cloud security

There comes a pivotal moment in every IT department’s journey when the question quietly arises over the morning coffee and under the fluorescent hum: “Should we finally give Azure Virtual Desktop a real try?” If you’ve been loyally tending your Citrix farms or tiptoeing through a VMware...

Microsoft’s announcement about their latest cross-cloud multitenant security enhancements for government clients begins with a flourish that only Big Tech can muster: “now with more visibility, less chaos!” It’s a familiar refrain, but this time, the implications for government IT professionals...

Arkose Labs and Microsoft are doing something most cybersecurity teams only dream about: they’re not just plugging security holes, but actively drilling through the layers of digital sediment to get ahead of would-be attackers. Yes, this means yet another strategic tech partnership announcement...

It’s a truth universally acknowledged, at least in IT circles, that when something is marketed as “open,” everyone wants a piece—but no one wants to be left with the security bill. Yet here we are. According to Tenable’s freshly brewed Cloud AI Risk Report 2025, there’s an urgent warning for...

Winning a badge from Microsoft is no small feat—unless that badge is for most creative use of Clip Art in a PowerPoint, in which case, sorry, but I think we peaked in 2007. This week, however, BUI has scored something far more relevant: a coveted Microsoft Solutions Partner for Private Cloud...

Feeling nostalgic for those halcyon days when logging into your enterprise apps felt optional? Well, savor the memory—Microsoft just flipped the script. In its ongoing tug-of-war with shadowy cyber villains, the tech giant has unleashed the “Reauthentication Every Time Policy” for Entra ID, an...

If there’s one thing guaranteed to put a twinkle in a CIO’s eye and a flutter in the heart of any cloud architect, it’s the promise that “we want to make life simpler for customers.” That, ladies and gents, comes straight from the playbook of Clay Magouyrk, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI)...

When Microsoft, a perennial leviathan in enterprise software, decides to extend its embrace to a cybersecurity company, IT veterans perk up faster than a server room in a heatwave. Microsoft’s deepened relationship with Arkose Labs—provider of cross-industry account security, bot mitigation, and...

BUI is riding high on a fresh wave of cloud credibility, having just announced its attainment of the new Microsoft Solutions Partner for Private Cloud designation—a shiny new badge that not only looks good on LinkedIn but signals real technical muscle in the labyrinthine world of hybrid IT. And...

For years, PCs in American homes and offices thrummed away on Windows 10, an operating system Microsoft promised would be the “last Windows ever”—a phrase now as outdated as floppy disks. But now comes a seismic shift: more Americans are using Windows 11 than Windows 10, as the latter faces what...

Move over, boring security reports—Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI) isn’t just another corporate checklist. It’s 34,000 engineers’ worth of audacious ambition, a veritable cyber-fortress-in-the-making, with the likes of CEO Satya Nadella and Executive VP Charlie Bell orchestrating a...

It was one of those weekends when IT administrators around the world were either catching up on much-needed rest or, if superstition holds any currency, knocking on wood in hope that nothing out-of-the-ordinary would grace their outboxes come Monday. Alas, dear reader, tranquility was not on the...

For Microsoft, the quest for a secure digital future isn’t just a poster in the break room or a feel-good mantra recited at quarterly all-hands meetings—it’s an obsession, a juggernaut of an engineering exercise, and an ever-evolving global chess match with adversaries whose job descriptions...

Despite the hardened façade that tech titans like Microsoft try to present, the reality behind the scenes is often as complex as a spaghetti codebase left in the hands of a rookie programmer. The dust kicked up by headline-grabbing security breaches—remember those infamous attacks that...

If you listen closely, you can almost hear the collective groan of IT administrators worldwide echoing through cyberspace: Microsoft, grand architect of Windows, Office, Azure and more, has once again shattered its own record for security vulnerabilities. In 2024, the Redmond giant saw a...

The shimmering screens of the modern workplace glow a little brighter today, not simply with emails, spreadsheets, or infinite Teams notifications, but with the promise of a more secure digital tomorrow—at least, if Microsoft has its way. In an era where cyber threats lurk in every shadowy...

When the world’s largest sand desert meets bleeding-edge artificial intelligence, you know something extraordinary is afoot. Databricks and Microsoft: A Match Made in the Cloud Imagine, if you will, a realm where petabytes of data swirl through azure skies, and camel caravans are outpaced by...

It started like any other IT administrator weekend — a faint promise of “maybe nothing will break this time.” And then, in the digital hush of an ordinary Saturday, it happened: Microsoft Entra users across the globe found themselves facing the virtual equivalent of a locked door with no key and...

The whirr of cooling fans has replaced the hum of office chatter in Europe’s digital nerve centers. In the age of artificial intelligence, the power struggles of nations are no longer confined to tariffs or embassies — they now play out in racks of servers, between fiber-optic cables, and deep...

The night was humming with the quiet, digital anxiety only IT professionals know too well when the heartbeat of business thrums through cloud infrastructure and acronyms like MFA, MACE, and Entra are uttered with the reverence reserved for ancient gods. Into this perfectly (and precariously)...