This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

There are many challenges associated with consolidating branch locations, in efforts to save money and increase effectiveness.  Learn how merged government branch offices can properly cut costs and increase efficiency utilizing HP’s Converged Infrastructure. 

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. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

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. 

The federal government’s push for electronic healthcare records has made compliance and data security even more pressing. This e-guide offers a look at where healthcare IT leaders should begin, and what they should watch out for as they move to embrace the HITECH Act, HIPAA and other initiatives. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

This white paper will answer the question of whether or not these standards are necessary in project management by exploring what can happen in the absence of these regulations. 

This expert E-Guide from the writers at SearchServerVirtualization.com brings you up-to-date on the latest virtualization developments and explains how they can benefit your IT shop. 

This paper tells, business can start using a fully managed hosted version of Microsoft Exchange Server, and make quite a positive impact on small business’s ability to compete in today’s uncertain economy. 

VMware Workstation allows administrators to run multiple operating systems from a single physical machine. But you may be wondering if an upgrade to Workstation 7 is necessary. 

Virtualization is a white hot topic in the IT world, and with good reason. It's vital for networking professionals to understand how server virtualization and networks affect each other. In this expert e-guide learn about managing virtualization networking, distributed virtual switching, network capacity planning for virtualization and more. 

In this informative Pocket Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com, Dell and VMware, learn more about the virtual management tools on the market and their functionality. Discover which product capabilities organizations should consider when evaluating virtual infrastructure management technologies.