This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

When researchers from the University of Windsor needed a mobile strategy for conducting a National Child Seat Safety Survey across Canada, they turned to a Blackberry to help gather the data and accurately download the it automatically to an analytical database. 

This case study explores how the National Bank of Abu Dhabi ensures their data in transit remains safe and meets all security and compliance regulations with the help of a managed file transfer (MFT) solution. View now to learn more! 

In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly we kick-off a programme of content aimed at providing a resource for IT training, education and career development. We also look at the controversial supplier contracts for the NHS IT programme, and examine the challenges of Big Data - plus our usual analysis of the week’s news. Download the latest issue now. 

Many multinational corporations (MNCs) aim to have a more centralized and unified approach to mobility, which they see as an essential component of their unified communications (UC) and broader ICT strategies. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

This IBM study focused on two groups – teens and boomers. It explores their lifestyles, values, and particular preferences and attitudes toward shopping. Read this paper to learn how retailers can better meet the needs of these two segments. 

This white paper dives into the high-performance computing, scalable parallel file system the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications deployed to meet the staggering requirements of one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. 

Find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007. Invite your entire team to attend – attendance for this Webcast is free! 

Listen to this podcast with David Jones, Director at PWC, who has worked with multi-national companies across Europe helping them to make the transition to adopting IFRS and to improve their financial reporting in the process. 

This paper addresses the variety of issues organizations face in context of their security challenges, and discusses the capabilities of VIPRE Enterprise, an integrated platform that provides high-performance, integrated endpoint protection capabilities.