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TOP STORIES - May 5, 2011 • Google Maps Pinpoints Osama bin Laden Hideouts • Google Maps Alabama Tornado Devastation • Apple's Cloud Could Help Blunt Amazon, Google, Microsoft Threats • Microsoft Office 365 Beta Proves Promising • Symantec to Send Backup Exec to the Cloud SPOTLIGHT Why iPad 3 Should Be Released This Year Apple said it has no plans to release a new iPad model in 2011. But we look at why the company should reconsider that decision. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • First Look: Apple's White iPhone • The Tablet PC's First 123 Years • Google Shows Off Data Center Security • Low-Cost Micro-Camera Takes Clear Pics FEATURED VIDEO How BA Can Pay Off Big Business analytics (BA) can turn data into actionable, profitable guidance. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Top Programming Languages for 2011 • Google Maps Charts Japan Devastation • Google Docs vs. Word Web App in Cloud • Dell PowerEdge R415 Is 1U Workhorse IN THIS ISSUE Google Maps Pinpoints Osama bin Laden Hideouts Osama bin Laden's death in Pakistan at the hands of U.S. Special Forces marks the end of a years-long search. Now thanks to services like Google Maps and Google Earth, the masses can now follow bin Laden's infamous career from Khartoum to Afghanistan to the fortress-like compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he met his violent end. READ MORE >> Google Maps Alabama Tornado Devastation Google Maps partnered with satellite imagery provider GeoEye to show pictures of the destruction wrought by more than 100 tornadoes that raked across the southern United States last week. Tuscaloosa and Jefferson County were struck particularly hard. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Insight Virtualization technologies from Microsoft can help you can manage physical and virtual infrastructures, across multiple operating systems and hypervisors, from the datacenter to the desktop. Reduce the cost and complexity of your IT today. Talk to an expert. ADVERTISEMENT Apple's Cloud Could Help Blunt Amazon, Google, Microsoft Threats Apple's cloud efforts could help the company blunt competition from Google, Microsoft, and services such as Amazon's cloud-based music player. READ MORE >> Microsoft Office 365 Beta Proves Promising Our first look at Microsoft's cloud-based office suite and services is encouraging. It provides small businesses as well as enterprises with hosted instances of the company's Office application lineup, while relieving IT staff of much of the day-to-day care and feeding of those applications. READ MORE >> Symantec to Send Backup Exec to the Cloud Symantec's Backup Exec.cloud is aimed at small businesses or remote offices that want to wash their hands of IT infrastructure. Thus, it will soon compete directly with such offerings as EMC's Mozy, Seagate's i365, CommVault, Acronis, Amazon S3 and others for the SMB cloud storage business. 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 >> What You Need to Succeed in the Cloud Find out how to begin your journey to the cloud today. To ensure you arrive at your destination when you want, use True PaaS for better, more accurate navigation for your journey. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Demystifying the Cloud - A Conversation with Dell's CIO & CTO! May 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join Dell's Chief Innovation Officer Jim Stikeleather and Chief Technology Officer Kris Fitzgerald as they untangle the nebulous world of cloud computing. These luminaries will explain the various types of cloud services, and they'll also show how to best utilize and customize cloud computing for your environment. REGISTER >> Meeting the New Demands for Management & Security with All-In-One PCs May 23, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) vPro is also the key to manage the security issues in a far more rigorous and comprehensive fashion due to increasing governance and compliance demands as well as new and evolving threats. Lenovo adds to vPro with their own unique solutions. REGISTER >>

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