This paper looks at some of the challenges that CIOs are facing in managing mobility. This is clearly becoming more complex for large enterprises as mobility penetrates more deeply into their organizations, driven by changing working practices and supported by rapidly evolving technology. 

This white paper details the challenges faced by multi-site and multinational organizations and describes what to look for in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to address these issues. 

This paper analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing cloud services, examines the business benefits and risks, and provides the steps you should take for a successful implementation. 

Content provided by Google. Today's business climate requires a robust communications platform — one that can handle peak information loads, global collaboration and continuous mobility. View this exclusive webcast for a comprehensive overview of one of the latest cloud-based communication and collaboration suites available on the market today. 

This white paper will highlight solutions for application development in globally dispersed organizations. Insights and strategies for maximizing efficiencies in a distributed environment will be presented, along with best practices. 

The cost and efficiency benefits of virtualization are well-established, but you can accelerate these benefits by going beyond virtualization into private cloud computing. Join Microsoft executives Satya Nadella, President of Server and Tools Business, and Brad Anderson, Corporate VP of Management and Security, as they explore this important topic. 

IRMC used VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to virtualize its call center operations and support multiple call centers from a central data center, reducing IT costs while improving flexibility and competitiveness. 

Virtualization is creating a whole new sense of efficiency and resource utilization in today's data centers.  However, the area of user virtualization is one area where there is still considerable room for growth. Access this exclusive resource to learn how user virtualization can extend the value of your data center. 

The more you know about built-in functionality in the .NET framework and ASP.NET, the less code you have to write, which ultimately makes your applications more maintainable. This white paper outlines several different tips to enhance developer productivity and reduce the amount of code that needs to be written in many cases. 

This benchmark study from American Shipper covers U.S. export operations and compliance of more than 300 U.S. based exporters. 

Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. This paper will detail experiments that demonstrate the efficient performance and scalability of Exchange when running inside a virtual machine on a VMware vSphere™ 4 environment. 

This research, executed by Info-Tech Research Group and KnowledgeStorm, is designed to answer 3 questions: - To what extent does technology have a transformative effect – and in what areas? - How effective is the IT function at translating technology into business benefits? - What is the current status of IT solutions around the globe?