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 Webcast, presented by MarketingSherpa and KnowledgeStorm, presents findings from MarketingSherpa's new report: "IT Marketing Benchmark Guide 2005-2006: Data for B-to-B Software, Hardware & Services Marketers." Learn what IT marketers revealed about their results and budgets and real-life numbers to help benchmark lead generation plans. 

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. 

Programming is a journey between the real world and a computer. This article explains why object orientation is currently the best way we have of making the journey. 

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. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

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. 

In this one hour Webcast, presented by Jeff Ramminger, EVP KnowledgeStorm, learn how you can develop more effective content, make it available more efficiently and influence the most important decision makers at the right stages of the buying process. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

Data managers are concerned about managing the explosion of data, and are looking for ways to manage the process. In this survey from IDUG, learn about improving database performance and overall corporate performance. 

The CMO Council and KnowledgeStorm have partnered to explore the relationship between online technology researchers and IT vendors. Join KnowledgeStorm in this Webcast replay to learn what over 1,400 survey respondents said about online technology content usage and its influence on IT buying.