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TOP STORIES - May 4, 2011 • Google Maps Alabama Tornado Devastation • Botnet Takedowns: Watching Out for the Walking Undead • FBI Neutralizes Coreflood, but Needs Time for Total Fix • Federal IT Can Save $18B with Consolidation: Report • U.S. and China Leverage Official Apps SPOTLIGHT Why iPad 3 Should Be Released This Year Apple said it has no plans to release a new iPad model in 2011. But we look at why the company should reconsider that decision. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • First Look: Apple's White iPhone • The Tablet PC's First 123 Years • Google Shows Off Data Center Security • Low-Cost Micro-Camera Takes Clear Pics FEATURED VIDEO How BA Can Pay Off Big Business analytics (BA) can turn data into actionable, profitable guidance. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • New BlackBerry Bolds Are Thin, Powerful • Google Docs vs. Word Web App in Cloud • Microsoft Gives Developers an Eyeful • Features We Expect to See in iPhone 5 IN THIS ISSUE Google Maps Alabama Tornado Devastation Google Maps partnered with satellite imagery provider GeoEye to show pictures of the destruction wrought by more than 100 tornadoes that raked across the southern United States. Tuscaloosa and Jefferson County were struck particularly hard. Google offered before-and-after comparisons and is culling data about Red Cross shelter locations and tornado touchdown reports. READ MORE >> Botnet Takedowns: Watching Out for the Walking Undead There have been several victories against major botnets in the past few months, the most recent being the shutdown of the Coreflood botnet. Even though law enforcement officials have successfully collaborated with various industry experts to track down and seize command-and-control servers pumping instructions to infected machines, for the most part the operators remain at large. eWEEK takes a look at some of the recent takedowns to determine whether the botnets and their zombies are amongst the walking undead. READ MORE >> Sponsored by IBM Most clouds aren't capable of supporting the types of workloads becoming increasingly common on a smarter planet. The IBM Smart Business Cloud is different. It's designed to a myriad of workloads, including development and test environments. Adopt a cloud that's ready for your business. ADVERTISEMENT FBI Neutralizes Coreflood, but Needs Time for Total Fix In the week since the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized five command-and-control servers controlling the Coreflood botnet, zombie activity has plunged nearly 90 percent. READ MORE >> Federal IT Can Save $18B with Consolidation: Report New internal report offers an overview on how government IT managers see progress in refreshing their data centers. READ MORE >> U.S. and China Leverage Official Apps The governments of the world are issuing smartphone and touch-screen tablet apps to stoke their public relations efforts, with recent new offerings from both the White House and Beijing. READ MORE >> How to Get Started with Cloud Computing View this panel discussion with IBM cloud computing leaders on how enterprises can get started with cloud computing -- reviewing which workloads make sense to move first and the right type of cloud for workloads. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4: A Guide This document will also show that the same best practices, tuning tips and tricks, and skill sets necessary to deploy Oracle databases in physical environments can be leveraged when deploying Oracle databases in virtual environments. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Demystifying the Cloud - A Conversation with Dell's CIO & CTO! May 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join Dell's Chief Innovation Officer Jim Stikeleather and Chief Technology Officer Kris Fitzgerald as they untangle the nebulous world of cloud computing. These luminaries will explain the various types of cloud services, and they'll also show how to best utilize and customize cloud computing for your environment. REGISTER >> Best Practices for Data Center Consolidation Initiatives May 4, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Specific government initiatives like the US Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) lay out best practice guidelines and objectives for departments and agencies to follow as they plan IT strategies for their own service requirements. This is further supported by the "25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management" and efforts around Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). REGISTER >>

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