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. 

See how midsize companies around the world are reducing costs, creating more accurate reports, gaining deeper insights into their businesses and improving productivity and efficiency with IBM Cognos Express, the powerful, integrated reporting, analysis and planning solution purpose-built for midsize businesses. 

<p>This special nine-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing IBM, its financial performance, the services it offers.</p> 

Virtualization has gone mainstream. Learn how virtualization can help your organization gain more efficiency from your data center.  Join Tom Ready, IBM Vice President and Resident Expert for Server Services as he discusses how leading-edge hardware platforms provide the capability for clients to virtualize. 

This 5-part series offers key tips and tools that can help prepare your organization for a workload optimized, integrated hardware and software appliance. Discover how to quickly on-board your applications so you can get the most from this advanced system. 

Data center energy efficiency yields immediate results. Listen to this podcast that discusses the drivers for organizations to integrate and focus on energy and environmental responsibilities – and how redesigning your data center to meet these pressures can drive growth and create energy efficiency savings. 

In the July 2011 cover story of Storage magazine, Jacob Gsoedl examines the current problems associated with virtual server backup and highlights the latest apps and features that help in putting an end to those challenges. 

<p>Access this webcast to learn about the past, present and future of IBM i. Discover, through the use of real-life examples, how organizations have benefited from this system.</p> 

This paper examines how proven test data management capabilities can help you deliver reliable applications and achieve maximum business value from you application investments. 

See how to finance IBM Cognos Express for as low as $25 (USD) per user/month with one-stop financing solutions from IBM. 

New research from the International Technology Group demonstrates that the three-year operating and capital expenses for deployment and use of IBM XIV storage systems average 69 percent less than for EMC VMAX equivalents. 

No, IBM is not going on the game show circuit, but IBM will make Watson’s full human language understanding deep question and answer system (DeepQA) available to healthcare in the near future for many use cases benefiting providers and payers.