7 ways to celebrate BASIC’s 50th anniversary

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Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments The changing fortunes of Net neutrality Network World Daily News PM May 01, 2014 Share this email 7 ways to celebrate BASIC's 50th anniversary The language that helped make programming accessible to everyone is turning 50. Here are 7 ways to mark this historic occasion READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Cisco earmarks $150M for start-up investments 2. The changing fortunes of Net neutrality 3. Are these the first OpenFlow 1.4 switches ready for prime time? 4. Fast, cheap and easy: Five IT certifications that won't break you 5. How to Attract and Retain Tech Talent by Using Compensation Benchmarking 6. Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead 7. Masergy adds MSSP to its lineup 8. 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