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Is Google Cloud experiencing challenges going upmarket?

Google's first day keynote did not go down well within the community, focusing on enterprise and with nothing really new to say, but it made up for it on the second day

Is Windows 10 an operating system or an advertising platform?

Also in today’s open source roundup: What’s wrong with the Linux file system? And Manjaro Linux 17.0 has been released

Microsoft ratchets up group chat competition with Teams launch

Don’t expect this group chat app to be a one-for-one Slack replacement

Facebook bars developers from using data feeds for spying tools

Facebook and Instagram have publicly changed their terms and conditions to tell developers they can't use public user data feeds to develop tools that can be used for surveillance

Review: Microsoft Teams almost as bad as its beta

Despite the beta feedback, Microsoft cuts corners on user interface, functionality, and cross-platform support. When will it learn?

Leading the datacenter revolution: How composable infrastructure is perfectly suited for the DevOps movement

MapR unveils platform for IoT analytics at the edge

MapR Edge is a new small footprint edition of the MapR Converged Data Platform geared for capturing, processing and analyzing data from internet of things devices at the edge

It’s time to turn on HTTPS: the benefits are well worth the effort

HTTPS websites get a speed boost, better search engine rankings, and fewer browser warnings

Mirai is the hydra of IoT security: too many heads to cut off

Some botnets have been disbanded, but new uses continue to emerge

Office 365 everywhere? Not on these devices

Microsoft still can't decide if it can commit to a world that's not about Windows alone