IDG Contributor Network: Why the Department of Defense just started deploying Windows 10

Starting this month, the U.S. Department of Defense will start deploying Windows 10 to about 4M devices within the next year. It’s the largest Windows 10 deployment ever, and involves upgrading every laptop and Surface tablet in use at the federal agency. It’s a vote of confidence for an operating system that is already running on 200M devices worldwide, with plans to reach 1B in the next few years.

There are some sobering statistics that are motivating the agency to make the upgrades on such a robust schedule. According to a memo released last November and Microsoft’s own statements, there were an astounding 10 million cyber-attacks on a daily basis in 2012 (the year used for reporting). The DoD spends about $44B each year on cybersecurity and IT to fend off the attacks.

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