In this week's issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies that retailers are turning to for IT-enabling customers' Christmas shopping. We examine research revealing the huge cost of application software that fails to meet requirements; and we talk to one of the pioneers of agile software development. Download the new issue now. 

The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

This white paper is here to help you understand the important factors to be considered when selecting drives for your storage infrastructure. In this paper you'll receive 6 key tips and considerations to examine before deciding on a storage solution, and discover which technologies are better-suited for various types of data and/or organizations. 

Storage Decisions University, a new online, “always on” learning environment is designed to provide progressive learning content to you, the storage decision maker, affected by everyday backup challenges. The content in this virtual environment is there for you to read, listen to, watch or download at your expendency. 

This exclusive resource provides crucial strategies for efficient infrastructure operations with multi-hypervisors. Read on to understand the potential of hypervisors to radically impact the IT industry, learn about the business and IT drivers for multi-hypervisor environments and the challenges associated with these technologies. 

This short video provides a demonstration of the latest virtualization technology that aims at optimizing real-time voice and video on your virtual desktop. Take a look at how this solution intelligently routes voice and video traffic, allowing you to significantly enhance the quality of video conferencing. 

This white paper outlines a methodology for comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of endpoint management technologies including IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager. Learn why the TCO of Tivoli Endpoint Manager is much lower than other solutions on the market, delivering superior functionality at a fraction of the cost of competitive offerings. 

Learn more about the effectiveness of and customer's thoughts about live chat technology from the results of this survey. 

Explore how Intel cloud technologies can help you build a simpler, more secure and energy efficient cloud with next-generation servers and processors. Discover how these technologies can scale to meet your virtualization and cloud computing demands, while delivering the flexibility, performance and agility that you need. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine exclusive research into the investment priorities of UK IT decision-makers, which shows virtualisation, Windows 7 and security as the top areas for spending this year. We analyse the changing nature of database architecture; and the BBC’s Chief Technology Officer talks about IT plans for the broadcaster. 

This E-Guide is here to keep you up to date on the latest dedupe developments. Learn about the advantages deduplication software has over hardware, understand how and where data should be deduped, and discover how snapshot technologies are changing the way IT managers are thinking about backup and recovery operations. Read on to learn more. 

With a plan to simplify, consolidate and virtualize using converged infrastructure technology, the cancer center at Roswell Park anticipates $2 million reduction in operational costs, and improved staff productivity. Read this case study for all the details. 

In this Storage Decisions University classroom, get a complete overview on the current SSD landscape and the SSD options available for today’s storage managers.