This white paper examines the real power of the Cisco ASA and its ability to combine variationsof NAT and PAT in advanced configurations. It also discusses both basic and advanced implementation examples and their relevant uses. 

The rapid growth of public cloud providers offering services present an obvious opportunity for IT managers looking for flexibility without excess spending. In this report, we examine the relative merits of public and private cloud services, and help IT managers to identify when is best to use each to support their IT strategy. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at the datacentre that knows everything about you, at credit checking firm Experian. We analyse the government's new plans to change the way it works with IT suppliers; and kick-off our Buyer's Guide to outsourcing with a look at the latest trends. Download the new issue now.