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02/10/2010 09:38:37 Daily, September 02
eBay Sells Most Of Skype; Oracle Sees Threat



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TOP STORY: eBay Sells Most Of Skype For $1.9 Billion

MORE NEWS: Snow Leopard: 100 Incompatible Mac Apps

ANALYTIC REPORT: Meet The Challenges Of Government IT Initiatives

WHITEPAPER: Cover Your Assets with Desktop Managed Services

BLOG: Oracle Sees A Threat In Rimini Street

WEBCAST: Optimize Business Performance By Building A Smarter Enterprise

RESOURCES: InformationWeek Government Technology Leadership In Federal Government Survey


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"There is no safety in hiding."

-- Ted Kennedy 

 

TODAY'S TOP STORY

eBay Sells Most Of Skype For $1.9 Billion
The online auction company will retain a 35% equity position in Skype, which is valued at $2.75 billion.

RELATED INSIGHTS
Skype Looks For More Business Users
Skype Software Flap Threatens Its Future
Google Denies Skype Discrimination

ALSO SEE

Snow Leopard: 100 Incompatible Mac Apps

Tracking site says Apple's new Mac OS X 10.6 not compatible with dozens of applications and utilities.



Napster Goes Mobile

The mobile version will enable Web-capable phones to view album art, preview songs, and download tracks over the air.



Wi-Fi Draws Air Travelers

Business travelers overwhelmingly value Wi-Fi service over meals or free movies on airplanes, says a survey.



Gmail Fail Strikes Again

Users of Gmail from around the globe are reporting that the service isn't accessible. Google is promising a fix soon.



VMware Bridges Data Center, Cloud

In his VMworld keynote, CEO Paul Martz outlined the company's plans to provide seamless management consoles for internal and cloud-based virtual machines.



Privacy Group Coalition Urges Data Regulation

Ten consumer and privacy groups are urging Congress to limit the way online information can be used for advertising and profiling.



GSA Wants Bigger Role In Fed IT Spending

Federal agencies spend $22 billion annually on IT purchases made through the General Services Administration via government-wide contract vehicles.



L.A. Wildfires Close In On Cellular Towers

If flames engulf Mt. Wilson, cell phone service to the public and to emergency service providers would be disrupted.



AT&T Boosts 3G In NY

The wireless operator is deploying 850-MHz spectrum to increase 3G coverage for its smartphone and mobile broadband users in New York and New Jersey.



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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

Cover Your Assets with Desktop Managed Services
Use these slides from the editors at bMighty.com, loaded with market information and industry best practices, to educate your senior management about the benefits an asset management solution can bring your organization. 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


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Oracle Sees A Threat In Rimini Street
Posted By Mary Hayes Weier
Apparently the third-party software maintenance firm known as Rimini Street, which Oracle and SAP have claimed is no threat to their businesses, is indeed a threat. Oracle has filed court documents requesting Rimini Street to produce information about its business, which it says could be a "carbon copy" of TomorrowNow, the company at the center of Oracle's lawsuit against SAP.

ALSO SEE

Program Aims To Erase Doubts About Health Data Security
Posted by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
A new certification program could make it easier for healthcare organizations to decide whether their IT security products meet their compliance needs.

iPhone Battery Life Still Weak, Mophie Juice Pack Helps
Posted By Eric Zeman
A new report compiled by Strategy Analytics says that while most iPhone owners are pleased with their devices, they aren't so happy about battery performance. Though the iPhone doesn't have a user-replaceable battery, there are options out there. Enter the Mophie Juice Pack Air.

30,000 Job Openings For SAP Consultants, SAP Official Says
Posted By Bob Evans
An SAP official said today that 30,000 job openings exist worldwide for SAP consultants to support the needs of the company's 82,000 customers and their 12 million users across the globe.

Maytag Crosses Popular Blogger, Gets Spun Dry
Posted By Mitch Wagner
It's always been a bad idea for consumer companies to get celebrities angry, because celebrities have millions of fans, and can rally those fans to fight. Now, with the Internet and social media, it's easier for people to achieve celebrity and the power to significantly damage companies. That's a lesson that Maytag is learning the hard way, from blogger Heather Armstrong, who writes Dooce.

WEBCASTS

Optimize Business Performance By Building A Smarter Enterprise
Attend a Webcast on optimizing business performance by building a smarter enterprise, featuring author James Surowiecki and IBM chief marketing officer Jon Iwata. It happens Sept. 16 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET. More Information & Registration

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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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