Top 25 computer science colleges, ranked by alumni earnings

	Massachusetts boarding school sued over Wi-Fi sickness | DARPA: Current DDoS protection isn't cutting it
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	Top 25 computer science colleges, ranked by alumni earnings UC Santa Barbara is the top computer science school in the U.S., according to a new salary-centric report from compensation specialist PayScale. The research company ranked 187 colleges and universities with computer science programs based on the median pay of the schools' compsci alumni. Here are the top 25. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nexsan Technologies Storage Configuration Guide Learn how to meet specific storage requirements ranging from backup to virtual server infrastructures. With the ever-changing and fast moving IT market, it is more critical than ever to efficiently design a storage system as it provides an underpinning for all elements within the IT infrastructure. Learn more. 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The laudable goal is to make your business more competitive, but for your IT, legal and compliance teams, these new technologies often lead to increased complexity, loss of control and even increased costs as massive amounts of data now move to an ever-increasing number of endpoints, including mobile devices and third-party hosting services. (Insider Story) Read More The 15 biggest enterprise 'unicorns' Yester-year there were only a few unicorns in the world of startups. This week though, the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones VenturSource identified 115 companies with valuations north of $1 billion, which are referred to as unicorns. Below are 15 of the highest valued enterprise software companies that have received venture funding but have not yet been sold or gone public. 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