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	How to Turn a Great IT Idea Into a Commercial Success Entrepreneurial CIOs at Union Pacific, FedEx and other companies tell how they're transforming internal IT into revenue-generating products. INSIDER (Registration required) Read More WEBCAST: Dell Get Your Data Moving With the advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), the potential now exists to converge storage traffic onto a common unified data center fabric to achieve lower costs, simpler deployment, as well as greater flexibility and performance. Register Now! In this Issue Networking chief Haas leaving HP SAP's 'Ramp-Up' program fingered in ERP lawsuit Preston Gralla: Beginning of the end for Microsoft's Ballmer? Hedge fund "star" says he should resign. Infosys faces grand jury as visa probe broadens Oracle-Google trial could be delayed for years Intel moves top executive to lead China unit WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Networking chief Haas leaving HP Marius Haas, who led Hewlett-Packard's networking business through the 3Com acquisition that made it a broader competitor to Cisco Systems, is leaving the company for investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. Read More SAP's 'Ramp-Up' program fingered in ERP lawsuit Officials in Marin County, California, are claiming SAP enticed them into joining a "Ramp-Up" early adopter program for a new ERP (enterprise resource planning) software suite, a move that helped send the project on a road to ruin. Read More Preston Gralla: Beginning of the end for Microsoft's Ballmer? Hedge fund "star" says he should resign. There have been plenty of people in the technorati who have said that the only way Microsoft will thrive is if CEO Steve Ballmer steps down. But now someone with a lot more influence is saying he should resign: Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn says it's time for Ballmer to go. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Transform Your Business with Video Business video is exploding in popularity. As video becomes increasingly pervasive, businesses need to uncover the most efficient and productive ways to deploy the media. Cisco Services offers four detailed white paper series—plus complementary short videos—that outline practical steps for harnessing the power of video and realizing the best ROI. Go Now Infosys faces grand jury as visa probe broadens A federal court has issued a subpoena to Infosys that seeks information on the Indian outsourcer's use of the B-1 visa. Read More Oracle-Google trial could be delayed for years The federal judge overseeing the Java patent litigation between Oracle and Google has said it might be necessary to delay a trial until U.S. authorities finish re-examining a number of Oracle's patents, a process that could take years. Read More Intel moves top executive to lead China unit Intel is bringing one of its top executives to China, in a move that is meant to bolster the company's strategy in a country set to become the world's largest PC market. Read More
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