The week in news: Net neutrality triumphs as ISPs weep

A developer's guide to the pros and cons of Python Microsoft stakes claim on smartwatches with Band SDK

Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up February 28, 2015 Net neutrality triumphs as ISPs weep It's been a long, arduous fight, but the first battle has been won: The FCC has voted to classify Internet service providers as Title II common carriers. This vote allows the FCC to impose restrictions on ISPs to maintain Net neutrality. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. A developer's guide to the pros and cons of Python 2. Microsoft stakes claim on smartwatches with Band SDK 3. IBM embraces Docker, OpenStack in Bluemix hybrid cloud plans 4. Red Hat's Atomic Host promises a safer, sleeker Docker 5. Hadoop Hbase 10 debuts amid stiff NoSQL competition White Paper: Good Technology 10 Best Practices for Implementing a Successful BYOD Program Harness the benefits of BYOD for your organization including improved user productivity, engagement, satisfaction and potential cost savings. Learn the best practices for doing so successfully. DOWNLOAD NOW A developer's guide to the pros and cons of Python Python has had questions raised about its performance and design quirks. To get to the bottom of what's right -- and maybe not so right -- about Python, InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill asked dignitaries in the Python community for their input.READ MORE Microsoft stakes claim on smartwatches with Band SDK Microsoft faces a tall order in competing with Apple and Google on smartwatches. But with its developer preview SDK for the Microsoft Band, the company looks to entice developers to build customized scenarios for the platform. READ MORE White Paper: Intel Security Get Proactive About Managing Security and Risk Read how managing risk today means making sense of more data: vulnerability scans, application and database logs, flows, access and session records, alerts, and trending analysis. VIEW NOW>> IBM embraces Docker, OpenStack in Bluemix hybrid cloud plans If hybrid clouds are the future, as both researchers and cloud creators are hinting, then IBM is smart to push its hybrid cloud plan into action. The plan can be summed up in one word: Docker. Er, make that three: Docker, Bluemix, and OpenStack.READ MORE Red Hat's Atomic Host promises a safer, sleeker Docker Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host, the latest incarnation of Red Hat's enterprise-grade Linux offering, boasts of better controls and security over containers. It also promotes Docker as a building block for hybrid clouds.READ MORE Hadoop Hbase 10 debuts amid stiff NoSQL competition At long last, the database has hit all three benchmarks for its 1.0 status: Be a stable foundation for future 1.x releases; stabilize the way HBase clusters work; clean up the client API so that it's easier to maintain going forward. Now we'll see how it does against Cassandra and MongoDB. READ MORE White Paper: Intel Security SANS: Be Ready for a Breach with Intelligent Response Need more visibility into attacks? The solution is automating functions and connecting detection systems and response. This connection and applying intelligence provides responders rich context into behaviors for taking action.VIEW NOW >>