CSTechcast.com gives you the podcast for IT pros. This week we take business performance management, where it applies, and what it takes to get to the data with Gary Cokins, global product marketing manager at SAS. Find more info at from Gary's blog at blogs.sas.com/cokins. In the news Microsoft let's Windows 7 out to select groups, Apple releases 18 security fixes for OS X, DNS BIND 9 is vulnerable to a zero-day attack, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday gives us five rated critical, and a survey shows most organizations have no patch management solution. Cloud services recent outages, broken promises and data loss gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Web 2.0 apps acceptance in the enterprise, and we give you a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Step Recorder in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft Opens Windows 7 RTM for Downloading (eWeek)
Apple Mac OS X Update Plugs 18 Security Vulnerabilities (eWeek)
Bind9 FTP Site (isc.org)
New DNS Vulnerability Has Organizations Scrambling (MCPmag)
Microsoft to Fix Windows, Office Bugs in Critical Updates (eWeek)
Nearly Half Of Companies Lack A Formal Patch Management Process (Dark Reading)
Project Quant: Patch Management Process Survey (SurveyMonkey)
Twitter Continues to Battle DDoS Attack (PC World)
Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains (CNet)

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CSTechcast.com has the latest podcast for IT professionals. This week Tableau CEO Christian Chabot talks to us about techniques for exploring new and unfamiliar data using business intelligence tools. Find out more about Tableau at tableausoftware.com. In the news, Microsoft's PDC show saw the unveiling of Windows 7 and Azure cloud services, Sony recalls another 100,000 laptop batteries, Linux is getting popular as a utility OS when you don't want to wait for Windows to boot, Informatica and Salesforce.com team to sync data between internal apps and SaaS software, and the Google-Yahoo deal sees scrutiny from the US Department of Justice. Shortchanging a tech policy debate by a certain presidential candidate's policy wonk gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7, and we tell you how to find a successful DFS sync in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

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Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Microsoft launches Windows Azure (CNet)
Sony Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Previous Fires (CSPC)
HP, Toshiba Recall Sony Laptop Batteries (InformationWeek)
Linux Headed For More PCs Than Windows (InformationWeek)
In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time (New York Times)
Linux to Ship on More Desktops than Windows (Linux-foundation.org)
Informatica To Offer Salesforce.com Integration Service (InformationWeek)
Yahoo, Google May Walk Away From Search Deal - Report (InformationWeek)
Obama tech advisor sounds cautious notes at one-man "debate" (Ars Technica)

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