Editorial Director Eric Lundquist
Editor Debra Donston
JUNE 25, 2007
Executive Editor, News Michael Hickins
Executive Editor, e WEEK Labs Jason Brooks
Chief Technology Analyst Jim Rapoza
NEWS
Senior News Editor Jeffrey Burt
News Editors Steve Bryant, John Hazard,
John Pallatto
Senior Editors Jessica Davis, Peter Galli,
Paula Musich, Darryl K. Taft,
Lisa Vaas
CONTENTS
Senior Writers Renee Boucher Ferguson,
Chris Preimesberger
Staff Writers Scott Ferguson, Patrick Hoffman,
Deborah Perelman, Brian Prince
Microsoft Watch Editor Joe Wilcox
NEWS&
19 Microsoft and IBM are
making plans for more
g WEEK LABS
ANALYSIS Web-based collaborative products.
Technical Director Cameron Sturdevant
Senior Analysts Andrew Garcia, Wayne Rash
Technical Analyst Tiffany Maleshefski
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION
offerings.
Managing Editor Rick Dagley
Deputy Managing Editor Debra Perry
Copy Chief Jim Williams
Senior Copy Editors Kelsey Adams, Patrick Burke
Copy Editors Vikki Lipset, Shane O’Neill,
Robby Trail
Newsletter Editors Sharon Linsenbach, Alethea Yip
ART/MULTIMEDIA
Senior Art Director Stephen Anderson
Associate Art Director Paul Connolly
Senior Production Designer Tara-Ann Fasulo
Senior Designer Chip Buchanan
Designer Brian Moore
gWEEK
20 HP releases more
energy-efficient storage
21 Microsoft reaches the
midpoint of its ERP
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convergence strategy.
22 An IBM study suggests OPINION
the gap between IT and
business is too wide.
5 This e WEEK: The
Excellence Awards
1323 Network General shed light on techno-enhances VOIP manage- logical advances.
ment with a new module
Group Publisher
Karl Elken
Marketing
Tia Lambert, Marketing Specialist
for its Forensics suite.
8 Eric Lundquist: Google
13 HP CEO Mark Hurd sends mixed messages
says his company wants
23 BMC and Planview about power consump-
Cindy Hart, Enterprise Marketing Coordinator
Research
Guy Currier, Research Director
to converge its products team up to tackle IT tion.
into holistic offerings. governance.
Production Manager
54 Spencer F. Katt pon-
Michael DiCarlis
Ad Traffic Coordinator
Tim Bennett
16 Microsoft says it will
24 The Buzz ders which is the better
not enable cheaper versions of Vista to be
26 Career Central bet—casinos or online gaming.
used in virtual machines.
17 Russian developers
are striving for partner-
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Chairman & CEO
ships with their U.S.
Robert F. Callahan
counterparts.
Chief Financial Officer
Eric Berk
Executive Vice President, Licensing & Legal Affairs,
General Counsel
Gregory Barton
PRESIDENTS
Viper 2 data server. EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Scott McCarthy (Game Group)
Sloan Seymour (Enterprise Group)
Jason Young (Consumer Tech/Small Business Group)
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS
Ira Becker (Game Group)
Jim Louderback (Editorial Director, Consumer/Small Business Group)
31The winners and finalists are announced.
Angelo Mandarano (Internet)
Martha Schwartz (Custom Solutions Group)
Michael Vizard (Editorial Director, Enterprise Group)
VICE PRESIDENTS
34A look back at the
first Excellence Awards
Eric Danetz (Enterprise Alignment Marketing WW)
program shows how far
John Davison (Game Group)
Karl Elken (Group Publisher, e WEEK/CIOI/Baseline)
technology has come.
Aaron Goldberg (Market Experts)
Barry Harrigan (Web Buyers Guide)
Phil Kramer (Internet)
Michael Krieger (Market Experts)
Ray Ledda (Game Group)
18 IBM launches the 7TH ANNUAL eWEEK
public beta of its DB2
48Lenovo’s ThinkPad X60
Tablet wows the judges
Rick Lehrbaum (Internet)
and receives recognition
Eric Lundquist (Editorial Director, e WEEK)
Chris Maginn (Internet)
as the overall winner.
Jim McCabe (PC Magazine)
Scott McDaniel (Game Group)
Paul O’Reilly (Event Marketing Group)
Beth Repeta (Human Resources)
Dave Rock (Circulation)
Tom Rousseau (Enterprise Alignment Marketing WW)
Stephen Sutton (Audience Development, Consumer/Small-Business Group)
Monica Vila (Event Marketing Group)
Neil Glass (Consumer/Small-Business Group)
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