Borderless CS’s launch of IT Hardening Expert Services arrives at a moment when simple misconfigurations and unmaintained defaults are repeatedly exposed as the weakest links in enterprise security, and the firm is pitching a pragmatic, standards-aligned program to shrink attack surfaces across...
CISA and partner agencies have issued a sharply worded joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning that People’s Republic of China (PRC) state‑sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors have been compromising global telecommunications and critical‑infrastructure networks by targeting...
Microsoft’s public push to marry artificial intelligence, edge computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT) has moved from concept to catalogue: Azure IoT Edge runtime, Azure Sphere, Azure Digital Twins and a string of enterprise pilots show a deliberate strategy to make IoT development faster...
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Microsoft’s trailblazing trajectory in artificial intelligence has taken a decisive turn with the unveiling of the Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning model, a small language model (SML) that claims to deliver responses up to 10 times faster and with dramatically lower latency compared to previous...
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Here is a summary of the key points from the article "Siemens and Microsoft join forces to enhance IoT" on Verdict (verdict.co.uk):
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Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Microsoft have formed a partnership to improve access to Internet of Things (IoT) data for building management.
The...
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The relentless surge of cyberattacks targeting well-known software and hardware continues to expose cracks in the digital armor of even the most sophisticated organizations. In a recent move underscoring the urgency of this threat, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has...
For many Windows users, desktop search remains a perennial frustration—a clunky, often literal tool that doesn’t 'understand' context, intent, or meaning and rarely finds what you’re looking for unless you remember the exact filename or its location. With the introduction of Copilot+ PCs...
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Twelve months ago, small language models (SLMs) had a reputation: nimble, often cost-effective, but frequently dismissed as lacking the depth and power required for genuinely complex reasoning. Microsoft’s ongoing investment in SLMs has upended this perception, with the Phi family rapidly...
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In a world that constantly demands more connectivity, edge devices such as routers, firewalls, and Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets form the critical barrier between our networks and the wild, untamed expanse of the internet. This frontier, however, is under perpetual siege from digital...