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	Five reasons the U.S. tech lead is in danger There is a worldwide race to build the next generation of supercomputers, but U.S. efforts have stalled. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Defining a Framework for Cloud Adoption IBM has developed a cloud computing adoption framework, which establishes common definitions for cloud computing delivery models and services, illustrates the key capabilities to consider when developing cloud computing strategies, and identifies key aspects required to successfully execute that strategy. Read Now In this Issue 9 best practices for successful IT projects FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest Senator threatens filibuster of Protect IP Act as vote nears Software vendor says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems The Downside of SAP Overcome network latency and bandwidth issues for remote SAP users with WAN optimization technology that has been certified to improve SAP application performance. By combining caching, compression, and TCP optimization bandwidth usage can be reduced by up to 95%. Read now! 9 best practices for successful IT projects Most often when the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office are called into to check out an agency, process or project they are looking for something that has gone wrong. This week, however the group took a look at some government IT projects that have gone right and came up with some best practices other government agencies or in public corporations could emulate to achieve success in their own IT projects. Read More FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's staff has found AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA to be contrary to the public interest, with officials there saying the deal would result in the largest single concentration in the U.S. mobile market in history. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Trends in Business Analytics In his presentation "Trends in Business Analytics", Colin White (Founder, BI Research) will explore the impact that trends such as analytic RDBMSes, Hadoop and MapReduce, the NoSQL movement, smarter and real-time analytics, and self-service business intelligence will have on businesses. Read Now Senator threatens filibuster of Protect IP Act as vote nears The Protect IP Act, which would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders focused on shutting down websites accused of copyright infringement, could come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate by early December, and one senator is threatening to filibuster the bill. Read More Software vendor says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets Former SAP partner Wellogix is accusing the vendor of stealing its trade secrets and swindling it out of lucrative software projects, according to a lawsuit Wellogix filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Read More
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