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	Not your father's computer science building College campuses across the U.S. are building news computer science facilities that encourage hands-on education and interdisciplinary research. One example is Bill & Melinda Gates Hall, the new home of Cornell University's Computing and Information Science (CIS) department. Read More WHITE PAPER: Spanning 5 Essential Restore Capabilities for Google Apps Data If you lose data in Google Apps, how quickly can you get it back? Many admins are surprised to find it's harder than they think. In this whitepaper learn: -Difference between restore and recovery -Benefits of rapid, easy-to-use data restoration in Google Apps -What to look for in a backup solution Learn More In this Issue INSIDER Maker spaces boost student tech innovation Computer science surge sparks campus building boom 12 free cloud storage options Twitch hit by possible data breach, resets user passwords INSIDER Review: EachScape cloud IDE works mobile magic Cloud threatening software freedom, advocate says Amazon Web Services offers free satellite imagery Bare-metal switches poised to take off in data centers Try these 5 undiscovered Google Drive tricks WHITE PAPER: Cloud Cruiser Total Cost of Ownership for the Move to Cloud This paper provides a step-by-step process for determining your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for your Hybrid IT environment. We provide a TCO Calculator, a critical tool for evaluating and comparing various sourcing alternatives and forecasting your IT costs in the cloud. Learn More INSIDER Maker spaces boost student tech innovation Where do college students go to tinker, build and test prototypes, and find commercial support for their ideas? Maker spaces. (Insider Story) Read More Computer science surge sparks campus building boom Colleges and universities across the country have been building new facilities to keep up with expanding STEM – science, technology, engineering and math -- programs. As colleges add capacity, they're also rethinking how STEM facilities should be designed. Read More 12 free cloud storage options With all the public cloud storage offerings on the market today, many vendors just want customers to sign up for their services. So, in return for a new account, many offer free cloud storage. Read More : NexGen Storage Achieve Consistent Performance With Hybrid Flash Array Download now and examine Orangefield's journey to find a solution that would meet, and exceed, their performance and capacity requirements. Learn More Twitch hit by possible data breach, resets user passwords Account information for users of Twitch, the popular live-streaming service for gamers, may have been accessed through unauthorized means, the service warned on Monday. Read More INSIDER Review: EachScape cloud IDE works mobile magic EachScape is a cloud-based, drag-and-drop editor for native iOS and Android apps, as well as HTML5 Web apps. That might seem like an odd combination, but it works well. In addition, EachScape includes mobile back-end services for apps you build with its platform, Web preview for all apps, and an online build service. (Insider Story) Read More Cloud threatening software freedom, advocate says The public cloud increasingly is isolating users from the actual computing that they're doing, threatening their control over the process and posing a danger to software freedom, said academic and former Debian project leader Stefano Zacchiroli on Sunday at LibrePlanet 2015. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cloud Cruiser 7 Deadly Sins of Failed Cloud Projects How do you put together a good solid cloud strategy that satisfies the diverse needs and expectations of all the stakeholders? It should come as no surprise that a good solid plan with a well-defined use case, the right project team, and measurable success criteria is the common denominator in all of the success stories. Learn More Amazon Web Services offers free satellite imagery Amazon Web Services is offering its customers free use of over 85,000 satellite images, setting the stage for new types of geographically-oriented cloud applications. Read More Bare-metal switches poised to take off in data centers Bare-metal switches that can be programmed like Linux servers aren't just for big Web companies anymore. They may show up in a lot more average enterprises in the next few years. Read More Try these 5 undiscovered Google Drive tricks Google Drive and its attendant apps offer a wealth of tools to help you be more productive. Try these five for the biggest boost. Read More
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