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. 

An increasing number of organizations are looking at how choosing the right storage platforms contributes to data protection and high-availability and helps ensure minimal planned and unplanned downtime or even continuous operations. Read this white paper to learn all about data protection and how it applies to your business. 

There is a new customer with which every online business must contend. Armed and empowered, they are leveraging a multitude of channels and a myriad of devices to stay “connected” to their favorite sites. What makes the connected customer tick? Find out in this paper by Lauren Freedman of the e-tailing group. 

IT analyst with Bloor Research in the U.K., Philip Howard, provides a comprehensive comparision of IBM and Oracle systems for data warehousing. 

<p>This technical white paper provides Exadata Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) insight for rapid deployment and efficient operation of Exadata Database Machine, focusing on the areas of: Exadata MAA Architecture, initial deployment, post-deployment Exadata MAA configuration, and Exadata MAA operational best practices.</p> 

The Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is designed for maximum performance and reliability. Read this white paper to learn how most applications will experience a significant performance improvement if you choose to leverage this system. 

Read this white paper for an overview of Oracle Optimized Solution for WebCenter Content on SPARC SuperCluster. From the industry-leading WebCenter Portal software, to pervasive content management in Oracle WebCenter Content, Oracle WebCenter Suite provides the extensive functionality enterprises need to manage the flow of information. 

This paper provides recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure. It covers deployment of software, hardware, storage, and network components. 

This paper outlines how Oracle’s investments in the Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle Database, enable IT organizations to achieve these difficult and opposing challenges. 

This document is intended as a technical guide for developers and system administrators that want to understand the precise details of how Oracle Solaris and Oracle’s Sun x86 systems using Intel Xeon processor 5600 and 7500 series can improve your enterprise application solution environment. 

Download this white paper for deep insight into the release of Oracle BPM Suite 11gR1 and the capabilities it has to improve your organizations business process management (BPM) needs. Read this now and discover the power of developing rule sets directly within the suite, the breakdown of each product and its capabilities and more. 

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers, Oracle® Solaris, Oracle Solaris Cluster, and educational and professional services from Oracle can help organizations maximize the availability of business-critical IT services. Continue reading to learn more. 

This white paper describes the challenges IT organizations face when managing large numbers of user desktop systems and explains how Oracle's integrated desktop virtualization and storage solution can help.