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. 

SiriusDecisions has commissioned a new research study to examine the efficacy of demand creation - from the point of view of prospects and customers you are spending millions of dollars to communicate with. Read this executive summary of our Demand Creation webinar to find out which tactics are viewed most favorably in b-to-b marketplace. 

This report, the third in a series of studies examining the impact that emerging online media have on B2B technology marketing, shows how three mainstays of the Web 2.0 culture are evolving into B2B information delivery tools: Online video, Social networks and Wikis. 

Effective negotiations and management of telecom contracts can have a measurable impact on a business’ financial performance. 

IT is moving from being a point of differentiation for an organisation towards becoming a point of constraint. 

With more accurate sales forecasts and enhanced identification of potential problems and opportunities, Oracle Sales Analytics helps close business faster and increase overall sales revenue. Read this data sheet to learn more. 

Juniper Research defines a mobile ticketing user as “someone who stores a ticket on their mobile phone for later redemption” at the point of travel, the music venue, the cinema etc. 

This white paper highlights the rise of virtualization and discusses how it will effect backup, recovery, and related processes. We will also look at what applications have been virtualized and how the old backup and recovery tools may not be up to the challenge of supporting this new dynamic infrastructure. 

Read this Forrester Research Inc. white paper to learn the latest on interactive marketing and how to implement these practices into your mobile marketing stratgieries. 

The Internet has changed the dynamics of technology sales and marketing. While most marketing efforts emphasize generating leads, and most sales efforts are focused on closing sales, not enough consideration is given to the little-understood but vital middle ground of lead qualification. Learn more about industry best practices. 

This whitepaper explains why automated reconciliation is quickly evolving into a competitive necessity. The costs associated with manual reconciliation, the benefits from automation, and the best reconciliation workflow model will all be discussed. 

This paper examines the impact of de-duplication in a disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup and recovery environment.