This exclusive report for Computer Weekly readers by Juniper Research, offers a comprehensive briefing for senior IT professionals on the opportunities for NFC mobile payment technology, markets and trends. 

Josko Grljevic, IS Director of thetrainline.com, explains how he cut its IT costs dramatically by virtualising its data centre and moving IT services into the cloud. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, after HP announced 27,000 job cuts worldwide, we examine how the IT giant is changing its strategy and what it means for customers. We talk to the one-man team that runs IT for a global firm employing 1,600 people. And Virgin Atlantic's CIO explains why mobile apps are such a high priority. Read the issue now. 

This white paper discusses key capabilities needed in a value-added network (VAN) and what to look for in selecting your next VAN provider. 

Technology and data consumption are evolving faster than mobile networks are able to adapt; what we at iPass are calling “Mobile Darwinism.” Learn more as you explore mobility trends and mobile usage among business users. 

Ensure traveling employees are productive while you control costs and security, with an enterprise mobility strategy. 

This report from analyst, Freeform Dynamics, offers 7 key enablers of effective IT disaster recovery for IT department's in small and medium companies. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

This case study details how one company leveraged a dedicated software to gain simultaneous access to critical information, eliminating the need for redundant copies of data and realizing tremendous storage savings. 

In this case study, discover how you can prevent unexpected downtime and enable highly available and scalable virtual desktops. Find out how you can build a fault-tolerant infrastructure and reduce your storage requirements with a robust software suite. 

Combining distributed data management software with your desktop virtualization project can help you overcome common storage challenges and gain benefits such as data consolidation, improved storage utilization and simplified management. Explore a unified data and storage platform in this exclusive resource. 

This special Computer Weekly report analyses the market for supercomputers, peripherals and applications, the supercomputer community, developments in technology, and offers a country by country comparison.