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TOP STORIES - April 27, 2009 • Intel Study: Stolen Laptop Cost to Businesses $50,000 • Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Sun Workers? • IBM Plans Cloud Computing Services for 2009 • Broadcom Launches Bid for Emulex • How to Sustain Profits using Effective Pricing Strategies SPOTLIGHT What Will Thrive, Die After Oracle-Sun Deal There are synergies and overlap between the companies' product lines. Which products will benefit, which will be killed? READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • BlackBerry App World Pros and Cons • NASA Outsources ISS Transport to SpaceX • How the HP-35 Killed the Slide Rule • Green, Clean Next-Gen Cars Hit Auto Show FEATURED VIDEO Vista Upgrade Tips See why upgrading to Vista is the best way to prepare for Windows 7. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • The 10 Most Interesting Products at RSA • Facebook: Governance Vote Results In • 10 iPhone Apps for IT Administrators • Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.2: VMware, Beware IN THIS ISSUE Intel Study: Stolen Laptop Cost to Businesses $50,000 Intel commissioned a study on the true cost of a lost or stolen laptop to an enterprise. The Ponemon Institute put the average price at nearly $50,000, with extreme cases nearing $1 million. The study offered a backdrop to Intel Anti-Theft technology, on the Intel Centrino Pro platform. READ MORE >> Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Sun Workers? News reports indicate that Oracle might cut thousands of Sun Microsystems jobs after it finalizes its acquisition of the software and systems maker. Although Sun had already pledged to cut up to 6,000 of its 33,000 employees from its work force, some observers said the actual number of jobs cut could be much higher. READ MORE >> Sponsored by St. Bernard Cut Your Web Filtering Expense and Get a T-shirt! Dude, where's your Surf control? Catch the next wave in Web Filtering with iPrism. Sign up for a Web Demo today and get a free WIPEOUT T-shirt. Plus, you may be eligible for a free Surfboard! Learn more now. ADVERTISEMENT IBM Plans Cloud Computing Services for 2009 IBM is planning to launch a new type of cloud computing service later this year that will put Big Blue in more direct competition with Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com and Microsoft. This new service is aimed at developers who want to write applications that work in the cloud. READ MORE >> Broadcom Launches Bid for Emulex Chip maker Broadcom claims the $764 million all-cash offer is not a hostile takeover bid, despite a lawsuit to block a poison pill provision and a not-so-friendly letter to Emulex's board. Broadcom wants Emulex for its technology used in transporting information from data centers to storage systems. READ MORE >> How to Sustain Profits using Effective Pricing Strategies Knowledge Center contributor Tapan Bhatt shares five best practices that will help your company use pricing strategies to protect margins, survive the economic storm and emerge stronger than your competitors as the market recovers. READ MORE >> Why Make the Move to Cloud Computing? Internal cloud, on-premise cloud, utility computing, and autonomic computing all refer to the same idea: using computing resources more efficiently to support today's applications and the workloads of the future. The confusion and debate around "clouds" will linger for the foreseeable future, but the building blocks are in place to create standards and shape the future of cloud computing. DOWNLOAD NOW >> How to Switch VAN Providers without Fire Drills For various business reasons, many companies have found themselves using multiple Value-Added Networks (VANs) to manage their supply chain operations. As EDI technology has progressed and trading partner expectations have increased, using multiple VANs creates a multitude of business challenges that place significant drag on supply chain efficiency. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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