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  1. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrades, ESU, and the Open Driver Debate

    With the clock counting down to October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a short-term safety net, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported Windows 10—while the debate over hardware compatibility, drivers and sustainability suddenly looks...
  2. Windows 10 ESU Costs vs Migration: A Practical IT Guide for 2025

    Nexthink’s warning that “sticking with Windows 10 could cost businesses billions” captured headlines for a reason: a simple arithmetic model — 121 million Windows 10 PCs multiplied by an enterprise Extended Security Update (ESU) list price of $61 per device — produces a first‑year bill in the...
  3. OneGov-Microsoft Deal: Free Copilot and Azure Discounts for U.S. Agencies

    Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have struck a sweeping OneGov agreement that puts Microsoft’s cloud and AI stack — including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure services, Dynamics 365, and security tooling — on preferential terms for federal agencies, with Microsoft and GSA...
  4. GSA OneGov: Microsoft 365 Copilot Free for Federal Agencies - Opportunities and Risks

    Microsoft’s new OneGov agreement with the General Services Administration promises to make Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively free for qualifying federal customers while folding deep discounts across Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and security tooling into a government‑wide purchasing vehicle...
  5. SEFE's Oracle Database@Azure Migration: Efficiency, Resilience, Pragmatic Multicloud

    SEFE’s move to Oracle Database@Azure is a pragmatic example of how targeted cloud migration—driven by efficiency, resilience, and careful license management—can deliver measurable wins for infrastructure performance and business continuity while exposing teams to the familiar trade-offs of...
  6. Azure Local: Azure-native Hybrid Cloud for Edge and On-Prem

    Microsoft’s Azure Local is a clear signal that hybrid cloud is no longer a stopgap—it's an operational imperative for many enterprises, and Microsoft has repackaged and extended its Azure Stack HCI lineage into a unified, Azure-native platform designed to run cloud-managed services inside...
  7. India Enterprise PCs Accelerate Refresh Ahead of Windows 10 EoS with AI-Ready Laptops

    Enterprises across India are accelerating PC refresh cycles, driven by a near-term deadline and a new generation of machines built for on-device AI: demand for business laptops is surging as organizations prepare for the end of Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025 and push to acquire AI-ready...
  8. SPA24 and Open Source: Can the UK Public Sector Cut Costs Safely?

    The UK government’s five‑year Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft — the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24) — commits public bodies to a scale of procurement that the Crown Commercial Service expects will amount to roughly £9 billion over the life of the deal, and that...
  9. Working Toward Universal Interoperability in IoT

    Today’s Internet of Things landscape is a modern day Tower of Babel – a proliferation of communication protocols and data formats across the device ecosystem that make it difficult for devices to “speak the same language” and work together in harmony. This reality makes it difficult for us to...
  10. Westcoast launches Windows 7 TCO calculator

    Westcoast has teamed up with HP and Microsoft to create a Windows 7 TotalCost of Ownership (TCO) calculator. Link Removed due to 404 Error