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Wall Street's collapse was computer science's gain
Here's a short history on computer science student enrollments. Leading up to the dot.com bust, computer science enrollments soared to new highs, and then they plunged. Like a rock. Read More

RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Dell

Achieve Deeper Network Security and Control
Not all next-generation firewalls are the same. For optimum protection, Dell NGFWs provide a scalable, multi-core hardware architecture, along with a single-pass, low-latency, RFDPI engine that scans all traffic regardless of port or protocol. This ensures that every byte is inspected, and maintains the high performance that busy networks require. Learn how Dell™ SonicWALL™ NGFWs deliver deeper network security and control, including real-time SSL decryption and inspection, sophisticated anti-evasion technology, context-aware application control and network-based malware protection.

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WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel

Keep Your SAN Running Optimally
In-depth monitoring and analysis are essential to effective storage management. Learn how SAN HQ for Dell EqualLogic SANs can help identify faults, accelerate time to resolution, simplify storage management, optimize performance, and boost efficiency at no additional cost for EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays. Learn more!

Security-vendor snake oil: 7 promises that don't deliver
Beware bold promises from a multibillion-dollar industry that can't prevent your IT systems from being routinely hacked. Read More

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Step-by-step guide to documenting your network
Every network should have a customized manual of sorts with maps showing the network layout and written documentation on all the basic aspects of the network. Read More

Unplug ghost servers, save a bundle
The Uptime Institute estimates that 20% of all racked IT equipment has no use other than to warm the planet. But for data center operators that do manage to unplug equipment, savings can be significant. Read More

WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Technology Solutions

Is Your Big Data Solution Production-Ready?
Based on Forrester market data and a custom survey of enterprise big data decision-makers, this white paper explores the exploding big data trend. Increasingly, big data analytics is becoming a key priority for organizations – with over 70% of surveyed IT decision-makers saying it is a priority now or will be within a year. Learn More

MIT recruits Batman to help students pick usernames
We learned on Pi Day that they have a sense of humor at the MIT Admissions blog. They also care about ensuring that incoming freshmen pick a proper username. Here's one of 26 image macros they used to get the message across. Read More

IBM's software-defined storage rides Watson's coattails
Storage is now marching down the same path as computing, approaching a future when all of an organization's storage systems can be mixed and managed as virtual pools. Read More

Alcatel-Lucent shrinks loss as it tries to turn around its fortunes
Alcatel-Lucent's revenue remained flat during the first quarter, although the company made a smaller loss than a year earlier. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.

Five Steps to Developing a Successful Mobile Strategy
Don't lose time and money with a "throw an app against a wall to see if sticks" approach to mobile. It won't work. You need a well-thought-out strategy to take full advantage of mobile. This white paper lays out the five important steps to a robust enterprise mobile strategy. Learn more.

Microsoft trumpets IE 11 for Win Phone 8.1, but reviews are mixed
Microsoft crowed about advances in Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Phone 8.1 earlier this week, but so far reviews from users are mixed. Read More

MIT uses nanotech to hit cancer with one-two punch
In a second report this week on scientists' use of nanotechnology to battle cancer, researchers at MIT announced a new way to use nanoparticles to give cancerous cells a one-two punch. Read More

In net neutrality dispute, investors come out in support of small companies
Venture capitalists and angel investors are unhappy with net neutrality rules proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, they said in an open letter published Thursday. Read More

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7 cool free open source projects you need to check out

The free open source world continues to expand at a phenomenal pace.

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