CASE STUDY:
With the skyrocketing popularity of Zynga games such as FarmVille – which is now the largest single application on Facebook – Zynga’s technology strategy has to be as savvy as its business model. Find out why Zynga now relies on cloud services to manage its precipitous growth, maintain high availability, and keep costs in check.
WHITE PAPER:
This research paper introduces a popular online gaming Trojan kit known as the "Xiang Wei Ma (XWM) Kit," which roughly translates to "Rattle Trojan," that targets popular online games in China.
PODCAST:
In this week's episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss their favourite moments of the last 10 episodes as part of their Christmas Special.
ESSENTIAL GUIDE:
This guide to managing application performance covers transaction speeds, networking, workflow and tools for performance detection and diagnosis.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we visit the first hackathon at Abbey Road Studios, once home to The Beatles, to find out how tech startups hope to revolutionise music creation. Our latest buyer's guide looks at perimeterless network security. And we look ahead to the key CIO skills and jobs trends for 2019. Read the issue now.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the role of green tech in helping businesses contribute to the government's 2050 net-zero targets. We also talk to Spotify about the importance of open source for the music streaming service and how hybrid working is evolving as the post-pandemic workplace continues to change. Read the issue now.
EZINE:
It's not just the countries of the Middle East that have a plan when it comes to digital transformation. Private businesses are also overhauling their systems. One such company is the automotive division of Saudi Arabia's Abdul Latif Jameel Company (ALJC), which has completed one of the biggest SAP projects ever undertaken in the auto sector.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, after Birmingham City Council's disastrous Oracle project cost over £100m, we analyse where it all went wrong. Our new buyer's guide examines building a sustainable IT strategy. And we find out how Thomson Reuters is using AI to enhance its product offerings. Read the issue now.
ANALYST REPORT:
According to Gartner, vendors must demonstrate both "completeness of vision" and an "ability to execute" to be evaluated as a leader. Gartner's 2011 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites evaluates IBM as a leader. Read the report to learn more.
EGUIDE:
In this e-guide: Software for marketing, from content marketing through customer experience management to marketing automation, and the rest, has not been as central to the vision of CIOs as ERP and the full panoply of IT infrastructure: storage, security, networking, data centres, and all of the above delivered by way of the cloud.
