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    EU Unbundles Teams from Office 365: Pricing, Interop, and Data Portability

    Microsoft’s decision to formally separate Teams from Office 365/Microsoft 365 marks the close of a high‑stakes regulatory chapter and creates a new competitive baseline for enterprise collaboration tools worldwide. The European Commission and Microsoft reached a negotiated package of commitments...
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    Google waives multicloud data transfer fees in EU/UK as Data Act nears

    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 Cloud Data Transfer Essentials: Zero Egress Fees in EU/UK and the Multicloud Push

    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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    Google Enables Free Multicloud Data Transfers in EU/UK Under Data Act

    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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    Microsoft Windows App Pruning: IE, Paint 3D, and Mail Transition to Outlook

    Microsoft’s quiet pruning of long‑standing Windows apps has accelerated into a visible strategy: the company is retiring or removing familiar built‑ins — from the browser that once ruled the web to niche creative tools and the lightweight Mail client — and asking users and organizations to...
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