Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. 

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. 

European consumers' growing use digital channels as part of their shopping experience is driving retailers’ focus on delivering efficient online, cross-border operations in Europe, this research report from Accenture reveals. 

CIOs are more confident of securing technology budget increases than at any time in the last five years, according to the CIO Technology Survey 2012. 

This study from Booz&Co reveals industry concerns that anti-piracy measures will deter venture capital organisations from investing in internet start-ups. 

This report, the second in a series of studies looking at the impact emerging online applications have on B2B technology marketing, finds that blogs and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) are catching on more quickly than previously thought. 

Access this useful paper to discover how you can use multi-channel marketing to target the right customer with the right content at the right time. 

<p>In this paper, explore the security issues and constraints facing midsize retailers today and uncover how integrated security solutions that can help deliver comprehensive protection while delivering optimal price-performance.</p> 

This white paper outlines a case study on Harvard Business Publishing and how they improved their Web content management system with Alfresco. 

The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors. 

This case study provides insight into a business products company that needed to find a way to integrate their e-commerce strategy with their existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Learn how they were able to seamlessly manage their order statuses, histories, customer items, and more alongside their ERP software. 

This paper looks at enterprise content management and how you can leverage business information to gain a competitive edge. 

Supply chains are the blood of your business - incredibly complex, yet vital to your success. This paper explores the relationship between partners and processes and the need to enable electronic data exchange with all your suppliers. Read this to learn about the limitations of traditional integration methods and new options that enable e-commerce.