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	Richi Jennings: Oracle emergency Java patch delights and confuses Stung by yesterday's criticism of its tartyness in patching critical vulnerabilities in Java, Oracle issues an out-of-cycle update. But questions remain. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers shake their heads. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Become a Cloud expert at AWS re: Invent Amazon Web Services invites you to AWS re:Invent, our first global customer and partner conference. Hear how companies are migrating their IT applications to the Cloud. Learn best practices for managing security, monitoring your resources, optimizing performance, and cutting costs. Get your questions answered by AWS experts to help you get started. Register today for AWS re: Invent, the largest gathering ever of the AWS community. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft and Google employees vote with their wallets: They want Obama Barbara Krasnoff: Procrastinators are us: Do you need a to-do app? Michael Horowitz: Java security flaw: yada yada yada Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 faces supply constraints as consumer attitude shifts Shark Tank: Penny wise, $100 foolish WHITE PAPER: Teradata Experts Share the Five Pieces of Private Cloud Success Private clouds are emerging as a way for enterprises to take advantage of many of the benefits of the cloud model, but with less risk. This eBook discusses why private cloud models are the best choice for many organizations today. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Microsoft and Google employees vote with their wallets: They want Obama Microsoft and Google employees are big-time donors to the Obama campaign, with Microsoft employees and associated groups donating $443,748 so far, and Google employees and associated groups donating $357,382. That's two of the top five employers donating to Obama. By way of contrast, the accumlated donations of no tech companies show up on the top of the Romney campaign. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Procrastinators are us: Do you need a to-do app? If you're like me, and can't seem to cut down on your list of things to-do, you may want to try a to-do app. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right In this live, interactive Webcast you will learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Michael Horowitz: Java security flaw: yada yada yada What you need to know about the latest (in a long line) of Java security flaws. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 faces supply constraints as consumer attitude shifts If you're one of the thousands of iPhone owners selling their smartphone to make way for the introduction of Apple's new iPhone (5) then you'd better get ready to make your pre-orders as soon as you can, as potential supply constraints may make these things hard to get. Read More Shark Tank: Penny wise, $100 foolish This pilot fish has a simple task to perform: replacing a failed network card in a metal stamping machine. The good news: The vendor will ship the proprietary card overnight for a total cost of $100. What could go wrong? Read More
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