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TOP STORIES - August 27, 2009 • First Look at Microsoft's SQL Azure Database CTP • NEC, Stratus Put Intel 'Nehalem' Chips into Fault-Tolerant Servers • Amazon's AWS Toolkit for Eclipse Eases Cloud Development • Images: Amazon's AWS Toolkit Provides Total Eclipse Integration • Star Wars: Big Time Vendor Rivalries SPOTLIGHT Windows 7: Eye Candy Meets Performance Delivering several enhancements and a performance boost, Windows 7 is certainly capable. But is it a compelling upgrade? READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Big Iron vs. x86 Servers: What to Know • Ways Apple Can Fix Google Voice Blunder • IBM Using DNA to Build Next-Gen Chips • Five Trends Changing the Face of BI FEATURED VIDEO Smarter SOA in the Cloud Leverage Cloud-based solutions to achieve better ROI, grow efficiency. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • 13 Common Data Storage Failures • 10 Companies Google Should Buy • Windows 7's Magical Mystery Tour • Google: PubSubHubbub Is RSS on Steroids IN THIS ISSUE First Look at Microsoft's SQL Azure Database CTP Slide Show: In the past few weeks, the company has released community technology previews for SQL Server 2008 Release 2, SQL Server StreamInsight and the SQL Azure Database. In this image gallery, eWEEK is offering database administrators a glimpse of what the future holds for SQL Server, as well as what it will look like when their data lives in the cloud. READ MORE >> NEC, Stratus Put Intel 'Nehalem' Chips into Fault-Tolerant Servers The chips will bump up the memory and storage capacity of the NEC and Stratus servers, as well as boost performance and virtualization capabilities. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Sun/Intel The Sun & Intel x86 Server Refresh Savings Estimator tells you how many physical servers your company can eliminate and how much energy can be saved, based on your current server fleet. Find Out More Here. ADVERTISEMENT Amazon's AWS Toolkit for Eclipse Eases Cloud Development Review: The AWS Toolkit for Eclipse is a plug-in that allows developers to develop and deploy software to the Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure. The plug-in provides full integration into Eclipse, offering complete control over managing remote instances, uploading code, running code remotely and even debugging remotely without leaving Eclipse. READ MORE >> Images: Amazon's AWS Toolkit Provides Total Eclipse Integration The plug-in lets you develop software for the Amazon Web Services cloud without leaving Eclipse. Within Eclipse, you can manage and configure your AWS servers, as well as deploy and debug to the AWS servers. READ MORE >> Star Wars: Big Time Vendor Rivalries Whether it's the edginess caused by the recession, the increasing convergence of technologies and solutions or the rush to lead in new markets like cloud computing, competitive furor among many of the major IT vendors is at an all-time high. Former friends have turned foe and in some cases the tone has gotten personal. Read on for some of the more interesting vendor rivalries to watch today. READ MORE >> 10 Ways to Keep Mobile Workers from Slacking Off By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S. is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more of a question of "how" rather than "if": How will you measure, manage and build relationships with increasingly distributed teams and workers? Fortunately, there are many strategies to help managers adapt to developing their mobile teams. And while it requires some tactical changes, management of remote employees can be very rewarding. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Top 10 Tips for Choosing the Right ERP Solution These days, midsized companies looking to implement an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system have more options than ever, as big-name vendors move in to a space previously occupied by smaller vendors. But this does not necessarily mean that going with a big-name vendor will give your business the features it needs at a price that it can afford. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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