cloud governance

  1. Microsoft Azure Controversy Sparks Governance and Cloud Accountability Debate

    Microsoft’s decision to terminate multiple employees after an on‑campus sit‑in over alleged uses of Azure in Israeli military intelligence operations has turned a workplace protest into a major corporate governance and technology‑ethics crisis for the company — one that raises urgent questions...
  2. Microsoft Fires Employees After On-Campus Protests Over Azure Use

    Microsoft’s decision to terminate four employees after on‑campus protests over the company’s ties to Israel crystallizes a larger, unresolved crisis at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, corporate governance, and worker activism. Background / Overview In late August, demonstrators from a...
  3. Word for Windows 2509+: New Documents Save to Cloud by Default with AutoSave

    Microsoft is quietly shifting a fundamental part of the Word for Windows experience: new documents created in Word will now default to being saved in the cloud (OneDrive or another configured cloud destination) with AutoSave enabled, and the change begins with Word for Windows version 2509 and...
  4. Microsoft Governance Crisis 2025: ESG, Cloud, and Investor Risk

    Microsoft’s Redmond campus erupted into a governance crisis in 2025 that has become a live case study in how employee activism, geopolitical conflict, and the mechanics of cloud infrastructure can collide to create real investor risk—and why corporate governance is now a front-line risk...
  5. Atturra Wins Microsoft Private Cloud Solution Partner Status in Australia

    Atturra’s announcement that it has secured the Microsoft Private Cloud Solution Partner designation marks a significant addition to its already deep Microsoft credentials and positions the ASX‑listed services firm at the forefront of sovereign, hybrid and on‑premises Microsoft delivery in...
  6. Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics

    Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...
  7. Microsoft’s Renewed Probe Into Israel Ties, Azure Use, and Governance

    Microsoft’s president doubled down on a promise to investigate the company’s ties to Israel because a cascade of investigative reporting, a forceful United Nations inquiry, escalating employee activism, investor pressure and fresh allegations about large-scale use of Microsoft Azure by Israeli...
  8. Atturra: All Six Microsoft Cloud Designations & Australia Private Cloud Partner

    Atturra’s recent recognition within Microsoft’s partner ecosystem marks a meaningful shift in Australia’s sovereign cloud landscape, but the headline — that Atturra is “Microsoft’s first Private Cloud Solution Partner in Australia” — deserves careful parsing and verification before it becomes an...
  9. Atturra: Six Microsoft Solutions Partners and Private Cloud Focus in Australia

    Atturra’s rise through Microsoft’s partner ranks has been rapid and highly visible, with multiple outlets reporting that the Australian integrator has secured a significant new recognition in the hybrid and private cloud space — a development that, if fully verified, would strengthen its...
  10. Screenvision Modernizes Cinema Advertising with Azure-OCI Multi-Cloud

    Screenvision Media’s technology team has completed a rapid, strategic modernization of its core systems by moving to a multi‑cloud environment built on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a migration executed by long‑time partner Cintra over a concentrated 12‑week window and...
  11. Microsoft Azure Surveillance Controversy Sparks External Audit and Protests

    Microsoft’s Redmond campus erupted into a high-stakes showdown this month as employee-led protesters occupied public spaces, splashed paint on the company sign, and drew law-enforcement intervention — all over one fundamental allegation: that Microsoft Azure has been used at scale by the Israeli...
  12. LightBeam Summer 2025: Real-Time Copilot Governance & Ransomware Protection

    LightBeam’s Summer 2025 release brings targeted AI security and governance controls specifically for Microsoft Copilot, promising real-time protection against AI-driven data exposure, insider threats, and mass-encryption ransomware events — a response to rapid Copilot adoption and the emergence...
  13. Microsoft Redmond Protest Encampment: Cloud Ethics, Governance, and Transparency

    Microsoft employees have erected a protest encampment on the company’s Redmond campus, turning a high-profile workplace dispute over Israel ties into a public test of Microsoft’s ethics, governance, and operational transparency. protest is the latest escalation in a year-long campaign by...
  14. Microsoft Azure Review: Alleged Israeli Interception Archive

    Microsoft has opened an externally supervised review after investigative reporting alleged that Israel’s intelligence services used a bespoke environment running on Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyse very large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications — a development that...
  15. Hitachi Vantara VSP One SDS Arrives on Azure Marketplace for Hybrid Cloud Storage

    Hitachi Vantara’s entry of Virtual Storage Platform One Software‑Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) into the Microsoft Azure Marketplace marks a concrete step toward simplifying hybrid cloud storage procurement and, according to vendor claims, cutting cloud storage costs substantially through...
  16. Board Earns Microsoft Solutions Partner Certification for Azure-Ready Enterprise Planning

    Board’s announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure marks an important inflection point in the vendor’s long-running strategy to position its Enterprise Planning Platform as a first-class, enterprise-ready SaaS option for large...
  17. Board Achieves Microsoft Solutions Partner Status with Certified Software for Azure

    Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has secured the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure, a certification that positions the vendor squarely within Microsoft’s commercial ecosystem and signals that its SaaS planning suite has met a defined set of technical...
  18. Microsoft launches external review into alleged Azure-based Palestinian surveillance

    Microsoft has opened an externally supervised inquiry into allegations that Israel’s military intelligence used a bespoke area of Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyse enormous volumes of intercepted Palestinian phone calls — a development that escalates a months‑long policy, legal and...
  19. Microsoft launches formal review of Azure AI in Gaza surveillance

    Microsoft has opened a formal review into allegations that its cloud and AI technologies were used by Israeli security forces for large‑scale surveillance in Gaza and the West Bank — a development that escalates months of investigative reporting, employee protests, and policy debate about the...
  20. Microsoft Azure Under Scrutiny: Unit 8200, Mass Surveillance Claims & Cloud Governance

    Microsoft has opened an “urgent” external review after investigative reporting alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 used a bespoke environment on Microsoft Azure to ingest, store and analyse vast volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications — claims that raise immediate questions about cloud...