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Microsoft hit with more litigation accusing it of predatory pricing

CIO Business Intelligence

All UK businesses and organizations that bought licenses for Windows Server via Amazon’s AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud may have been overcharged and will be represented in this new ‘opt-out’ collective action,” the law firm statement said. “I The lawsuit is seeking more than £1 billion (roughly US$1.3 Kimball asked.

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‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference Tuesday morning, the company announced a series of new features for Amazon Q Developer , its AI assistant for software development, including one that uses AI to help companies migrate legacy Microsoft.NET applications to Linux.

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Software firm sues Amazon in contract dispute over Emirates VR experience at Dubai Airshow

GeekWire

A lawsuit by Surreal Holdings against Amazon Web Services cites a segment in this video by popular aviation and travel vlogger Sam Chui as evidence that its work for Amazon and Emirates was not confidential. alleges that AWS wrongly terminated their broader software development agreement and owes more than $1.27

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Software developers prefer containers for their mobility, uniformity, and portability in creating and deploying applications, and the consistent performance of code execution regardless of the run time environment – a ‘write once, run anywhere’ approach across different infrastructures on-premises or in the cloud. Advantages.

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7 tough IT security discussions every IT leader must have

CIO Business Intelligence

Venables observes that there have been many cases over the past decade in which enterprises have invested deeply in cybersecurity products yet haven’t upgraded their overall IT infrastructure or modernized their approach to software development. This is equivalent to building on sand,” he states. Have we fostered a culture of security?

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

And look at this sample of the end-user license agreement (EULA) for the flashlight app, which shows significant data-gathering requirements for a simple flashlight. Another problem with mobile application security is the speed with which individuals can develop and deploy new apps.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. ” Another issue is Microsoft’s practice of putting advanced security solutions into its costliest enterprise licensing tiers. Microsoft Photo).

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