Stanford remains the university many would say is still the place to find the seeds of the next Google or Yahoo. Among those saying this is SiliconValley.com, which reports on a celebration at the school’s computer science department featuring “five billionaire or near-billionaire veterans” of the department, including Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and former Netscape exec Jim Clark.Part of our goal with this Alpha Doggs blog is to track the goings-on at schools such as Stanford, but also to get a feel for which other schools deserve more attention for their advanced network research (let us know!).Meanwhile, back to Stanford, we’ve been tracking a few recent activities, including its data privacy research with India’s Tata Consultancy Services.Bob Brown, bbrown@nww.com Related content news analysis iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Cranking up the processors; 3D cameras; $1K-plus price With iPhone 8 A11 processors reportedly in production, the next great Apple smartphone is starting to feel more real By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Smartphones Apple news analysis SNL one step ahead of Amazon with Echo Silver In SNL spoof, Amazon and AARP team to address senior citizens' most pressing digital assistant needs By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 1 min Small and Medium Business Amazon.com Collaboration Software news analysis You really should know what the Andrew File System is "Model of storing data in cloud and delivering parts of it via on-demand caching at the edge is something everyone takes for granted today," one AFS creator says By Bob Brown May 10, 2017 7 mins IT Training Open Source Servers news analysis Getting a jump on private LTE networks Federated Wireless, Lemko join forces on CBRS wireless networks for private LTE By Bob Brown May 08, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Internet of Things Mobile Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe