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Microsoft-Skype: A very big if 10 | FBI goes agile 12 | Google’s notebook as a service 18 | Java is real-time ready 35 | Cisco CIO’s practical plan 46 May 30, 2011 Innovation Atrophy Time for IT leaders to pump up the Big Ideas p.23 By Chris Murphy [PLUS] IPv6 SECURITY Done wrong, it can open holes p.31 Copyright 2011 UBM LLC. Important Note: This PDF is provided solely as a reader service. It is not intended for reproduction or public distribution. For article re- prints, e-prints and permissions please contact: Wright’s Reprints, 1-877-652-5295 / [email protected] COTHE BUSINESS VALUENT OF TECHNOLOGY ENMay 30, 2011 Issue 1,301 TS [QUICKTAKES] 16 SAP Making Progress Vital proof points are just ahead in mobile, in-memory, and cloud 18 Google’s Chromebook Gamble Service combines notebook with 23 new OS for Web software COVER STORY 19 VMware Manages The Cloud Innovation Atrophy Offering lets companies manage Too many IT pros have lost the private and public cloud resources fire for new ideas and new technology. IT leaders must Dropbox Challenge pump them back up. FTC complaint questions service’s security and privacy practices 20 A Call To The Enterprise Microsoft’s next Windows Phone OS release gets enterprise features Health Driver Ford experiments with in-car health applications 21 Hadoop Is Hot EMC is offering its own version, signaling an analytics arms race 16 informationweek.com May 30, 2011 1 [CONTENTS] 4 Research And Connect Will IPv6 Make Us Unsafe? Reports from InformationWeek Maybe, if you ignore buggy code, motivated Analytics, events, and more 31 hackers, and looming performance issues 6 Feedback Touch-sensitive screens could reinvigorate the desktop 10 Full Nelson 35 Real-Time Ready Java If Microsoft can meld Skype and Predictable, real-time performance is possible Lync, the deal makes a lot of sense 12 Government Technologist FBI recasts its troubled Sentinel project into a model of success 14 CIO Profiles This CIO sees big opportunities in going global 46 Practical Analysis Cisco’s CIO banks on its own tech, guided by careful data analysis 48 Down To Business 14 Cisco and Microsoft should be able to relate to Tiger Woods’ woes Contacts 6 Editorial Contacts 6 Advertiser Index 44 Business Contacts upcoming events: Enterprise 2.0 Attend Enterprise 2.0 to see the latest social business tools and technologies e2conf.com/boston June 20-23 in Boston INFORMATIONWEEK (ISSN 8750-6874) is published 22 times a year (once in January, July, August, November, and December; twice in February, March, April, and October; and three times in May, June, and September) by UBM LLC, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030. 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