Stacey Higginbotham in a GigaOM piece yesterday makes a great point: In response to growing Internet use globally, as the world becomes flat, communication pipes get fat. No question capacity and speed has greatly increased on today’s global backbone (and access – first or last mile depending on our point of view) networks. Call global backbone networks “fat” if you want, happy if you'd like. But one thing is for sure, they can certainly never be called dumb. For example, during the recent...
Read MoreAccording to a National Science Foundation study, men outnumber women 3 to 1 in all sectors of science and engineering careers in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the disparity starts at an early age. Two-thirds of young children – boys and girls – say they like science, but during middle school, differences in attitudes toward that subject begin to widen, according to Sociologists for Women in Society research. In high school, girls take as many science courses and perform as well as boys, but...
Read More Today (Nov. 26) is Cyber Monday, the online retail equivalent of Black Friday and the ceremonial launch of the online holiday shopping season. With a significant spike in traffic expected today, retailers must do everything they can to protect themselves—and their customers—from sophisticated data thieves. With this in mind, Verizon Business offers this list of top security tips for retailers: 1. Go into lockdown: The period between Thanksgiving and...
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