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Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight

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Policing data hosted in Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud infrastructure could be processed in more than 100 countries, but the tech giant is obfuscating this information from its customers, Computer Weekly can reveal. According to documents released by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) under freedom of information (FoI) rules, Microsoft refused to hand over crucial information about…

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Cloud file storage: Key benefits and use cases

4 minutes of reading / 5G, AI, Amazon, automation, AWS, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, containers, Google, Google Cloud, IBM, Kubernetes, Microsoft, serverless, Tech / By / Leave a Comment

File servers are at the core of almost all IT infrastructures. File sharing is essential to collaboration and is a vital component of growing volumes of unstructured information. File storage is a key part of general document storage, and access to the information therein is vital for analytics, including artificial intelligence (AI). File systems also…

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Cloud block storage: Key benefits and use cases

5 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, AWS, Azure, business continuity, Cloud, disaster recovery, Google, Google Cloud, IBM, IBM Cloud, Kubernetes, machine learning, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Snap, Tech / By

Cloud block storage allows organisations to run applications that depend on high throughput and low latency in the cloud. The latest block storage offerings make use of the cloud’s advantages, without sacrificing performance. Such offerings allow customers to run applications in the cloud and use block storage there, such as proof-of-concept projects before they’re rolled…

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Bridging the SLA gap: A guide to managing cloud provider risk

5 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, AWS, Azure, Cloud, compliance, email marketing, Google, Google Cloud, Microsoft, risk management, Tech / By

As organisations increasingly rely on cloud services to drive innovation and operational efficiency, chief information security officers (CISOs) face a persistent challenge: what happens when a cloud provider’s service level agreement (SLA) doesn’t align with your enterprise’s security and availability requirements? This scenario is more common than many leaders realise. Whether it’s a cutting-edge AI…

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Microsoft starts including PQC algorithms in cyber foundations

3 minutes of reading / Azure, Microsoft, quantum computing, Tech, Technology / By

Two years after the debut of its Quantum Safe Programme (QSP), Microsoft is moving steadily through the process of incorporating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms into some of the foundational components underpinning the security of its product suite. The computing giant said that to maintain the resilience of its systems and servers when future quantum computers…

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Lenovo partners its way up the storage maker rankings

7 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, Cloud, containers, Dell, Dropbox, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, hybrid cloud, IBM, Kubernetes, Lenovo, Microsoft, NEC, Tech / By

Lenovo is notable among storage array makers for a recent rapid rise in market share, and the prominence of the partnering strategy it has employed to get there. While it lacks some things that most other storage makers possess – namely its own cloud, or cloud offer via the hyperscalers, or a container management platform…

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Interview: Differentiating with AI in pet care

7 minutes of reading / AI, API, Azure, data privacy, data science, digital transformation, e-commerce, Google, internet of things, software engineering, Tech / By

Over the past year, Kate Balingit has been leading the digital health initiative at Mars Pet Nutrition, reporting to the company’s Petcare chief information officer, where she is focused on commercialising and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) through the Mars pet nutrition brands. These include well-known pet foods brands such as Pedigree, Iams, Sheba and Whiskas.…

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Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks

3 minutes of reading / AI, Amazon, Azure, Google, Tech / By

The three months to the end of May this year saw a 50% spike in the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) platforms among enterprise end users, and while security teams work to facilitate the safe adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) AI frameworks such as Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock and Google Vertex AI, the use of…

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OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5

3 minutes of reading / AI, Azure, ChatGPT, Git, GitHub, Microsoft, Tech / By

OpenAI has updated its large language model (LLM) in ChatGPT to GPT-5, which it says takes a significant step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). In a blog post, the company said GPT-5 delivers leaps in accuracy, speed, reasoning, context recognition, structured thinking and problem-solving.  “We anticipate early adoption to drive industry leadership on what’s possible…

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CISPE criticised over securing preferential cloud pricing on Microsoft products for members

5 minutes of reading / Azure, Cloud, compliance, Computer, Microsoft, Tech / By

A European trade body is facing criticism for striking a deal with Microsoft that allows its members to host and resell the software giant’s cloud offerings with preferential pricing terms.   The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers In Europe (CISPE) trade body has reached an agreement with Microsoft that will see its members offered revised pricing…

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