Apple's plans for Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 -- and iCloud

	Scala founder: Tools needed to boost enterprise usage | Windows forecast shows XP's one-of-a-kind dominance
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	Apple's plans for Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 -- and iCloud At 10 a.m. Pacific time today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs will take center stage at the company's WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) to unveil the forthcoming iOS 5 operating system that powers its iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches; to provide more detail on the new Mac OS X Lion expected to ship this summer; and to reveal what the new iCloud service is all about. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Protect Your Company's Critical Data In this new Quest white paper, learn why your backup strategy should not only safeguard information, but base it upon the value of certain data. See how you can start defining an effective data protection solution that helps you stay in compliance and under budget. Read this important white paper. Read now! In this Issue Scala founder: Tools needed to boost enterprise usage Windows forecast shows XP's one-of-a-kind dominance Informatica adds support for 'big data,' Hadoop First tablets with Intel's Oak Trail processor ship WHITE PAPER: Sage Software 7 Steps to Building a Business Case for ERP This whitepaper describes a 7-step process that will help organizations build their own business case for an ERP investment. Read now! Scala founder: Tools needed to boost enterprise usage The Scala programming language, which runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has made some inroads into enterprise deployments, but improvements in areas such as tooling will help take it even further, according to the founder of the language, Martin Odersky. Read More Windows forecast shows XP's one-of-a-kind dominance Windows XP may be the last Microsoft operating system to hold a majority share, according to data from Web metrics company Net Applications. At its peak, Windows XP powered more than eight out of every 10 computers worldwide. But using Windows 7's average increase over the last three months as a guide, it's projected that that OS will top out with a 41 percent share in the third quarter of 2012. Read More Informatica adds support for 'big data,' Hadoop Informatica is joining the growing ranks of vendors moving to support Hadoop, the open-source framework for large-scale or "big data" processing, the company announced Monday. The 9.1 version of Informatica's platform features a connector to the Hadoop file system (HDFS), allowing customers to move data in and out of Hadoop clusters. Read More First tablets with Intel's Oak Trail processor ship The first tablets based on Intel's processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted at businesses. Fujitsu's Q550 and Motion Computing's CL900 tablets have Intel's Z670 processor and Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. The tablets have 10.1-inch screens and provide eight hours of battery life. Read More
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