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• How will the credit crunch affect small businesses?Posted:11:50 07 Apr 2008The credit crunch is starting to bite. So what can you do to make sure your business survives – or even thrives? Now’s your chance to find out. On 22 April at 9.00 AM, HSBC and RBI are gathering a panel of industry experts for you to quiz, live online.
• IT Infrastructures for better business outcomesPosted:16:09 16 Nov 2007Continuing ComputerWeekly.com’s Webinar programme for senior IT professionals, IT Infrastructure for Better Business Outcomes will ensure you can meet and exceed the increasing demands the business places on IT.
• Why governance matters for SOAPosted:14:32 05 Oct 2007SOA is an effective way in which a company can integrate not only its diverse applications suite but also the business tasks and processes it carries out. The result is a more streamlined, flexible, adaptable, and hence competitive and effective organisation.
• The environmental, IT performance and business advantages of blade serversPosted:11:16 13 Sep 2007Over the course of 2007, the challenges facing IT departments and the servers that they deploy throughout their businesses has changed subtly. No longer is it enough for IT departments to deploy the best or most appropriate technological server solution; they also have to look at the wider business context of server technology deployment.
• Innovating Information in RetailPosted:14:17 30 May 2007UK retail executives face a unique set of challenges and are searching for the insights into their business, marketplace and customers to provide them with a competitive edge. Retailers must deliver valued innovations to market before the competition does in order to increase sales and market share, whilst at the same time improving productivity and reducing costs.
• Making the business benefits of security technology reap rewardsPosted:14:17 09 May 2007The need for all firms to have an effective, robust and flexible IT security strategy is as important as it ever was. Yet there exists a train of thought that security is a business hygiene factor; that firms simply have to invest in security. However, strategic investment in security technology can actually act as an agent of change for the business.
• Endpoint security: keeping your business safe from the inside and outside Posted:14:15 09 Mar 2007The proliferation of removable media and portable devices-including PDAs, MP3 players and USB memory sticks-in the enterprise creates a dilemma for IT security administrators. Even though many devices are valuable business tools, they also present new security challenges-including data leakage and introduction of malware-that could jeopardise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive corporate information.
• Achieving Business Flexibility in SMBs using SOA Posted:11:55 11 Jan 2007The vast majority of industry experts predict that the adoption of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) will grow rapidly over the coming year. It’s not surprising why. In essence SOA is an effective way in which a company can integrate not only its diverse applications suite but also the business tasks and processes it carries out. The result is a more streamlined, flexible, adaptable, and hence competitive and effective organisation.
• Driving business efficiency with Applications on Demand (AoD) Posted:11:03 21 Nov 2006There are two main pressures facing all businesses: coping with downward financial pressure and aligning IT with business objectives. In fact the former makes the latter much more of an essential item.
• How IT services can bring profitability small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)Posted:15:16 24 Oct 2006Many SMEs can use trusted IT services successfully, with these services covering the typical IT tasks that SMEs need to address and in a fashion that is tailored precisely to their business needs. This webinar makes the case for IT services for SMEs.
• The vital need for business continuity strategies for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs)Posted:09:41 17 Aug 2006The need for all firms to have an effective business continuity strategy has been highlighted by the recent terrorist bomb attacks and the Buncefield disaster. However the business interruption caused by everyday threats such as an unplanned power outage, or a server failure, could be just as significant.
• Making virtualisation payPosted:11:45 10 May 2006There is no doubt that one of the key topics in the IT industry right now is virtualisation. In short, virtualisation is a technique that enables organisations to pool their essential IT resources into one flexible and manageable entity.
• The potential of convergence for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)Posted:16:09 27 Apr 2006Convergence has been around in some form since the early 1990s but it’s only recently that the full extent of the potential benefits of convergence for SMEs has become apparent...
• Data security for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)Posted:11:17 24 Feb 2006Research from Computer Weekly in 2005 displayed some alarming trends regarding the security worthiness of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK: only 18% reported never to have been hacked or attacked.
• The essential elements of business critical solutions and how to gain funding for themPosted:10:00 02 Feb 2006Put simply, without business critical systems (BCS), especially the appropriate server and storage technologies, most modern businesses would find it hard to function properly let alone compete in an ever more challenging business environment.
• Securing the interests of the extended enterprise:Posted:17:58 18 Nov 2005Cut the cost whilst maximising the effectiveness of your IT This webinar will look at how data centres can reduce overhead costs while improving flexibility and availability and will: • Examine the very latest data centre technologies such as blade servers. • Look at how the typical overhead of blades servers and their flexibility • Identify the business benefits of implementing blade servers in your data centre • Show how to overcome typical problems such as high heat and high power.
• How to create a high performing, cost-effective datacentrePosted:05:48 01 Nov 2005IT directors and heads of IT are under more pressure than ever. They are invariably being tasked with having to do more for the business they work for but with less resources. Such downward financial pressure is also being felt by the IT managers who will be tasked with making sure the plans of IT directors happen.

