The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

Content provided by Google. In this Forrester Research report, examine an in-depth cost analysis of your peers’ implementations of Google Apps to determine the total economic impact of adopting cloud collaboration services. Review real-world results and calculations covering the ROI of this move. 

More IT pros are searching for effective ways to ensure the success of their desktop virtualization deployments.  But before success can be guaranteed, check out this podcast and learn the importance of deploying a desktop virtualization pilot first. 

Cloud computing and virtualization are two buzz words that have caught the IT world by storm. This video highlights the benefits and challenges of each initiative as you contemplate making the shift to these environments. Learn more here. 

Cloud computing is becoming more than just a buzz word among IT pros. But despite its growing popularity and adoption, many still remain hesitant about adopting this platform. View this webcast and review a case study from Joyent as they have successfully operated a public cloud for six years. Learn more now. 

This white paper reviews the common causes of application downtime and discusses Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework that provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies. 

Virtualization implementations are in full swing and server consolidation has led to a wave of savings associated with reductions in physical space requirements and management overhead. Check out this white paper and explore Dell and VMware solutions that are designed to deliver on the promise of virtualization and cloud computing cost benefits. 

As budgets stay tight and finance professionals become more involved in technology buying decisions, be better prepared to defend your business case through the use of financial metrics and Return on Investment (ROI) calculators. 

ZANTAZ Introspect offers the highest level of security for your organization's discoverable data. 

This document is part of the Global Knowledge Course Review Series, and the review contained will help you understand which types of information the CCNA certification exam covers. 

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. 

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.