In February 2009, Quocirca interviewed 800 individuals across 8 geographies for their views on, and usage of, enterprise performance management (EPM) tools and processes. The research was repeated in December 2009 and there was a clear improvement.

Today's data center is called upon to deliver a dynamic, realtime IT infrastructure that can support business transformation with increased scale, complexity, and diversity of workloads. IBM has positioned itself to address these needs.

IBM is advancing the Systems Management discipline in x86 environments to be consistent with its other hardware platforms. IBM has positioned itself to address the need for holistic Systems Management of x86-based servers as well as virtualization.

As more and more human activity moves online, it is easy to think that geography no longer matters-surely the internet is without borders? Whilst in some cases this is true, more often than not online activity spills over into the real world.

Sybase IQ is a column-based relational database that has been designed specifically for analytics and business intelligence applications.

As IT investments reach the end of their design life, the need to refresh them provides organizations an opportunity to bolster their competitive advantage through state-of-the-art IT technologies.

Digital Britain is the UK government's strategic vision for the UK digital economy. While social inclusion and rights protection are major themes, the plans will also have a significant impact on businesses.

As markets fragment, industries are forced to converge and customer relationships have become more dynamic and fragile.

The automation of traditional paper based processes with technology can lead to unnecessary complexity. This leads to increased costs and other challenges which can be avoided if solutions are simple and fit closely to the business task in hand.

Network Centric Operations (NCO) recognises the demand for pervasive decision-making in the modern battlespace. NCO provides the ability to leverage information networks to generate a more dynamic and agile decision-making space.

Ideas are ephemeral and are easily crushed within the wrong environment. Creating a suitable culture, allied with a well implemented ideas management approach combined with strong leadership, is required.

Businesses of all sizes have to manage an increasing diversity of remote users and devices. The task ranges from simply keeping systems running to ensuring security, compliance and the achievement of environmental goals.

Through the ubiquity of networks of devices that we rely on for information, security and day-to-day transactions even those who eschew technology now rely on it, even if they do not acknowledge it.

Connection options and services have expanded, with opportunities for internet service providers (ISPs) to add value beyond simply forwarding bit and bytes. This report explores the challenges and opportunities these companies face.

Even when facing challenging economic times, businesses still need to communicate and rely on technology to connect with customers, suppliers etc. Here are 10 steps that can be taken to grow the value and use of communications, while controlling cost