Great Debate

Each week, ZDNet hosts The Great Debate, a real-time look at the big technology topics of the day and what they mean. Bringing together respected tech experts to debate the hottest tech topics of the day, the series aims to emulate an Oxford-style debate, with a dash of Fight Club mixed in. We expect -- and encourage -- your participation in this forum.

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Canonical and Microsoft working together on containers

Will every Ubuntu server soon be ready to work with Windows and Azure LXD-based container services?

August 12, 2015 by Steven Vaughan-Nichols in Cloud

Do we really have a right to be forgotten?

This May, Europe's top court ruled that search engines must consider requests to exclude material that is "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" from search results.

August 18, 2014 by Zack Whittaker in Great Debate

Satya Nadella's brave new strategy: Can Microsoft execute?

Six months into his tenure as CEO, Satya Nadella is already having a significant impact on Redmond's complacency. We debate the prospects for Nadella's Microsoft.

August 4, 2014 by Larry Dignan in Great Debate

In IBM and Apple's wake, has Android lost its enterprise chance?

The IBM and Apple deal shook up the enterprise space last week. Where does it leave Android?

July 21, 2014 by Larry Dignan in Great Debate

Optimizing data center security: Overhaul or incremental changes?

Our experts take a hard look at the state of data center security.

June 23, 2014 by Larry Dignan in Great Debate

Can security software keep pace with advanced threats?

The threat landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade. How well are security software companies keeping up with the new challenges?

June 9, 2014 by Ed Bott in Great Debate

Can a Surface Pro 3 (or any Windows 8 tablet) replace your laptop?

Microsoft introduced its third generation Surface Pro as "the tablet that can replace your laptop." Really?

May 26, 2014 by Jason Hiner in Great Debate

Heartbleed: Is the open source development model broken?

After Heartbleed, must open source development change?

May 12, 2014 by Zack Whittaker in Great Debate

Can wearable computing be saved?

Google Glass has some serious problems. What does this mean for the rest of the wearables industry?

April 28, 2014 by Larry Dignan in Great Debate

3D printing: Revolution or hype?

A 3D printer in every home? The next industrial revolution? Our debaters struggle to separate fact from fiction.

April 14, 2014 by Jason Hiner in Great Debate

Office for iPad: Readers yawn but users apping it up

Readers may have given the ZDNet Great Debate to the 'yawn' vote, but the fact that Office for iPad apps are flying off the shelves suggests that Microsoft has indeed captured the imaginations of increasingly mobile users. Whether it can keep them, is the big question.

April 7, 2014 by David Braue in iPad

Office for iPad: Big deal or big yawn?

Put the world's most popular office suite on the most popular tablet, and what do you get?

March 31, 2014 by Larry Dignan in Great Debate