security compliance

ASUS’s new ExpertBook B5 G2 arrives as a focused Copilot+ laptop for enterprise users, pairing Intel’s Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” silicon with a 50 TOPS neural engine, a lightweight aluminum chassis, MIL‑STD durability, and a slate of management and firmware protections aimed at IT...

The era of hiring a .NET outsourcing partner has shifted from a checklist of language skills to a high-stakes evaluation of platform maturity, cloud-native architecture, AI-enabled workflows, and sector-specific compliance know‑how — and choosing the wrong vendor in 2026 can cost months of...

Microsoft Copilot has moved from curiosity to practical toolkit for charities — offering meeting capture, data-driven insight, and process orchestration that can free teams from repetitive tasks and amplify impact, provided organisations put governance, data hygiene, and human oversight front...

Microsoft’s decision to end support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on Azure Blob Storage has moved from warning to reality: as of February 3, 2026, Azure Storage public HTTPS endpoints now require TLS 1.2 or later, and any client negotiating TLS 1.0 or 1.1 will be rejected. Background Microsoft first...

Microsoft has turned off legacy TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support for Azure Blob Storage, enforcing TLS 1.2 as the minimum protocol for all blob, file, queue and table endpoints worldwide effective February 3, 2026. Background Microsoft first signaled the removal of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 from Azure Storage...

Azure Storage will stop accepting TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections on February 3, 2026, making TLS 1.2 the new minimum across blob, file, queue and table endpoints — a platform-wide enforcement that will break any client still negotiating the deprecated protocols. Background / Overview Microsoft...

On February 3, 2026, Microsoft enforced a platform-wide cutoff for legacy Transport Layer Security (TLS) on Azure Blob Storage: TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are no longer accepted and TLS 1.2 is now the minimum required protocol for all Azure Storage public HTTPS endpoints. The cutoff applies globally to...

Microsoft has formally enforced the removal of TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 for Azure Blob Storage effective February 3, 2026; from this date onward Azure Storage public HTTPS endpoints will accept only TLS 1.2 or newer and any client attempting to negotiate TLS 1.0/1.1 will see connections fail. This is...

Automation is the simplest way to turn repetitive toil into measurable business value — and the TechTarget roundup of “21 tasks to automate today to streamline IT operations” gives IT teams a practical, prioritized map for where to start. Background The pressure on IT operations teams to deliver...

Microsoft’s recent refresh of the Teams Admin Center (TAC) brings a focused set of trust and compliance features that centralize app evaluation, elevate certified solutions, and shorten the time it takes IT teams to approve safe third‑party integrations across Microsoft Teams. These changes —...

A quiet but consequential Outlook update has left some Windows users unable to open messages protected with Microsoft’s “Encrypt Only” setting, turning sensitive emails into unreadable attachments and forcing administrators and senders into an urgent triage mode until a permanent fix ships...

Microsoft’s move to push BitLocker out of the CPU and into dedicated silicon promises to change the trade-offs between always‑on disk encryption and raw NVMe performance — delivering large gains for I/O‑heavy workloads while also shifting key‑management and recovery responsibilities in ways that...

Microsoft’s recent public demos of Agent 365 moved the company’s vision for agent governance out of concept mode and into operational detail, showing a centralized “control plane” that inventories agents, assigns identity and ownership, visualizes connections between agents, people and data, and...

The API management landscape in 2026 is now inseparable from enterprise strategy: platforms that once focused on request routing and rate limiting are evolving into governance, security, and monetization control planes for AI workloads, agentic services, and globally distributed microservices...

Pitch-perfect slides no longer require midnight layout fights or last-minute Excel exports — they require a clear choice of tools that match your startup’s stack, security needs, and fundraising tempo. In this feature-length guide we cut past vendor gloss, verify the hard numbers where possible...

Microsoft's blunt message to IT teams is simple: stop running .NET runtimes that have reached end of life, and take inventory now—unsupported .NET versions expose networks to security gaps, compliance headaches, and operational instability that won't be fixed with a runtime install alone...

ICG’s vendor spotlight in CIOReview underscores a familiar but still essential message for organizations buying outsourced IT: trust and consistency are the currency of modern managed services. The feature frames ICG (Innovative Consulting Group) as an MSP that builds both through a...

INTERCEPT's new guidance on Microsoft Azure arrives at a moment when many small businesses are rethinking their IT stacks, and its central claim — that Azure can be a practical, secure, and cost‑effective cloud choice for SMBs — is largely supported by Microsoft’s product architecture and the...

The agent era arrived in 2025 not as a whisper but as a product rewrite: vendors moved beyond “can it chat?” to “can it plan, act, and close the loop inside my systems?” This piece surveys the companies that led that move — what they shipped, how they positioned agents for business use, the...

Google’s relaunch of Cameyo as “Cameyo by Google” marks a decisive bet that the next phase of enterprise endpoint strategy will be browser-first — and it brings one of the toughest migration blockers, legacy Windows applications, along for the ride. Background / Overview Google announced the...