This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key trends and technologies that will be on IT leaders’ agenda in 2012. Our first Buyer’s Guide of the year examines how IT consumerisation will affect business technology; and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh tells us why government IT isn’t working. Download the new issue now. 

Download this report to learn how your organisation can use smart technology to drive innovation and enhance your competitive position, without breaking the bank. 

This e-book is designed to help you embrace the rise of social media, to harness its power and put it to work throughout the company. It’s based on our experience helping thousands of companies put the power of social media to work. It also discusses the benefits of social-powered selling, including greater reach and better close rates. 

In this recorded interview with salesforce.com, learn how advanced Web-based reports and dashboards created by business intelligence (BI) market leader Business Objects have increased the value of the leading on-demand customer relationship management (CRM) platform - salesforce.com. 

As the global economy slowly heals, finance leaders are looking to fulfill the promise of the last 20 years. Much of the hard work has been done, the infrastructure largely in place. The challenge is to build upon this platform to drive dramatic improvement in the quality and value that finance delivers. 

VMware is helping make the promise of a self-service datacenter a reality with initiatives around cloud computing. The confusion and debate around "clouds" will linger for the foreseeable future, but VMware, as a leader in the industry, has the ability to provide the building blocks, create standards, and shape the future of cloud computing. 

For years, Donnelly managed operations using an OS/2 operating system and various software packages. While Donnelly achieved much success using the OS/2 platform and manual scheduling, the company’s growth eventually began outpacing the system’s capacity. With EnterpriseIQ in place, Donnelly has seen improvements in every aspect of its business. 

Read this customer case study to see how Canadian mutual fund company AIC Ltd. leveraged Quantum's DXi™5500 disk backup solution featuring data deduplication and replication technology in order to drastically reduce backup time as well as cut storage costs and management. 

White papers are one of the most misunderstood, miswritten and misused marketing tools available. While many companies think they need a white paper, few manage to write, design or use them to their full potential. This paper outlines eight key steps to take when writing a white paper and what you should do once the paper is written. 

To get leaner and more cost-efficient, many automotive and industrial manufacturers are working to improve their systems and processes. 

Watch this on-demand webinar to hear Simon Sinek, leadership expert and best-selling author, explain how great leadership and real inspiration starts with Why and what changes you can make – in both your business and personal life – to achieve the same success. 

In this videocast, senior enterprise IT architect Nelson Ruest breaks down VMware ESX Server, Citrix XenServer and Hyper-V, providing details on what each product has to offer.