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. 

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This report from Accenture looks at the challenges facing the public sector in offering digital services. 

This report from Cisco provides insight into the mindset, expectations and behaviour of the world's next generation of workers and what this will mean for businesses in preparing to accommodate the demands of this workforce. 

The security of SQL Server database servers has become a top priority for database administrators. This article examines best practices that can be employed to secure Microsoft SQL Server 2000 databases. It provides an overview of the security model in SQL Server 2000 and discusses best practices you can employ to secure yours. 

This informative webcast discusses how to harness the power of social media and provides a demonstration of Alfresco's enterprise content management tool. 

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. 

This expert white paper from Forrester Research discusses how the role of the sales person has changed in today's digital world and the four types of salespeople in the 21st century. 

This expert resource from Gartner examines integration brokerage and how it can apply to a variety of integration problems. 

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. 

View the slides presented in the "New Research: How to Improve Your B2B Email Marketing Results in 2007" Webcast and find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007. 

This paper discusses the improved functions of portals, specifically SAP NetWeaver, and how you can make the most of them within the enterprise.