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TOP STORY: Windows 7 Free Trial Available

MORE NEWS: Oracle Unveils 11g Database, R2

ANALYTIC REPORT: Meet The Challenges Of Government IT Initiatives

WHITEPAPER: Achieving Successful Coexistence Between Notes and Microsoft Platforms

BLOG: Gmail Outage Says More About Google Than Clouds

WEBCAST: The 3 I's of the Internet - plus one free T(ee)

RESOURCES: InformationWeek Government Technology Leadership In Federal Government Survey


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 Thursday, Sep 3, 2009 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY...
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame."

-- Benjamin Franklin 

 

TODAY'S TOP STORY

Windows 7 Free Trial Available
Tech pros can download Microsoft's new OS at no charge and use it for 90 days.

RELATED INSIGHTS
Microsoft, Intel Pump Up Windows 7
How To Upgrade To Windows 7 From Windows XP
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Oracle Unveils 11g Database, R2

Release 2 of Oracle's flagship database seeks to consolidate departmental, smaller systems on a data center grid.



CA Chief Swainson To Retire

CEO John Swainson led a multi-year turnaround effort at the IT management company after an accounting scandal. His successor has not been named.



Amazon Files Brief Against Google Books Lawsuit Settlement

Wary of Google's ambition and power, Amazon has joined a growing list of companies that see danger in Google's publishing plans.



Gmail Outage 'A Big Deal,' Says Google

Aiming to blunt criticism from competitors and cloud computing detractors, Google insists it's taking the Gmail outage very seriously.



Raytheon To Buy Internet Pioneer, BBN

BBN has government contracts covering advanced networking, information technologies, sensor systems, and cybersecurity.



Astronauts Complete Overnight Spacewalk

Discovery crewmembers Olivas and Stott handle tricky tank replacement.



Canon Announces EOS 7D Camera

The digital SLR camera has dual imaging processors for capturing movement and recording HD video. An optional wireless file transmitter can push image files to other devices.



VMware Seeds Amazon Cloud Competitors
vCloud Express is a counterstroke to Amazon EC2 cloud services.

Microsoft, Intel Pump Up Windows 7

In a joint press event, the two companies bragged about Windows 7's performance and energy efficiency on Intel processors.



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ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS

FEATURED REPORTS

Meet The Challenges Of Government IT Initiatives
With President Obama's recent appointment of a federal CIO and federal CTO, agency tech chiefs are under the gun to meet challenges in cyber security, green IT, business intelligence, the IPv6 transition and other initiatives. Will you meet be able to meet the demands?
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Featured Report

Bringing Mainframes Into the IT Mainstream
831 respondents to our InformationWeek Analytics Mainframes survey confirm that too many enterprises are running parallel IT operations, with big iron and distributed groups barely crossing paths, let along sharing expertise. CIOs need to get this schism under control, and soon.
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FEATURED WHITEPAPERS

Achieving Successful Coexistence Between Notes and Microsoft Platforms
Use this whitepaper to learn the key migration and coexistence challenges you'll face when considering a migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft platforms. Get best practices for planning and executing a successful coexistence strategy, and see how Quest can help ensure seamless coexistence between the Lotus and Microsoft environments. Download Now

5 Steps to Creating a Business Continuity Plan
A University of Texas study estimates that more than half of small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) that lose their data in a disaster go out of business within two years after that disaster. Make sure its not yours with this five-step plan for putting a business-continuity plan in place. Download Now

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TODAY AT THE BLOG


FEATURED BLOG
Featured Blogger Gmail Outage Says More About Google Than Clouds
Posted by Michael Hickins
The hand-wringing over Tuesday's Gmail outage was as predictable as it was wrong-headed. Yes, as many observers were quick to point out, this was Gmail's fifth significant outage of the year. But what most of them fail to say is that their own systems are probably even more unreliable.

ALSO SEE
Avaya-Nortel: The Push-back
Posted by Eric Krapf
As we count down to the September 11 bankruptcy court auction that will determine the buyer of Nortel Enterprise Solutions, No Jitter recently ran a compelling and controversial writeup from an industry observer arguing against the likelihood of a successful combination should Avaya capture Nortel in the auction. The piece drew quite a few detailed and insightful comments, as well as at least one point-by-point rebuttal on another blog.

Latest Mobile OS From Microsoft Cannot Turn the Tide
Posted By Ed Hansberry
Microsoft launched the Pocket PC in 2000 and really turned the tide in the mobile device market, long before there were smartphones. Palm was the leader, but due to advances by Microsoft and Palm resting on their laurels way too long, Microsoft became a dominant player in the PDA market. The PDA market though has all but vanished and smartphones have taken their place. Now Microsoft finds itself the underdog, and its latest release, Windows Mobile 6.5, won't be enough to turn the tide.

Will The Rush To Health IT Create Talent Shortages?
Posted By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government is funding numerous new technical assistance centers to help doctors and hospitals deploy e-medical records systems. That should fill some support needs. But won't many doctors require more hand-holding and won't most hospitals need tech people working closely with clinicians on-site? Where will all this talent come from?

Storage Vendors Cater To V-SMBs
Posted By George Crump
At VMworld this year there is a lot of emphasis on making the storage easier and less expensive for the small to medium sized businesses that are taking their first steps into the server virtualization market. The focus of these storage vendors is on driving down costs and driving out complexity.

California Government High On Twitter
Posted By Mitch Wagner
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is turning to Twitter to get ideas on how to help the financially struggling state. He's asking residents to tweet ideas for improving California, which the government is compiling on a Web site, Myidea4CA.com.

WEBCASTS

The 3 I's of the Internet - plus one free T(ee)
Automobiles, household appliances, even livestock are getting their own IP addresses, leading some to refer to the Internet of Things. How are companies in almost all business sectors benefiting from the concept of being Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent? Find out by attending this webcast from Internet Evolution. Get a free tee-shirt just for showing up! More Information & Registration

Open Source in the Next Computing Wave " Sponsored by Red Hat
Open source software has been both benefactor and beneficiary of the "Internet wave." Today, a fresh set of trends is changing the way that we build computing systems. Open Source is playing a major role in this new wave. Find out how!


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RESOURCES AND EVENTS

InformationWeek Government Technology Leadership In Federal Government Survey
InformationWeek Analytics is conducting a 5-minute survey on government technology leadership for those working within the federal government. Take part and be eligible to win an iPod Touch. The survey closes at midnight, Sept. 5.
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Image Gallery of the Week 

Image Gallery: Which Browser And Why?
In the space of the last year, Firefox, IE, Safari, and Opera have been updated and Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Bing have joined the Web browser market. Is it time for you to make a change?
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InformationWeek 500 Conference: Navigating The Boardroom
Why blog when you can vlog it? We look at tools from Adobe, DeskShare, Corel, Cyberlink, and Microsoft that allow basic video editing and quick uploads.
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