regulatory oversight

  1. Auditable Copilot Records: How Smarsh Enables Regulated AI Compliance

    Microsoft 365 Copilot is reshaping how knowledge workers draft emails, summarize meetings, and automate tasks—but for regulated industries the productivity upside comes with a non‑negotiable requirement: auditable, defensible recordkeeping and governance. Enterprise compliance teams now face a...
  2. UK Cloud Market Under CMA Scrutiny: Impact on Competition & Innovation

    The UK’s cloud computing sector stands at a critical juncture, as a landmark investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concludes that dominant players Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are harming competition. The findings mark an inflection point not only for British...
  3. Microsoft Copilot in InPrivate Mode: Privacy Shift or Productivity Boost?

    Microsoft’s Copilot—the AI assistant that’s quickly becoming inseparable from the modern Windows experience—has taken a bold, and for some, unsettling step forward: it’s now being quietly tested within the InPrivate browsing mode of the Edge browser. This development, first discovered in the...
  4. European Cloud Providers Win Licenses Reforms in Landmark Microsoft Deal

    European cloud providers have long operated under the looming shadow of American tech giants, their ambitions often hamstrung by restrictive licensing, technical tying, and complex negotiations. In one of the most significant developments for the continent’s digital sovereignty in recent years...
  5. How IFC Advisors Achieved FINRA 17a-4 Compliance with AdvisorVault's Managed 365 Service

    For investment firms operating under the watchful gaze of regulatory bodies, compliance is an exacting, ever-shifting challenge—one that demands both technological adaptability and rigorous adherence to protocols. For Los Angeles-based IFC Advisors, this challenge reached a breaking point when...
  6. Builder.ai Collapse: Lessons on AI Hype, Deception, and Industry Trust

    In a world increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence and automation, trust is the new currency. When a company carries the backing of Microsoft—a tech titan responsible for some of the most trusted platforms and services on the planet—expectations of transparency, legitimacy, and genuine...
  7. EU Investigates Microsoft's Bundling Practices: Impact on Competition and Cloud Software

    The European Commission’s ongoing scrutiny of Microsoft’s bundling practices has reignited a heated debate about fair competition, digital market dominance, and the future trajectory of collaborative software in Europe. The Commission’s recent call for public comment on Microsoft’s proposals to...
  8. Revolutionizing Financial Compliance with AI: Saifr and Microsoft Partnership TransformRegTech

    A revolution is quietly unfolding at the intersection of financial compliance and artificial intelligence, promising not only to lighten the regulatory load on enterprises but also to reshape how organizations manage risk, scale oversight efforts, and automate adherence to evolving rules. Saifr...
  9. Microsoft’s Unbundling of Teams: EU Antitrust Moves and Market Implications

    Microsoft’s evolving relationship with regulators in the European Union offers a real-time case study on the power of global antitrust oversight, the boundaries of corporate innovation, and the obligations tech giants face as the digital workplace continues to morph at breakneck speed. The tech...
  10. Jamaica’s Digital Education Shift: Balancing Innovation, Privacy, and Protection

    In the past half-decade, Jamaican classrooms have undergone a quiet but dramatic transformation, one that echoes trends in educational technology worldwide but carries a unique—and in some ways riskier—set of challenges. As digital platforms like Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365...
  11. Microsoft Licensing Lock-In Threatens Cloud Market Competition and Enterprise Flexibility

    The recent investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into cloud market competitiveness has brought to light a critical challenge enterprises face when moving from traditional on-premises environments to cloud infrastructure: the complexity and expense of migrating...
  12. Microsoft Criticizes UK CMA's Cloud Licensing Ruling Amid Market Competition Concerns

    Microsoft's response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the regulator's provisional ruling on cloud software licensing pricing is robust and critical. Microsoft calls the CMA's intervention "extraordinary and unprecedented," emphasizing that no other software provider...
  13. Overcoming Microsoft Licensing Barriers in Cloud Migration: What Enterprises Need to Know

    When enterprises contemplate moving their substantial IT operations and applications to the cloud, those heavily invested in Microsoft ecosystems face a very challenging dilemma. The practical realities of migrating complex Windows Server and SQL Server workloads swiftly confront IT...
  14. Microsoft Cloud Licensing Practices Threaten Competition and Lock-in Windows-Centric Enterprises

    When enterprises contemplate moving their IT workloads to the cloud, those with significant investments in Microsoft infrastructure typically confront a challenging dilemma. For organizations deeply reliant on Windows Server and SQL Server, the prospect of rewriting applications or migrating...
  15. FTC Launches Investigation into Microsoft Cloud for Anti-Competitive Practices

    In a significant move that could reshape the cloud computing landscape, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is gearing up to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business for potential anti-competitive practices. This investigation falls within a broader context of scrutiny aimed at major tech...
  16. AP Exclusive: Fukushima tsunami plan a single page

    TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear regulators trusted that the reactors at Fukushima Dai-ichi were safe from the worst waves an earthquake could muster based on a single-page memo from the plant operator nearly a decade ago. In the Dec. 19, 2001 document — one double-sized page obtained by The...
  17. Fukushima Meltdown Confirmed

    Link RemovedOn April 6, Reuters reported that "the core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor has melted through the reactor pressure vessel," Rep. Edward Markey told a House hearing on the disaster, saying: "I have been informed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the core has...
  18. Bungling, cover-ups define Japanese nuclear power

    TOKYO (AP) — Behind Japan's escalating nuclear crisis sits a scandal-ridden energy industry in a comfy relationship with government regulators often willing to overlook safety lapses. Leaks of radioactive steam and workers contaminated with radiation are just part of the disturbing catalog of...