The app of Mormon? 5 reasons Utah big in dot-com economy

While Silicon Valley has the buzz -- and an HBO series about high-tech startups -- 810 miles to the east, the Utah Valley is holding its own.

A report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution in Washington highlighted how Provo, Utah -- where software design is the biggest job generator -- is benefiting from the dot-com economy.

Here are five reasons why northern California shouldn’t get too cocky.

1. Utah had three cities -- Provo, Ogden and Salt Lake City -- among the top 15 in the U.S. with the...