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	Inside the bold plan to bring gigabit fiber to Detroit When discussing the ongoing revitalization efforts in Detroit, it's hard to miss the name Dan Gilbert. The founder of Quicken Loans, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a Detroit native himself, Gilbert's investment firms have funded dozens of tech startups in the city and turned its defunct old buildings into shiny new workspaces that look like Silicon Valley transplants. Read More WHITE PAPER: New Relic| Emulex| AppNeta| CA The Application and Network Performance Management Challenge This Challenge document doesn't focus on why you need performance management. I think we all know the answers to that. Instead, it is a guide to how specific vendor solutions allow you to manage your applications and networks. View now In this Issue An IT view of Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word Online Why R? The pros and cons of the R language Fiber broadband can drive up your home's value LTE-U is coming to take your Wi-Fi away, consumer advocates warn With a month to go, Microsoft issues new Windows 10 build with Edge browser brand 10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off How computer science education has changed Cisco warns of default SSH keys shipped in three products The top 15 tech companies on the Fortune 500 WHITE PAPER: Red Hat How IT is Planning for Its Hybrid Reality This white paper contains the findings of IDC's recent Hybrid IT Thought Leadership Survey, which asked respondents about their cloud strategy and governance model, the role of IT and LOBs across different IT activities, and opinions about cloud management platforms. Learn More An IT view of Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word Online The differences between Google Docs and Word Online are sometimes indiscernible, but for the millions of people who spend hours with the platforms each week, small variances can be a big deal. Read More Why R? The pros and cons of the R language The R programming language is an important tool for development in the numeric analysis and machine learning spaces. With machines becoming more important as data generators, the popularity of the language can only be expected to grow. But R has both pros and cons that developers should know. Read More Fiber broadband can drive up your home's value The availability of really fast broadband in your neighborhood could increase your home's value by more than 3 percent. High-speed fiber broadband service, with 1 Gbps download speeds, can add more than $5,400 to the value of an average U.S. home, according to a study commissioned by the Fiber to the Home Council Americas (FTTH), an advocacy group made up of fiber equipment vendors and broadband providers. Read More WEBCAST: Rimini Street Navigating Operating Costs and Roadmap Uncertainties for SAP Listen to this discussion about new innovation and updates in core ERP lag as SAP focuses all its attention on a long-term, high-risk "re-platform" strategy with its newly announced S/4HANA suite. Learn More LTE-U is coming to take your Wi-Fi away, consumer advocates warn A carrier technology that uses Wi-Fi frequencies to provide LTE connectivity could let the big wireless providers mess with your home connection and push you on to their networks, according to comments filed today with the FCC by several watchdog groups. Read More With a month to go, Microsoft issues new Windows 10 build with Edge browser brand Microsoft on Monday released another build of Windows 10, the first with the Edge browser branding. Read More 10 competitors Cisco couldn't kill off Some companies actually thrived while Cisco knocked off most of its competitors. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Improving the Management and Governance of Unstructured Data Maximize efficiency with deeper insight to data value and automated, policy-based compliance, retention & disposition. Read Now How computer science education has changed When it comes to learning programming, some things have changed -- but not everything. Read More Cisco warns of default SSH keys shipped in three products Cisco Systems said Thursday it released a patch for three products that shipped with default encryption keys, posing a risk that an attacker with the keys could decrypt data traffic. Read More The top 15 tech companies on the Fortune 500 AppleApple passed HP as the largest tech company (on a trailing 12 month basis) in 2012 and there has been no looking back since. The company now dwarfs all other tech companies and tops the F500 list in two categories: Apple is the most profitable F500 company and it has the highest market value. Read More
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