This white paper explains claims-based identities and their many concepts for more scalable, dynamic security within Microsoft SharePoint. 

Developing a Software as a Service (SaaS) enterprise resource planning (ERP) request for proposal (RFP) is different from on-premise, requiring more attention to the vendor’s financial viability. In this expert guide, readers will get advice on the right questions to ask when purchasing SaaS ERP. 

After carefully weighing competing options, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility chose Quantum's DXi-Series solution with deduplication technology for its data protection system upgrade. This case study explains why they made that choice. 

As Northeast Delta Dental grew its backup and recovery demands increased so the company decided to purchase Quantum DXi3500 disk appliances with deduplication and replication to address its needs. 

This paper explains the need to select Cisco IP Phones, switches, routers for your home lab and explores how to configure the options of VMware so that you can load Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity virtual machines in a lab environment. 

In this report the Taneja Group will first review the current barriers to wider adoption of VDI, and examine how Dell's EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays can help customers with these problems. They will then validate these claims via benchmark performance tests and interviews, and finally test performance claims under additional scenarios. 

There have been claims of the development of a self-replicating virus that can be used to proactively go after the attackers before they attack you. Can this “good malware” actually work? In this podcast, ESET researcher explores the notion of this defense technique, including the potential benefits and drawbacks that the technology can introduce. 

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) terminology is a complex subject, often made more confusing by the competing marketing claims of various manufacturers. This paper explains this terminology and discusses the capabilities and limitations of the various classifications. 

Many tools claim to give you a true end-to-end picture of network application performance, but most miss one or both ends of user-driven application usage. This expert e-guide takes a close at the overlapping tools that are key to a complete solution. In addition, uncover top network management challenges and best practices to prepare for them. 

The tough economic climate will accelerate businesses take-up of “disruptive technologies”, such as cloud computing and mobile working, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard. 

Read this case study to find out how Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida combined application lifecycle management (ALM) best practices with performance management software to drive improvements in the performance and availability of their business-critical services. 

GE Centricity EDI, part of GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity portfolio, leverages technology to help healthcare providers improve patient care, streamline operations, trim revenue cycles and improve cash flows. Processes that were once handled manually are automated and can be performed around the clock.  Read this case study to learn more. 

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.