<p>Choosing the right workload automation tool for your enterprise can be a daunting task. This white paper outlines the benefits of using cloud computing for workload automation and provides a checklist to help you select the right offering for your business.</p> 

Watch this brief webcast to see how Group Credit Agricole of Moroccodeployed IBM XIV and halved response times, cut 6-hour batch runs down to 3.25 hours, and reduced administration. 

The tech chasm that has allegedly formed in the workforce created by a cross-generational 1divide  – between those who grew-up with technology and those that didn’t – is vastly overstated. 

Timely access to information is something retailers need to satisfy consumer needs and wants. HP’s Converged Infrastructure can improve customer service and give retailers a competitive advantage. Learn how, through the use of HP’s Converged Infrastructure, retail businesses can streamline/standardize equipment, and advance their technology. 

Whether it is selling books, groceries, gadgets or tickets, the volume of orders being taken online continues to grow. Ensuring that customers receive a prompt and personal experience, whilst remaining assured about security, is essential to the ongoing success of online retail. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

Mobile applications and devices have galvanized the retail industry. Read this white paper to learn about the business challenges, opportunities, organizational inhibitors, and technology enablers for retail industry mobility. Find recommendations for keeping the consumer at the center of your mobile strategy. 

This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by retail organisations is up by5.1%.The growth indemand for IT staff in this sector shows 44.5% more vacancies being advertised than ayear ago. 

Read this now to learn how single-view software could enhance your customer relationship interactions with more insightful data. 

This white paper details how one company in the retail industry significantly reduced running costs while maintaining its high system availability with high performance server technology. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.” 

Read this paper to learn how the changing face of customer loyalty is affecting retailers now and in the future. Learn how to gain advantage from more adept use of technology and data, and the importance of effective customer insight to stay attuned to fast-changing customer behavior and sentiments.