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• Vizioncore ramps up virtualisation monitoring
  Foglight is admins' flexible friend.
• HP sees decline across the board
  But EDS comes to the rescue, again.
• Microsoft axes Google Docs rival
  KIA for subscription-based Equipt.
• Oracle targets enterprises with beefed-up CRM
  New modules aimed at the big boys.
• Embarcadero slashes prices with new bundles
  Software price falls pressure rivals.
• Informatica nabs Applimation for storage know-how
  Pays $40 million for its trouble.
• Free groupware takes on Exchange monopoly
  Zarafa squeezes Microsoft with BlackBerry support.
• Mozilla launches new web-based code editor
  Developers urged to take up Bespin to promote open standards.

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• Oracle offers compression to DBAs
  Oracle's powerful new HP Oracle Database Machine comes with 168TB of storage ... and a hefty price tag to boot. But there is another to boost processing power: the company's own efficient compression technology.
• Unified communications won't displace insecure IM
  Business-grade unified communications software offers security, but dealing with external clients often means leaving the light on for AIM, Skype and the like.
• Touchpaper questions IT readiness for EuroSOX
  Asset management company Touchpaper has released a white paper examining the impact on European companies of the EU's version of the Sarbanes-Oxley act.

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• 5 ways to build your virtual office
  The good part about going virtual is that you don't have to worry about leaving your data or software on the wrong machine when you're away from the office. The bad part is when you can't reach the Internet. But more and more online applications are offering offline access these days...
• How to ... navigate a sea of SOA standards
  One of the problems with SOA is the wide range of standards to chose from. When implementing an SOA project, the important thing is to pick the ones that matter and use middleware carefully.
• Defining enterprise IM strategies
  Look for features such as encryption, scalability and recording capabilities.

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• Extreme SavingsNew
  

  This paper explores how enterprises can use Wide Area Data Services to cut hard costs and make the most of their existing infrastructure, without negatively impacting their operations.

• Accelerating Virtualised EnvironmentsNew
  

  Discover how wide-area data services help deliver the benefits of virtualisation and IT consolidation while addressing the challenges of performance and availability.

• The Evolving Role of the CIO
  

  This whitepaper looks at the findings of a recent survey of successful CIOs from a number of industries, and examines what's needed for the role of the CIO to evolve.

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• HP winning VMware-Microsoft virtualisation battle
  Despite the claims and counterclaims of superiority by Microsoft and VMware - and now Citrix and VMware - it's becoming increasingly clear who's going to be the winner in the rapidly growing market for server virtualisation: Hewlett-Packard.
• Problems with monitoring virtual infrastructure
  Questions about how to monitor VMware ESX installations are common on community forums, but the term "monitoring" covers so much ground and could involve so many tools that the question requires a lot of refinement.
• 5 IT skills that won't boost your salary
  Technical skills may never die, but areas of expertise wane in importance as technology advances, forcing companies to evolve and IT staff to forsake yesterday's crafts in favour of tomorrow's must-have talents.

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• IBM sticks head in the clouds 
  
• So that's Chrome 
  
• See the Chrome, feel the Chrome ... 
  

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• Talend Open Studio 3.0
  The data integration market is one that has been left to a handful of companies, with not many competitors wishing to develop the complex software needed to crack that market. But open source development has offered a way in, as French company Talend has demonstrated.
• Microsoft Azure Services Platform
  It didn't take long: scarcely had Steve Ballmer announced Microsoft's own cloud computing platform before a preview version was available for download. At first glance, it seems that Microsoft has put together a worthwhile platform for cloud computing development, although judgment will be reserved until the commercial version is available.
• Microsoft Silverlight 2.0
  When Microsoft Silverlight appeared in autumn 2007, it attracted plenty of media attention as commentators were eager to see how the company would tackle an RIA product. After 12 months where plenty of sites have used the technology, Microsoft has now introduced Version 2 of the product and all the signs are that there have been some useful advances.
• SolarWinds ipMonitor 9.0
  The are plenty of network monitoring tools around, the trick is finding out which one works best for you. SolarWinds has always made much of its being designed intuitively for network engineers and, as we find, this is not a hollow boast.
• Xobni for Outlook 1.2
  Outlook is powerful but stupid. Here's an app that adds some intelligence and doubles productivity.

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• Automatic for the programmer
  The magic of software is that, because there are no limits of physics, we can keep advancing the technology to meet our ambitions. Welcome to the 'endless value spiral.'
• Kagermann reflects on his years at SAP
  In an interview with Techworld-affiliated IDG News Service at SAPPHIRE, Kagermann reflected on his career and how his successor, fellow co-CEO Leo Apotheker, will do when he takes the reins next year.
• Coffee shops, conferences and communities: Getting the IT pro's attention
  Don't neglect your non-IT skills, advises Microsoft's Phil Cross, who has the job of engaging with IT professionals to get Microsoft's "message" out there.

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• Building a case for e-discovery
  Email discovery saved this construction firm both time and money.
• Kingfisher takes flight with roving agents
  An innovative use of networked handhelds improved customer service for this Indian airline.
• Eurodata unifies its comms
  Systems house Eurodata discovered that - when carefully deployed to the staff that need it - unified comms can pay off handsomely.

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