In this week's issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies that retailers are turning to for IT-enabling customers' Christmas shopping. We examine research revealing the huge cost of application software that fails to meet requirements; and we talk to one of the pioneers of agile software development. Download the new issue now. 

Natural disasters, attacks by hackers, a new application gone bad - any or all of these could result in costly disruptions and missed opportunities. Yet many businesses overlook business continuity planning. Learn how savvy enterprises are employing virtualization to strengthen disaster recovery plans. 

Health care is quite different from other sectors and, as such, backup and disaster recovery need to be considered in a different way. Access this resource to better understand the storage factors that must be considered when preparing for disaster recovery in a health care setting. 

This technical white paper discusses the concerns associated with DR, and explains in detail how RecoverTrac technology addresses a full range of DR challenges. 

Access this white paper to learn how software escrow agreements can be a critical tool to help ensure application continuity within your business continuity plan. 

Check out this video for a hands-on introduction to a complete disaster recovery solution that can automate the backup and protection of your servers and ensure full recovery within minutes from an intuitive, one-click interface. This video will walk you through the basic functions of this appliance, and outline the benefits it can bring you today. 

Business continuity and disaster recovery can mean a rapid return to operations or financial downfall. This IDC white paper highlights the challenges and best practices for implementing continuity and recovery solutions, and details how Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable firms to meet their recovery requirements. 

This white paper features the results of Symantec's second SMB disaster preparedness survey, and provides recommendations to help your organization establish and maintain a successful disaster recovery strategy. 

Now that many organizations have virtual servers and storage across part of their data center, it is time to turn to implementing effective disaster recovery initiatives. This exclusive white paper highlights Dell and VMware virtualization architectures that can help implement an effective disaster recovery plan. 

The impacts of a system outage are felt within minutes of the incident and range from production and shipping stoppages to lost business, industry penalties and failed audits. Read this paper to learn how a disaster recovery (DR) plan based in the cloud mitigates these risks and protects the interests of shareholders, investors and customers. 

In businesses nationwide, IT infrastructures have been growing rapidly – leading to extensive sprawl. In terms of disaster recovery, this spells mayhem. This e-guide suggests virtualization as a potential solution and explains why hot sites, bandwidth, and testing are essential components of any virtual disaster recovery plan. 

Disaster recovery (DR) shouldn’t be left on the back burner until a natural disaster strikes. In fact, around 80% of network disruptions are a result of IT architecture complexity. But for many organizations, virtualization is an economical DR solution. This e-guide addresses the benefits of virtual disaster recovery. 

Disaster prevention is often better and easier to implement than disaster recovery. In Microsoft Server 2008, there are several new built-in disaster prevention capabilities to help you avoid trouble. One of these is accidental object deletion protection.