Networking World: Oracle's Ellison Challenges IBM, NetApp And--Well--Everyone

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NETWORKING NEWS UPDATE
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Friday, January 29, 2010

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LATEST NETWORKING NEWS

- Global CIO: Oracle's Ellison Challenges IBM, NetApp And--Well--Everyone
- Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable To Attack
- Google Social Search Reaches Beta
- Microsoft Finds Indiscreet Sharing Costs Jobs
- Apple iPad Promises Media Revolution
- Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw
- Voltaire Intros 40 Gigabit Switch
- Google Voice Storms Apple's iPhone
- Verizon Posts $653 Million Loss In 4Q

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Cloud Computing: Platform As A Service
- End-User Device Strategy

WHITEPAPERS
- Windows 7 + Windows Server 2008 = An Optimized Desktop
- The Shortcut Guide to Virtualization and Service Management

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- Apple iPad Backlash Begins
- Apple Releases iPad SDK In Beta
- Apple iPad Promises Media Revolution
- Oracle Outlines Post Merger Roadmap
- iPad Missing 'Something Important'

WEBCASTS
- Optimize Your Data Center Operations and Harvest Savings

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- Special Coverage: The Tablet PC Wars
- InformationWeek 500 2010 Registration Has Begun
- Live Event: Competitive Advantage in 2010: Efficient Enterprise

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LATEST NETWORKING NEWS
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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Global CIO: Oracle's Ellison Challenges IBM, NetApp And--Well--Everyone
Is Larry Ellison's silicon-to-application strategy the next wave, or is he 50 years out of phase?
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- Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable To Attack
A report finds widespread concern among IT security executives about cyber threats to industry networks.
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- Google Social Search Reaches Beta
It just got easier to tap the wisdom of your friends online.
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- Microsoft Finds Indiscreet Sharing Costs Jobs
A survey commissioned by the company shows that the majority of human resources professionals have rejected job applicants based on information found online.
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- Apple iPad Promises Media Revolution
The early speculation is that the tablet brings publishers hopes of new revenue for digital content while ushering in a shift in how users interact with the Web.
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- Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw
Prompted by a report on a privacy problem affecting its browser toolbar add-on, Google has addressed the issue with an update.
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- Voltaire Intros 40 Gigabit Switch
The Grid Director 4036E can deliver 2.72 terabits per second and is aimed at trading businesses and high-performance storage environments.
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- Google Voice Storms Apple's iPhone
Apple rejected Google's native Google Voice app for the iPhone. So Google has bypassed Apple using the Web.
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- Verizon Posts $653 Million Loss In 4Q
The company said it took a major hit from costs related to layoffs in its landline division, but saw growth in its wireless business.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- Cloud Computing: Platform As A Service
Web application development is moving to online platforms. This report, by InformationWeek and Dr. Dobb's, explores the leading vendors and development environments for online development, and some of the trade-offs that are required.
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- End-User Device Strategy
We need to deliver the computing power employees require while moving away from the fat desktop PC with its replacement cycle treadmill. Will the winning approach include netbooks, VDI, applications on smartphones, application streaming, or some as-yet-unknown combination? We can't say. But we do know that IT must develop a smart new direction, and soon. Download InformationWeek's latest all-digital issue.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
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- Apple iPad Backlash Begins
The pre-release hype has given way to complaints about the device's supposed shortcomings.
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- Apple Releases iPad SDK In Beta
The software development kit is available to individuals and enterprises who wish to build proprietary tablet applications.
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- Oracle Outlines Post Merger Roadmap
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Sun Microsystems will add $1.5 billion to Oracle's profitability within a year of the just-completed merger of the two companies.
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- iPad Missing 'Something Important'
Adobe says no Flash support means Apple's hot new tablet is incompatible with millions of Web sites.
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- Optimize Your Data Center Operations and Harvest Savings
Attend this webcast and glean tips and techniques to maximize returns and improve service maturity from your DCO engagement. You'll learn how to enhance efficiency of DCO and reduce total cost of ownership, improve business availability through an SLA-based engagement model, abd much more.

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RESOURCES AND EVENTS
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- Special Coverage: The Tablet PC Wars
Will Apple follow Amazon and Microsoft into the tablet market? What form might their tablet take -- and can Apple repeat its magic disruption? InformationWeek has full coverage of the tablet PC wars.
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- Live Event: Competitive Advantage in 2010: Efficient Enterprise
Join us in New York on February 18th as Dell's CIO, Robin Johnson, leads a rousing interactive discussion with an intimate group of IT executive peers, describing how all companies can benefit from the approach that Dell took by standardizing on the x86 platform; using virtualization to simplify application usage and reducing redundancy and sprawl; and automating provisioning across disparate global environments.
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