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TOP STORIES - May 13, 2011 • Microsoft's Office 365 Beta Proves Promising • Why Analytics Is Red-Hot Right Now • IBM Upgrades Its 'Big Data' Tape, Archiving Lineup • Google Launches App Engine 1.5, Post Preview Support • EMC Unveils All-Flash PCIe Serverlike Device SPOTLIGHT Google Maps Shows bin Laden Hideouts Pinpoint Osama bin Laden's numerous hiding places throughout his infamous career, up to where he met his violent end. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Google Maps Alabama Tornado Havoc • New BlackBerry Bolds Thin, Powerful • Why Macs Outshine Windows PCs • Touch-Screen Musicians Virtually Jam FEATURED VIDEO Essential Steps for SMBs We look at five tech steps SMBs need to take to keep up with the times. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Google I/O Delivers 'Honeycomb' 3.1, More • Reasons to Adopt Adobe CS 5.5 • Why Motorola Delayed the Droid Bionic • Why iPad 3 Should Be Released This Year IN THIS ISSUE Microsoft's Office 365 Beta Proves Promising At first glance, Office 365, which opened as a public beta in mid-April, encompasses a well-thought-out collection of services that combine flexibility and stability while conforming to real-world business needs for compliance and security. Although hosted instances of the Office server apps are already available from third parties, the Office 365 instances will raise the bar for what customers should expect. READ MORE >> Why Analytics Is Red-Hot Right Now If software is the core DNA of most technology advances today, analytics is the core DNA of software companies. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is well aware of this. In fact, Hummer Winblad's two largest successes to date have been in analytics--Arbor Software and Omniture. We take a look at the top 10 reasons analytics is surging right now. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Teradata Teradata maximizes competitive edge. Learn how Teradata can help anticipate and react faster to competitive threats and trends to develop greater agility and genuine competitive edge. Top executives reveal how in a video presentation "Learn from the Leaders." Learn More. ADVERTISEMENT IBM Upgrades Its 'Big Data' Tape, Archiving Lineup Big Blue introduces exabyte-capable tape libraries to handle backup and archiving for massive data sets. READ MORE >> Google Launches App Engine 1.5, Post Preview Support At its Google I/O conference, Google announces version 1.5 of Google App Engine and discusses its plans to graduate the platform out of preview status to enterprise-grade quality. READ MORE >> EMC Unveils All-Flash PCIe Serverlike Device CEO Joe Tucci denies his company is moving into the server business, but EMC's soon-to-come solid-state device appears to clash with his contention. 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 >> 8 Considerations for Evaluating Disk-Based Backup May 20, 2011 12:00 p.m. Eastern / 9:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join us for an interactive eSeminar where Jeff Crum, senior product manager at ExaGrid, and other industry experts will share eight key technological criteria to consider when evaluating systems. REGISTER >> Meeting the New Demands for Management & Security with All-In-One PCs May 23, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) vPro is also the key to manage the security issues in a far more rigorous and comprehensive fashion due to increasing governance and compliance demands as well as new and evolving threats. Lenovo adds to vPro with their own unique solutions. REGISTER >>

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