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IDG Contributor Network: SDN and a life beyond the death of the internet

Network World

For decades, enterprises have relied on the public internet for business-critical SaaS applications and data traffic. Compare that to the logistical, financial and implementation challenges of installing an alternative private network, and it’s clear why enterprises have been pretty content with the internet for their entire digital lives.

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Boeing gets green light for satellite internet constellation

The Verge

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized a satellite internet project from Boeing first proposed in 2017. Boeing can now move forward with building, launching, and operating its own broadband internet network from space, joining its main aerospace competitor SpaceX.

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Alphabet’s Loon balloons provide their first commercial internet service in Kenya

The Verge

Alphabet’s Loon division, which uses floating balloons to provide internet, has today launched its first commercial service in Kenya. Loon has been testing its balloons in Kenya for several months now, and it says that in that time, it’s already connected 35,000 unique users to the internet, “although most didn’t realize it.”

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RSA 2017: The Internet of Things security threat

Network World

RSA Conference 2017 will take on the threat posed by the internet of things, something that was demonstrated last fall by the DDoS attacks that took down Dyn data centers and many of the high-profile Web sites it supports. 13-17 conference in San Francisco try to answer it. 13-17 conference in San Francisco try to answer it.

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Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017

CTOvision

Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017. With that in mind, here are my on-the-record predictions for 2017. Prediction: Self-driving cars will complete trials in 2017. Trend #2—Internet of Things (IoT). Prediction: Internet of Things will move off the hype list and become a dominant technology in 2017.

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ICANN’s internet DNS security upgrade apparently goes off without a glitch

Network World

That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) on Oct. So far, so good. To read this article in full, please click here

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Internet shutdowns by governments have ‘proliferated at a truly alarming pace’

The Verge

The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded over the last decade as states seek to stifle dissent and protest by limiting citizens’ access to the web. The first significant internet shutdown took place in Egypt in 2011, as a response to protests against then-president Hosni Mubarak. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge.

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