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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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What generative AI means for cities: Municipal tech leaders face unique workplace and policy issues

GeekWire

(City of Seattle Photo) Jim Loter, interim chief technology officer for the City of Seattle, grappled with these issues as he and his team produced the city’s first generative AI policy this spring. “We don’t have insight into the data layer, we don’t have insight into the foundation layer of these applications.

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DRM Protection: A Shield Against Unauthorized eBook Access

Kitaboo

Key Features and Benefits of DRM Protection Encryption Access Control License Management Watermarks Cross-Platform Compatibility III. Handling the Risks of DRM Protection Taking a Balanced Approach Transparent Policies Regular Updates and Improvements Education and Awareness V.

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Interview: Microsoft President Brad Smith supports plan for AI ‘safety brakes’ in U.S. Senate hearing

GeekWire

Among other things, the Blumenthal-Hawley framework would establish an independent oversight body and require companies developing AI systems for “high risk” applications to go through a registration and licensing process. We think it has good solutions in terms of a licensing system for high-risk systems.

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Zero Trust

Phil Windley

My new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media covers many of the topics in this post such as multi-factor authentication, authorization and access control, and identity policy development in depth. Authorization platforms like Cedar are available to control access to your infrastructure and applications.

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Share eBooks with Confidence: Mastering eBook DRM

Kitaboo

Customizing Accessibility Authorization and Licensing Encryption: The Shield of Protection Detecting Unauthorized Distribution Unique Codes DRM Variations IV. These policies dictate who can access the content, with what permissions, and under what circumstances. Table of Contents: I. What is an eBook DRM? Wrapping Up!

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