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 white paper overviews the evolution of DR strategies for x86 computing, how VMware enables new strategies but also introduces new challenges, and how adopting the latest VMware vSphere platforms along with Veeam vPower allows you to proceed confidently on the journey to a legacy-free DR solution. 

This expert e-guide explores the latest backup and recovery features of Exchange 2010. Find out how you can leverage high-availability and site resilience capabilities to simplify and streamline disaster recovery processes. 

This expert e-guide outlines strategies for combining virtual server backup methods with traditional approaches for a more comprehensive VM backup system. Discover tips that will protect your virtual environment at no extra cost. 

SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset is renowned by network engineers worldwide, who rely on its desktop tools to monitor, discover, manage, and troubleshoot their networks. Download a free 30-day trial to explore capabilities including: monitors and alerts on availability, bandwidth utilization and network device health, and robust network diagnostics. 

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

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. 

Explore the growing body of evidence suggesting a direct link between investment in business analytics solutions and organizational performance. This IDC white paper highlights market trends that point toward more pervasive use of BI solutions. 

This paper from Kurt Salmon identifies the common inhibitors to innovation and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help organizations establish innovation more firmly within their normal operations. 

Is your IT able to keep up with the constant pace and demands in enabling organisational agility? 

This brief paper discusses why business intelligence and corporate performance management are critical capabilities of overall performance management.