VLink today announced it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) — a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud-native application development, application modernization, and DevOps-led delivery on...
RiverMeadow’s announcement that its Workload Mobility Platform now supports Microsoft Azure Local marks a notable development for enterprises weighing VMware alternatives and planning large-scale cloud migrations. The vendor’s pitch—faster migrations, hybrid on‑premises + Azure management...
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The Cabinet Office has quietly handed responsibility for its long-running, much-delayed migration from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (M365) to another government unit, effectively changing the delivery model for the Falcon IT Platform Refresh and Migration programme and halving the project’s...
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More than a month before Microsoft stops issuing security patches for Windows 10, a fresh Kaspersky telemetry snapshot is sounding a loud alarm: a majority of devices in its dataset remain on Windows 10, with a non‑trivial tail still running unsupported releases such as Windows 7 — a situation...
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Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving free security updates on October 14, 2025, and every day that passes between now and that date increases the urgency for millions of households and businesses to act — whether by upgrading, enrolling in extended protection, or...
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On October 14, 2025, support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends — one month from now — and organizations that delay face escalating operational risk, loss of security updates, and an increasingly narrow set of safe upgrade paths. Microsoft’s Exchange engineering team has...
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Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that changes how millions of PCs will receive security fixes, feature updates, and technical help from Microsoft. After that date, Microsoft will stop delivering free Windows 10 security updates to in-market...
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Microsoft has put a hard line under a chapter of the PC era: support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, and users who want to remain patched after that date must either migrate, enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or move workloads into supported...
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Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...
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New Era Technology’s pitch — that the gulf between opportunity and capability in the Middle East’s digital economy is closing — is no longer just marketing copy; it’s a blueprint for how regional enterprises can modernize ERP, accelerate user adoption, and begin to harness generative AI across...
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ams
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walkme
Microsoft’s latest push asks partners to take a decisive step beyond selling cloud capacity: modernise entire technology stacks, unify messy data estates, and build AI-native applications on Azure — and it is backing that ask with a tightly connected set of program changes, incentives, skilling...
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If your PC can’t run Windows 11, you’re no longer just inconvenienced — you're facing a ticking support clock that changes how Microsoft services, patches, and even some apps will behave after October 14, 2025. This is the practical guide every Windows 10 user needs right now: clear options...
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Google Cloud’s surprise removal of certain EU and UK data transfer fees dramatically reshapes the short-term economics of multicloud strategies and adds fresh momentum to regulators’ efforts to break hyperscaler lock‑in. Background
The European Union’s Data Act is the legal backdrop for this...
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Google has moved the cloud market’s chess pieces with a tactical — and loudly publicised — concession: for customers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, Google Cloud will no longer charge data‑egress fees for qualifying “in‑parallel” multicloud transfers through a new offering called...
aws
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eu data act
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Google has moved to eliminate a key friction point for organisations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in Europe and the UK, announcing that its Data Transfer Essentials service will be available at no cost for customers processing workloads “in parallel” across two or more...
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Google Cloud’s decision to waive multicloud data-transfer charges in the EU and UK — through a new “Data Transfer Essentials” option — has shifted a regulatory tug‑of‑war into a full commercial play, and it matters for every IT team wrestling with vendor lock‑in, migration economics, and...
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eu data act
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Point B's announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) designation with a formal Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization marks a deliberate deepening of its Microsoft alliance and a visible signal to clients that it’s doubling down on enterprise-grade...
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Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...
22h2
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Microsoft’s internal IT organization has completed one of the most ambitious cloud migrations in corporate history — moving virtually all employee-facing systems into Azure and reshaping how the company thinks about operations, security, and engineering at scale. The transition, driven by...
Screenvision Media has completed a rapid, high-stakes migration of its core business systems into a multi‑cloud architecture built on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a move executed by Oracle‑specialist managed services provider Cintra in an intensive 12‑week program that...