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. 

Social service agencies are experiencing challenges with manual processes. Advanced case management strategies are being implemented to streamline these processes and foster greater insight, collaboration and decision-making capabilities. This white paper explains how one such solution allows you automate these processes to elevate processing. 

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. 

Data abstraction overcomes data structure incompatibility by transforming data from its native structure and syntax into reusable views and data services. But some data abstraction approaches work better than others. Composite data virtualization is an optimal way to implement an abstraction layer at enterprise scale. 

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 case study examines Equifax's process of implementing a Business Rule Management System (BRMS) and the lessons learned. It provides readers with an understanding of BRMS as well best practices should they choose to implement a BRMS. 

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. 

This report from KPMG, packed with case studies, looks at the drivers for innovation in e-health. 

Attend this webcast, led by seasoned Datalink storage experts, to learn exactly what deduplication can do for you-what's real and what's hype. 

This white paper explains how a business rule management system (BRMS) can make business process automation easier to understand, maintain and manage. 

This essential checklist reviews the key steps to developing and implementing a comprehensive cloud security and compliance program. Learn how to create security policies, procedures and standards to support your business goals while ensuring that your business meets relevant government regulations for your industry. 

Sun’s customer-driven approach for how companies implement a virtual environment will enable customers to choose the right virtualization tool for the job yet still maintain cohesive management of a heterogeneous environment.