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TOP STORIES - July 14, 2011 • 10 Ways the Google+ Social Network Is Making Waves • 10 Security Tips to Lock Down Your Cloud Assets • Two Keys to Success in the Cloud • Microsoft Pushes Dynamics CRM Online, Windows Server 8 at WPC • Salesforce.com's Heroku Lands Ruby Language Creator SPOTLIGHT Stealing iPhone 5's Thunder The iPhone 5 will definitely sell well when it's finally released, but there are some products that could hold it back its full sales potential. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Questions About Amazon Android Tablet • Gadgets You Need on Summer Vacation • Apple TV Could Bring Static to Google TV • Cloud Aids Endangered-Species Efforts FEATURED VIDEO Taming the Paper Monster We look at ways to cut down on using paper in your day-to-day operations. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Atlantis Launches Into History • Barriers to Android's Long-Term Success • iPhone 5 Features We Expect to See • Why Hadoop Is Catching On IN THIS ISSUE 10 Ways the Google+ Social Network Is Making Waves Google is using its new social network, Google+, to challenge Facebook for user engagement and social ads on the Web. Google+ already has millions of users, with one entrepreneur predicting it could reach 100 million users faster than any service in history. READ MORE >> 10 Security Tips to Lock Down Your Cloud Assets Chances are that your organization already has adopted some form of cloud IT. When moving IT to the cloud, organizations need to consider basic security practices analogous to locking the door on their homes. We take a look at a common-sense set of 10 tips. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Dell Simplify your IT setup and reduce costs with Dell Virtual Integrated System. Watch the Interactive Video! ADVERTISEMENT Two Keys to Success in the Cloud Baseline's latest research report reveals the two undervalued, but essential, elements of a winning cloud computing strategy. READ MORE >> Microsoft Pushes Dynamics CRM Online, Windows Server 8 at WPC Microsoft's cloud initiatives range from a new Dynamics CRM Online in the fourth quarter of 2011, to the upcoming Windows Server 8, as announced at this week's WPC. READ MORE >> Salesforce.com's Heroku Lands Ruby Language Creator Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of the Ruby programming language, has joined Salesforce.com's Heroku platform-as-a-service company as chief architect of Ruby. 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 >> 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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