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TOP STORIES - July 11, 2011 • Facebook, Microsoft Get Closer via Skype Video-Chat Plans • Skype for Android Comes to Select 'Gingerbread' Smartphones • Apple, Microsoft Group Beats Google to Nortel Patents • Microsoft's Best Answer to Google+ Might Be Facebook • 10 Reasons to Buy iPad 2 Instead of HP TouchPad SPOTLIGHT Hot iPad 2 Alternatives to Consider For those who don't want the popular iPad 2, there are some compelling alternatives currently available or launching soon. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Internet Security Myths That Delude Users • U2 Turns to Dell for an Extra Edge • Firefox 5 Sports Speed, Security • Get Ready for BI on the Fly FEATURED VIDEO Brace for BPaaS Business Process as a Service is expected to take businesses by storm. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Devices That Could Hurt iPhone 5 Sales • Questions About Amazon Android Tablet • 10 Tips to Secure Cloud Computing • HP TouchPad a Solid Platform for webOS IN THIS ISSUE Facebook, Microsoft Get Closer via Skype Video-Chat Plans Facebook's partnership with Skype is bringing video chat to the world's largest social network, and expanding its relationship with Microsoft, which owns a stake in Facebook and is buying Skype. It's also the latest step in Facebook's and Microsoft's competition with Google, which is pushing into the social network space with Google+. READ MORE >> Skype for Android Comes to Select 'Gingerbread' Smartphones Skype for Android offers two-way video calling on only four Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" smartphones: the Google Nexus S, HTC Desire 5, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo and Sony Ericsson Xperia pro. READ MORE >> Sponsored by CDW Get effective collaboration tools with unified communications solutions from CDW. Learn more. ADVERTISEMENT Apple, Microsoft Group Beats Google to Nortel Patents A consortium comprising Apple, Microsoft, RIM, Sony, EMC and Ericsson kept Nortel Networks' 6,000 patents from patent-poor Google. READ MORE >> Microsoft's Best Answer to Google+ Might Be Facebook News Analysis: There's more than one way to enter the social networking market, and it looks like Microsoft is doing it by gradually expanding its alliance with Facebook. READ MORE >> 10 Reasons to Buy iPad 2 Instead of HP TouchPad News Analysis: HP's TouchPad is now on store shelves giving consumers a chance to compare the two tablets head to head. While the TouchPad is an attractive product, it's not the best buy when compared to the iPad 2. 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 >> Public, Private, and Hybrid: All about Clouds and How to Choose One Jul 20, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern / 11:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Cloud computing has become so popular today that other important IT infrastructure solutions, including consolidation, virtualization and disaster recovery have taken a back seat. But while clouds offer numerous benefits, including scalability, cost and ease of management, they also present challenges that must be overcome before organizations can start reaping those benefits REGISTER >> Building an Efficient Test / Development Management Process Jul 21, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Many companies have virtualized their test and development environments as a first foray into virtualization. But even on this small scale, some of the challenges of managing virtual infrastructures become evident. Manual provisioning processes can delay the delivery of virtual machines to developers. Developers may oversize their requirements just to save time, which results in VM sprawl as test/dev machines are abandoned and forgotten. REGISTER >>

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