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. 

This study evaluates the leadership role that Chief Information Officers performs in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals 

The commercial potential of cloud computing and cloud services is widely accepted, both in private industry and in the public sector.  The opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency in the UK public sector are real and achievable, but require significant changes to procurement practices, delivery frameworks and across the supplierlandscape. 

The value of the IT market for smart cities globally is approximately $35bn, according to this in depth analysis from Ovum. 

ArcGIS® 10 is an innovative geographic information system (GIS) technology. 

Now that smart phones are being used by professionals in fields ranging from field service to customer care, evaluating and selecting the optimal device has become more challenging. Read this white paper for an in-depth look at which smart phone features make work easier and why ruggedness is a requirement. 

This brief paper details IBM's options for asset management, beginning with long and short-term planning and continuing through deployment, monitoring, calibration and tracking. Read this now and learn why maintenance staff no longer must wait until a tenant complains or equipment actually breaks down to become aware of an issue. 

Exadata Smart Flash Cache is the fundamental technology of the Sun Oracle Database Machine Full Rack that enables the processing of up to 1 million random I/O operations per second (IOPS), and the scanning of data within Exadata storage at up to 50 GB/second. Read this paper for more. 

SMBs are always looking for ways to cut software spending in the data center. Where are the areas that SMBs can make smart software spending decisions in the data center? In this videocast, get advice on how to effectively reduce costs in the data center using Windows Server 2008 R2 and a smart software spending strategy. 

The challenges faced by today’s government agencies and commercial operations are many and varied—and to stay afloat, these organizations must not only promote change from within, but they must also be agile enough to quickly adapt to evolving markets, policies, regulations, and business models. 

Over the course of 2010 and 2011, Forrester Research spoke to hundreds of customers about their enterprise service bus (ESB) activities, and conducted briefings and demonstration reviews as well as over twenty customer interviews to evaluate five commercial and four open source ESB product vendors. Access this paper to examine Forrester's findings. 

Access this white paper to discover a smart approach to commerce. In this era of the empowered consumer, customer relationship management is a vital to your enterprises success. Discover a smarter commerce strategy that enables you to reduce, or avoid, the potential for unsatisfied customers.