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TOP STORIES - June 7, 2011 • Microsoft Offers Sneak Peek at 'Windows 8' • IBM at 100: Biggest Hits and Misses • HP Launches IT Performance Suite • Traditional Security Can't Stop New APTs, Zero-Day Threats • Business Apps Line Shelves of Enterprise Stores SPOTLIGHT 9 Summer Smartphones Worth the Wait Expect to see dual-core processors, near-field communications tech, 4G connectivity and HD video streaming. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Galaxy Tab Poses Major Threat to iPad • Google Wallet: Easy Mobile Payments • Android, Chromebook Questions Linger • Michael Eisner-Style Smarter Management FEATURED VIDEO BI Goes to Head of the Class Colleges are now offering business intelligence and analytics courses, degrees. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Asus Padfone Docks With Tablet • Why iPad 3 Should Be Released This Year • Galaxy Tab 10.1: Fine iPad Alternative • Endeavour's 19-Year History in Pictures IN THIS ISSUE Microsoft Offers Sneak Peek at 'Windows 8' Microsoft recently pulled back the curtain on its next version of Windows, code-named Windows 8, at two shows. At Computex, the company demonstrated how the next-gen OS will work on both x86 and ARM-based architectures. And at first glance, Windows 8 appears to embrace a user interface familiar to anyone who's seen Windows Phone or played with many of the tablets currently on the market. READ MORE >> IBM at 100: Biggest Hits and Misses Celebrating its 100th anniversary in June, IBM certainly has a lot to look back at and brag about. But it's also had its fair share of duds. eWEEK takes a look at the products and technologies that were hits for the systems giant as well as some misses over the past century. READ MORE >> Sponsored by HP HP LaserJet pays you back! Learn more. ADVERTISEMENT HP Launches IT Performance Suite With the introduction of its IT Performance Suite, HP makes good on its pledge to focus on delivering software to help IT staff build, manage and deploy enterprise software better. READ MORE >> Traditional Security Can't Stop New APTs, Zero-Day Threats A security vendor warned that firewalls, antivirus, filters and intrusion prevention systems are not enough to stop cyber-attackers from getting into the network. READ MORE >> Business Apps Line Shelves of Enterprise Stores One-stop shops that service all mobile operating systems can be leveraged by organizations to make approved apps for all platforms available to a company's workers. READ MORE >> Enterprise Content Management from A to Z Read this technology brief to learn more about the four key forces that are driving organizations to adopt a strategic, enterprise-level approach to planning and deploying content systems. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Enterprise LAN: The Magic Quadrant The LAN switching market is mature; however, it continues to evolve, as enterprises move toward a secure, collaborative workplace. Ethernet is used in more environments beyond traditional IT systems (such as process control, building automation and security), as Ethernet switching functionality is integrated into more data center infrastructures. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Best Practices for Virtual Machine Backups to the Cloud Jun 16, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) To resolve this conflict some businesses have embraced legacy agent and tape-based approaches that over time become too costly to manage and can fail to meet service level requirements. For many organizations new approaches such as backup and archive to cloud storage solves the dilemma. REGISTER >> What Can Identity Management Do for You? Jun 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern / 10:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Register today for this online event to hear industry experts compare and contrast different architectures such as synchronization-based and event-based models. Executives will discuss the common problems most enterprises face when they address identity management, and give you valuable insight into how identity management can become the center of most, if not all, of your IT-management policies. REGISTER >>

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