Computer science surge sparks campus building boom

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	Not your father's computer science building College campuses across the U.S. are building news computer science facilities that encourage hands-on education and interdisciplinary research. One example is Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, the new home of Cornell University's Computing and Information Science (CIS) department. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: HP HP TippingPoint Advanced Threat Appliance stops malware A new survey from IDG Research tells the story: most organizations lack confidence in the ability of their security defenses to keep them safe. In fact, more than half said 100% security is a pipe dream. This summary by Network World lays out the facts and presents an approach to detect malware to prevent it from spreading throughout the network. Learn more. In this Issue Computer science surge sparks campus building boom INSIDER Maker spaces boost student tech innovation Zero day, Web browser vulnerabilities spike in 2014 Java: The once and future king of Internet programming Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders Verizon bumps up its 100G metro fiber-optic network Worst data breaches of 2014 Startup Rubrik goes all-in-one with backup appliance HP boxes up the cloud for the enterprise WHITE PAPER: PC Connection Adobe Creative Cloud for Team Security Overview Adobe takes the security of your digital experience seriously. A proactive approach to security helps to protect your Creative Cloud data. Learn More Computer science surge sparks campus building boom Colleges and universities across the country have been building new facilities to keep up with expanding STEM – science, technology, engineering and math -- programs. As colleges add capacity, they're also rethinking how STEM facilities should be designed. Read More INSIDER Maker spaces boost student tech innovation Where do college students go to tinker, build and test prototypes, and find commercial support for their ideas? Maker spaces. (Insider Story) Read More Zero day, Web browser vulnerabilities spike in 2014 The number of zero-day and Web browser vulnerabilities shot up in 2014, but overall software vendors are patching faster. Read More WEBCAST: IBM ING Transforms DevOps to Reduce Cost and Speed Delivery ING, one of the largest banks in Europe needed to reduce the high cost of isolated, inefficient application development. They chose IBM PureApplication System to move their IT infrastructure to a cloud-based shared service model. In this Webcast, ING executive, Mark Willemse, shares the lessons ING learned from this strategic initiative. Learn more Java: The once and future king of Internet programming What is Java to you? A programming language you learned in college? The lingua franca of corporate IT? Would you believe that Java is poised to dominate the next explosion of the Internet? Built for embedded computing and streamlined for real-time applications, here's why Java is the language for IoT. Read More Review: 7 excellent mobile app builders Over the last six months, I've been examining and testing a variety of mobile app builders and mobile back ends. In some cases, the app builders and back ends were part of a single product. In other cases, the app builders or back ends stood on their own. Read More Verizon bumps up its 100G metro fiber-optic network Verizon on Tuesday announced new technology to bolster its super-fast 100 Gbps fiber-optic network serving metro areas, but didn't reveal where the work will be done or other details.e Read More WEBCAST: Level 3 Communications Strategies for Securing Hybrid Workloads During this Live Webinar on April 2 @ 1PM EST, experts from Cisco, Amazon Web Services and Level 3 will discuss how you can combine industry-leading encryption and networking technologies to seamlessly and securely unify your IT environment with the cloud. Learn More Worst data breaches of 2014 The Identity Theft Resource Center found 85,611,528 records exposed last year in the 783 breaches. The list unfortunately just seems to grow with every update. Read More Startup Rubrik goes all-in-one with backup appliance All-in-one boxes are hot in data centers, and the concept is starting to expand into backup and recovery. Read More HP boxes up the cloud for the enterprise The HP Helion Rack provides a prepackaged cloud ready to run. Read More
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