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• IT Infrastructures for better business outcomesPosted:16:09 16 Nov 2007Continuing ComputerWeekly.com’s Webinar programme for senior IT professionals, IT Infrastructure for Better Business Outcomes will ensure you can meet and exceed the increasing demands the business places on IT.
• Taking the confusion out of mobile email and internet for your businessPosted:14:00 01 Sep 2007Taking the confusion out of mobile email and internet for your business
• Making virtualisation payPosted:11:45 10 May 2006There is no doubt that one of the key topics in the IT industry right now is virtualisation. In short, virtualisation is a technique that enables organisations to pool their essential IT resources into one flexible and manageable entity.

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• Why governance matters for SOAPosted:14:32 05 Oct 2007SOA is an effective way in which a company can integrate not only its diverse applications suite but also the business tasks and processes it carries out. The result is a more streamlined, flexible, adaptable, and hence competitive and effective organisation.
• Innovating Information in RetailPosted:14:17 30 May 2007UK retail executives face a unique set of challenges and are searching for the insights into their business, marketplace and customers to provide them with a competitive edge. Retailers must deliver valued innovations to market before the competition does in order to increase sales and market share, whilst at the same time improving productivity and reducing costs.
• Making the business benefits of security technology reap rewardsPosted:14:17 09 May 2007The need for all firms to have an effective, robust and flexible IT security strategy is as important as it ever was. Yet there exists a train of thought that security is a business hygiene factor; that firms simply have to invest in security. However, strategic investment in security technology can actually act as an agent of change for the business.
• Endpoint security: keeping your business safe from the inside and outside Posted:14:15 09 Mar 2007The proliferation of removable media and portable devices-including PDAs, MP3 players and USB memory sticks-in the enterprise creates a dilemma for IT security administrators. Even though many devices are valuable business tools, they also present new security challenges-including data leakage and introduction of malware-that could jeopardise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive corporate information.
• Achieving Business Flexibility in SMBs using SOA Posted:11:55 11 Jan 2007The vast majority of industry experts predict that the adoption of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) will grow rapidly over the coming year. It’s not surprising why. In essence SOA is an effective way in which a company can integrate not only its diverse applications suite but also the business tasks and processes it carries out. The result is a more streamlined, flexible, adaptable, and hence competitive and effective organisation.
• Driving business efficiency with Applications on Demand (AoD) Posted:11:03 21 Nov 2006There are two main pressures facing all businesses: coping with downward financial pressure and aligning IT with business objectives. In fact the former makes the latter much more of an essential item.
• Data security for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)Posted:11:17 24 Feb 2006Research from Computer Weekly in 2005 displayed some alarming trends regarding the security worthiness of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK: only 18% reported never to have been hacked or attacked.
• How to make supply chain technology deliver benefitPosted:00:00 01 Nov 2005 There have been many recent advantages in the field of digital supply chain management. These new technologies will let you generate virtual information on the ‘real’ information in your company and then, through the server, you can share that information with your employees who can combine it with customer resource management (CRM) software or can generate databases of your company’s inventory.

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• Exploiting the full potential of mainstream processorsPosted:11:44 23 Oct 2007One of the fundamental technological dynamics of the IT industry has been to push the limits of technological performance further and further. Companies have come to expect regular step changes in price and performance of their fundamental IT and will readily invest in them to extract business advantage.
• The rich rewards from resilient and highly available serversPosted:13:13 13 Sep 2007Cutting edge techniques such as virtualisation can help IT departments make the most out of their IT estate. But there’s an assumption here that the estates in question will be continuously available to users.
• The environmental, IT performance and business advantages of blade serversPosted:11:16 13 Sep 2007Over the course of 2007, the challenges facing IT departments and the servers that they deploy throughout their businesses has changed subtly. No longer is it enough for IT departments to deploy the best or most appropriate technological server solution; they also have to look at the wider business context of server technology deployment.
• If server optimisation is the problem, blade servers can be the answerPosted:16:20 30 Jan 2007The growth of server blade technology has increased rapidly over the last couple of years. There are many reasons as to why this is so, not least among them the financial (savings) gains that can be made.
• The rich rewards from resilient and highly available serversPosted:14:19 24 Oct 2006Cutting edge techniques such as virtualisation can help IT departments make the most out of their IT estate. But there’s an assumption here that the estates in question will be continuously available to users.
• The Next Generation of Desktop TechnologyPosted:12:29 06 Jul 2006Feedback from ComputerWeekly readers has suggested that there are two key management issues affecting the working lives of CIOs, heads of IT and IT Directors: aligning IT with the business and reacting to downward financial pressure. Such factors are keenly felt when senior ITR management has to manage large PC estates that reside in all enterprises.
• Making virtualisation payPosted:11:45 10 May 2006There is no doubt that one of the key topics in the IT industry right now is virtualisation. In short, virtualisation is a technique that enables organisations to pool their essential IT resources into one flexible and manageable entity.
• Data security for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)Posted:11:17 24 Feb 2006Research from Computer Weekly in 2005 displayed some alarming trends regarding the security worthiness of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK: only 18% reported never to have been hacked or attacked.
• How to create a high performing, cost-effective datacentrePosted:05:48 01 Nov 2005IT directors and heads of IT are under more pressure than ever. They are invariably being tasked with having to do more for the business they work for but with less resources. Such downward financial pressure is also being felt by the IT managers who will be tasked with making sure the plans of IT directors happen.