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Fountainhead: Profiling questions nobody's asking re: cloud.

Fountainhead

However, certain environments are inherently bound to hardware and/or tested for performance, and these may need to remain "in-house" on specific hardware (see below) Inherent application functionality N Apps that are inherently "internal" Such as internal back-up software, "edge" applications like printer servers, etc. Post a Comment.

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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

He absorbed the 477-page technical tome in one weekend and returned to Redmond ready to change how Microsoft made software — prioritizing security and reliability over new features. The company listed these key priorities for its security initiatives: Making its software, cloud services, firmware and hardware secure by design.

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Think you own your stuff? Think again.

Vox

Four decades later, York University professor Russell W. Your choice is either to take your tractor to an approved shop, often at great inconvenience and personal expense, or to essentially hack it — a violation of John Deere’s mandatory licensing agreement , punishable by the company revoking your license for use.

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Microsoft avoided a round of Big Tech scrutiny. Then it bought a company for $69 billion.

Vox

“It’s odd how you can fall out of the field of vision, even though you’re an extraordinarily important company,” William Kovacic, who served as chair of the FTC under President George W. Among other things, the company said it wouldn’t require computer manufacturers to buy other Microsoft products when they bought Windows licenses.