In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes. 

This paper highlights key directives and legislation within the European Union that have an impact on IT security practitioners, especially those responsible for the safe storage of data using data loss prevention technologies. 

Backup and recovery as we know it is changing. Increasing complexity in the data center, including the rapid deployment of virtual servers, ever expanding compliance requirements, and increasing amounts of sensitive data on mobile devices has put more strain on backup and recovery. 

Healthcare Informatics Research recently interviewed nearly 500 health care organizations to shed light on the current state of EMR/EHR adoption. Download this report to discover how organizations are overcoming obstacles to adoption, how they benefiting from EMR/EHR solutions, and where the industry is going next. 

This paper from looks Ovum Research examines the key criteria and considerations you need to be aware of when evaluating your organizations BI and analytics strategy. 

Security attacks directly impact the business, in the form of financial losses, data theft, and more. This research report underscores the business value of IT security and differentiates between SaaS and on-premise solutions. Access statistical findings from your peers and discover what you should look for if you decide to adopt SaaS technology. 

This research report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass spend analysis by exploring the pressures, strategic actions and capabilities of 132 organizations surveyed globally in September 2011. 

This research brief is based on a recent Tech Target survey with more than 200 storage administrators and IT professionals in mid-sized and enterprise-class companies, and focuses on how these decision-makers view the storage-related challenges that result from server virtualization. 

The market for email archiving is growing fast due to a real need for control risk and increased productivity in organizations. Access this Bloor Research paper to explore the email archiving systems and services available. Discover the strengths and weaknesses of major players in the market today. 

Security considerations remain the single biggest limitation to more aggressive expansion of wireless device usage in many enterprises. This paper will explore some of the key criteria necessary in a mobile OS so that enterprise use of the device will not compromise the integrity of the company's security. 

In order to analyze the cost of deploying and managing an email system, Osterman Research undertook a primary and secondary research program. This data was then combined with secondary research in order to develop a cost model that compares MDaemon and Microsoft Exchange. Read on to see how the results may impact your own decision. 

This podcast summarizes, Define What's Valued Online, a new study which confirms what many technology marketers have instinctively suspected all along: Buyers of technology products consider Internet research essential to their ability to do their jobs. Listen to this podcast to learn about basic changes you can make to improve your online content.