In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now. 

Although pay levels are unlikely ever again torise as fast as they did at the end of the 1990s when fears about the “millennium bug” stoked thefires of an already over-heated job market – or to fall as fast as they did when the bug failed to bite– employers are acutely aware of the need to keep a close eye on short- and long-term pay trends. 

This paper examines technology advancements in storage and explores how using these technologies in conjunction with virtualization can solve your storage challenges. 

Changing business requirements and customer demands are pushing cloud to the forefront. Access this exclusive report from IDC to investigate the key benefits that cloud has over traditional delivery models, current market trends, cloud offerings and challenges providers are facing. 

This IDC technology spotlight discusses the role that self-service provisioning, automation, and workload mobility management software plays in enabling IT organizations to efficiently manage private and hybrid cloud environments.  In addition, it introduces a new, advanced solution that can help optimize cloud management. 

This Technology Spotlight discusses the key issues surrounding the changing user environment and the resulting need for improved data backup and security. Additionally, it examines the critical concerns companies face as they support occasionally connected users across a distributed network. 

Companies should consider investments in time and attendance applications as a low-risk, low-cost way to reduce payroll costs and improve productivity.  Companies that already have time and attendance applications should consider maximizing the breadth of their deployment or extending it to other workforce-related functions. 

ROBERT WALTERS SURVEYED APPROXIMATELY 200 PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE IT SECTOR.  THE RESULTS SHOW THAT A HIGH PROPORTION HAVE VERY MODEST SALARYAND BONUS EXPECTATIONS. 

Social channels are here to stay and should be part of your customer engagement strategy, as you will be re­quired to integrate these new channels sooner, rather than later. This paper will help you build the best road map to customer success, integrating both old and new channels into your customer experi­ence strategy. 

While businesses are seeing the value of becoming more open through social collaboration, there is a tightening of regulations impacting corporate governance and, subsequently, IT governance. 

Learn about a remote support system that can help your company maintain mission-critical systems while going through implementations, changes, or for everyday needs. 

Read this white paper to learn four stages of organizational capabilities and associated customer analytics strategies to help gain deeper customer insight. 

The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source.    Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.”