Explore enhanced networking tools and capabilities in vSphere 5.0 that can simplify the tasks ofnetwork admins by providing increased visibility into virtual infrastructure traffic, greater network I/O control, and end-to-end SLAs for critical applications. 

Content provided by Google. Get an insider's view of how a cloud-based collaboration suite enabled anytime, anywhere access and enhanced communication between employees and clients for a multi-national hotel and resort company. Gain key lessons learned and tips for managing a successful migration. 

Explore advanced networking features in VMware vSphere 5.0 in this in-depth, step-by-step guide to configuring and testing these essential features for your virtual environment. Discover how NetFlow, port mirroring, and user-defined resource pools help network admins gain visibility in virtual machine traffic and troubleshoot network issues. 

HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works. 

As applications become more accessible though the web, cloud and mobile devices, they are extending beyond perimeter defences, leaving them and your sensitive data at risk. Discover a proactive approach to eliminating risk in software and explore how you can gain comprehensive security and meet your most essential software security objectives. 

Managing privileged accounts requires balancing accessibility and control while ensuring audit capabilities.  Cyber-Ark enables organizations to increase administrator productivity while reducing risk. 

HP Fortify on Demand is a SaaS testing solution that enables organizations to test the security of software quickly, accurately, affordably, and without any software to install or manage. View this paper to get a look into how this automated on-demand service works, explore use cases, and determine if this approach is right for you. 

Against a backdrop of an increased use of software that is generally more sophisticated, flexible, scalable and easy to integrate than in times gone by, this research set out to explore the impact of having to maintain a plethora of different software solutions from different vendors in today’s cash-strapped corporate environment. 

This paper evaluates application performance monitoring (APM) vendors in each of five categories of functionality: end-user experience monitoring; application runtime architecture discovery, modeling and displays; user-defined transaction profiling; component deep-dive monitoring in application context; and application performance analytics. 

CA Application Performance Management (CA APM) provides advanced application and infrastructure monitoring to ensure optimal business service performance. Watch this demo to see how CA APM enables IT operations and line of business owners to reduce revenue risks and keep customers loyal. 

In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now.