This document provides a snapshot of the current state of the Master Data Management (MDM) market. Master data is data that is shared between computer systems: data domains such as customer, product,...

Those businesses that stay ahead of their competition in the next decade will be those that put the technology in place to allow them to share content widely, but safely.

Shadow v7 expands the range of SOA and data connectivity options available to existing System z mainframe users.

This document provides a snapshot of the current state of the Master Data Management (MDM) market.

Getting to grips with information governance, a key component of a broader business strategy, gives organisations a much stronger chance of longer term success as well as protecting the business from costly errors...

With virtualization close to the top of every CIO's to do list, we undertook the task of finding out how well server, storage and desktop virtualization is currently understood and where it is being applied...

The management of operational IT is not without its challenges, indeed it can be a thankless task particularly when considered as a whole. The good news is that the day to day burden can be reduced by applying some simple, practical measures...

Existing IT management strategies have enabled organisations to take control of their infrastructures. The game has moved on however and it is time to raise the sights of IT management strategy...

As markets become more complex and dynamic, is the traditional periodic and retrospective management reporting approach adequate for running the business, or do we need a rethink?

Now that mobile email is moving into the mainstream, with technology and services widely available to businesses of all sizes, organisations looking to either invest for the first time or review their current arrangements are...

People with disabilities want to be independent; they want to do things for themselves by themselves. This report investigates Oracle's support of accessibility.

This paper focuses on using Business Intelligence (BI) in conjunction with the Sage 200 and Sage 1000 business software suites for accounting and CRM customers.

In this paper, we explore the interaction between Oracle databases and EMC and Network Appliance storage architectures and how this impacts storage architecture requirements, given the specific needs of Oracle databases.

This Spotlight paper examines the problems with BI systems, looks at the changes needed and why, and suggests some approaches to meeting the user's demands.

While the spotlight of media attention often falls on external threats such as hackers, viruses, spyware and so on, it is well recognised in organisations that problems are far more likely to be caused by people working on the inside.