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TOP STORIES - July 7, 2011 • Google+ Wants to Friend Frustrated Facebookers • PHP Fog Platform as a Service Puts PHP, MySQL to Work • Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 • Google Mulls Closing Google+ Reshare Privacy Hole • Microsoft Gets It Right Sometimes: 10 Recent Smart Moves SPOTLIGHT Hot iPad 2 Alternatives to Consider For those who don't want the popular iPad 2, there are some compelling alternatives currently available or launching soon. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Internet Security Myths That Delude Users • U2 Turns to Dell for an Extra Edge • Firefox 5 Sports Speed, Security • Get Ready for BI on the Fly FEATURED VIDEO Brace for BPaaS Business Process as a Service is expected to take businesses by storm. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Questions About Amazon Android Tablet • 10 Things to Know About IBM's Blue Gene • Latest Google Flops: Health, PowerMeter • Why Hadoop Data Analytics Is Catching On IN THIS ISSUE Google+ Wants to Friend Frustrated Facebookers Seizing on Facebook's seemingly cavalier attitude toward user privacy, Google says it envisions its recently launched Google+ as a more nuanced approach to social networking. The service endeavors to give users complete control over what content they share online and with whom they share it. Take a walk-through of Google+. READ MORE >> PHP Fog Platform as a Service Puts PHP, MySQL to Work PHP Fog is one of crop of new services that expand Platform as a Service beyond Java, Ruby and Python to accommodate the popular PHP language. The service, which became publicly available in May, layers caching, load balancing, database scaling and code version control features atop the Amazon Web Services foundation. READ MORE >> Sponsored by NetApp Transform the promise of cloud computing into real business results. Whether building a private cloud or buying cloud services, learn why companies choose NetApp storage and how they've accelerated time to market, reduced storage management costs, and achieved higher operational efficiencies. Learn more. ADVERTISEMENT Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 Microsoft has delivered a second platform preview of its Internet Explorer 10 Web browser. The new preview, which includes support for site-ready HTML5 technologies and improved performance and security, is available for download. READ MORE >> Google Mulls Closing Google+ Reshare Privacy Hole Google's reshare button lets others in a circle broadcast content they like. Users may disable reshare, but only after a user posts something. Google is working on a solution. READ MORE >> Microsoft Gets It Right Sometimes: 10 Recent Smart Moves News Analysis: Microsoft has gotten a lot of criticism about the lack of success with some of its business units. But the company has made several smart moves over the last few years that have helped it grow. 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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