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	INVESTIGATIVE: Secretive funding fuels ongoing net neutrality astroturfing controversy The contentious debate about net neutrality in the U.S. has sparked controversy over a lack of funding transparency for advocacy groups and think tanks, which critics say subverts the political process. Read More   In this Issue Big data wars: How technology could tip the mid-term elections Apple admins convene in The Mini Apple Big Switch rolls out SDN starter kits 20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web For big raises in IT, look to mobile, security, big data How much bigger is Amazon's cloud vs. Microsoft and Google? Wellesley College researchers seek the truth via Twitter Trails Planning for a security emergency from the Tabletop down Desktop-as-a-Service: Your BYOD assist WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic   State of Cloud Security Report In a relatively short time, cloud computing, specifically Infrastructure-as a-Service, has shifted from a new but unproven approach to an accepted, even inevitable, model. Driven by flexibility and efficiency, the question facing most organizations is which applications and workloads to move to the cloud and when. Learn More Big data wars: How technology could tip the mid-term elections After John Kerry lost a very winnable election in 2004, Democrats were worried that Republicans had gained an almost insurmountable lead in both technology and data analysis." Read More   Apple admins convene in The Mini Apple At JAMF Software's annual user conference, the venue and the attendees made an impression on me. The venue was the Guthrie Theater, a striking building in downtown Minneapolis on the banks of the Mississippi River. The attendees (1,300 people registered for the event) were Apple admins and users of JAMF's software for managing Apple devices in corporations, schools and government agencies. Read More   Big Switch rolls out SDN starter kits SDN pioneer Big Switch Networks this week is expected to unveil "starter kits" designed for its Big Cloud Fabric product that began shipping in September amidst a stream of positive product reviews. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The Network Impact of 802.11ac This paper discuss two approaches for efficient WLAN design. Both let you integrate 802.11ac into your WLAN and help lay the foundation for future, high-speed technologies. View Now>> 20 great productivity apps for Android, iOS, and the Web These 20 essential apps work on all three platforms, helping you stay productive no matter what device you or your co-workers use. Read More   For big raises in IT, look to mobile, security, big data IT salaries will remain mostly stagnant in 2015, except for workers with highly coveted skill sets, according to a report tracking IT salaries and skills demand in the coming years. Read More   How much bigger is Amazon's cloud vs. Microsoft and Google? Just how much bigger is Amazon Web Service's cloud computing division compared to Microsoft and Google? It's hard to make a complete apples-to-apples comparison because none of these companies are extraordinarily transparent when releasing information about the financial health of their operations. But, a new report from New Hampshire-based firm Technology Business Research estimates Amazon's cloud revenue at more than $4.7 billion this year. TBR pegs Microsoft's public cloud IaaS revenue at $156 million and Google's at $66 million. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Aerohive WLAN Buyer's Guide It is crucial to thoroughly understand the systems management capabilities of any WLAN being considered, since this will be the largest ongoing expense of the overall deployment. Learn how to evaluate properly by reading Aerohive's WLAN Definitive Guide. View Now>> Wellesley College researchers seek the truth via Twitter Trails Wellesley College researchers in Massachusetts have launched an interesting project dubbed Twitter Trails that attempts to show, via Twitter, how true and false stories propagate differently on the social network. Read More   Planning for a security emergency from the Tabletop down Tabletop exercises enable organizations to analyze potential emergency situations in an informal environment, and are designed to foster constructive discussions among participants as they examine existing operational plans and determine where they can make improvements. Read More   Desktop-as-a-Service: Your BYOD assist People are using more kinds of devices to get work done than ever before. Yet business apps aren't always available on users' devices of choice. Desktop as a service (DaaS) is turning out to be one way to solve this problem. Read More
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