9 Linux distros to watch in 2015

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	9 Linux distros to watch in 2015 A list of the most interesting Linux distros to keep up with in 2015. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now In this Issue Why killing Google Glass could ultimately save it Intuit gets greedy, nearly doubles price of TurboTax What does the end of mainstream Windows 7 support mean for IT? IDG Contributor Network: Is it time to move to beamforming 802.11ac? 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