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Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data

13 minutes of reading / Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, compliance, Computer, GDPR, Microsoft, Tech / By

Microsoft has admitted to Scottish policing bodies that it cannot guarantee the sovereignty of UK policing data hosted on its hyperscale public cloud infrastructure, despite its systems being deployed throughout the criminal justice sector.  According to correspondence released by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) under freedom of information (FOI) rules, Microsoft is unable to guarantee…

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CMA working paper outlines concerns about Microsoft’s competitive hold on UK cloud market

6 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Computer, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Tech / By

The interim findings of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA’s) investigation into Microsoft’s cloud software licensing strategy should be a significant cause for concern for the software giant, experts have warned. However, Microsoft maintains its behaviour is having no impact on its nearest competitors, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. The UK competition watchdog…

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Data leakage in the cloud – can data truly be safe in the cloud?

5 minutes of reading / agile, AI, automation, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, Google, Google Cloud, hybrid cloud, machine learning, Tech / By

As organisations store and process data in the cloud, there are increasing concerns from administrators, data owners and CISOs’ around the possibility of misconfiguration or mishaps that lead to sensitive data being leaked – particularly to public cloud services that fall outside of the intended geographic region. In 2019, Gartner predicted that by 2025, 90%…

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True cloud security requires in-depth understanding

4 minutes of reading / AWS, Azure, Cloud, cloud-native, digital transformation, Google, Microsoft, Tech / By

As with most endeavours, incorporating security into the process as early as possible is essential when building or migrating to technologies such as the cloud. Whether you are beginning your journey of migrating key services to the cloud or launching a cloud-native evergreen project, involving security specialists with a deep understanding of the cloud security…

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An IT admin’s guide: Windows 10 end of support explained

9 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Tech / By

Every time a new version of the Windows operating system (OS) is released, the countdown clock starts ticking on the end-of-support date of its predecessor. Windows 11 was released in October 2021, which means IT departments and users have until 14 October 2025 to migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11. After this date, Microsoft…

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Storage technology explained: File, block and object storage

9 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, API, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, Database, DNS, Google, Google Cloud, HP, IBM, Kubernetes, Microsoft, Tech / By

File, block and object are fundamental to how users and applications access and modify data storage. That’s been the case for decades, and the transition to the cloud has seen that remain so, but with adaptations to the use case, performance and cost constraints of cloud storage. In this article, we look at the fundamentals…

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Infinidat adds smaller footprint G4 arrays with claimed 2x performance

3 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, disaster recovery, Google, Google Cloud, Intel, Microsoft, Tech / By

Infinidat has added two HDD and flash storage array products – dubbed Infinibox G4 – that claim a 2x performance increase on predecessors by virtue of a switch from Intel to AMD central processing units (CPUs) in their triple-active controllers. The launch sees the emergence of the Infinibox SSA G4 F1400T series, which brings a…

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Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter

4 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Dell, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, Tech / By

Fresh from celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the company he still leads, Michael Dell indulged himself as he kicked off Dell Technologies World (DTW) 2024 in Las Vegas by reflecting on how far the business has come from its 1984 inception in a University of Texas dorm room. But with generative artificial…

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IT Sustainability Think Tank: How CIOs can navigate the green IT landscape

3 minutes of reading / Amazon, AWS, Azure, Google, Microsoft, Tech / By

Data collection How data is collected will depend on what hosting options are employed. Typically, enterprises have applications hosted in both on-premise datacentres and in hyperscale cloud facilities – and these environments have very different reporting demands.  In simple terms, reporting electricity consumption from datacentres requires only a sub-meter to distinguish server room consumption from…

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NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage

4 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, Flex, Google, Google Cloud, Lenovo, Microsoft, Tech / By

NetApp has refreshed its AFF all-flash storage arrays amid a marketing focus on artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and cutting energy waste in the datacentre. Alongside this comes an avowed target of more customers for its block access arrays and the availability of QLC drives across its Storagegrid object storage family, plus some additions in its…

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