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Microsoft sets May 9 as original Windows 10’s retirement date

Version 1507, the mid-2015 debut release, disappears from the patching list; next up is version 1511, which will likely follow in early October

Boycott ISPs that abuse privacy, net neutrality

Enterprises should kick abusive ISPs to the curb—because the government surely won’t

Only in the USA: ISPs get tax dollars to build weak broadband

Tennessee votes to give millions of taxpayer dollars to AT&T and Comcast rather than let municipal broadband expand at no taxpayer expense

Microsoft vs. Apple: Strategies change but the battle continues

Microsoft and Apple are both successful in the enterprise, but these two tech giants have claimed that success using different strategies—while at times stealing from the other’s playbook

Comcast Business offers direct connection to IBM Cloud network

Comcast joins Verizon, AT&T and others as it seeks more large enterprise customers

Giant FCC spectrum auction raises $19.8 billion, sets up 5G services

Some observers expected the auction to raise $30 billion or more

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag: Public Cloud has Latency Issues!

DDoS attacks abusing exposed LDAP servers on the rise

A pair of advisories from Ixia and Akamai illustrate how DDoS attackers can abuse legitimate protocols to launch ever larger reflection attacks

With robots on the job, it won’t be IT as usual

What IT managers need to know about enterprise robotics

SDN dilemma: Linux kernel networking vs. kernel bypass

Yes, the Linux kernel networking stack is too slow for high-speed networks, but kernel bypass solutions aren’t the answer