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Microsoft pauses free Windows 365 cloud PC trials after ‘significant demand’

The Verge

We have seen unbelievable response to Windows 365 and need to pause our free trial program while we provision additional capacity,” explains Scott Manchester , director of Windows 365 program management. Image: Microsoft. Windows 365 running in a browser. All of the different price options are available at Windows365.com

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Climate solution or corporate greenwashing? Tech taps farmers to help offset carbon footprint

GeekWire

But skeptics fear the program will only marginally impact climate change while giving corporations license to continue polluting. It’s one of several agricultural carbon credits Microsoft is purchasing through Truterra, a sustainability program launched by the dairy company Land O’Lakes in 2016. Microsoft Photo).

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3 powerful lessons of using data governance frameworks

CIO Business Intelligence

They already had a technical plan in place, and I helped them find the right size and structure of an accompanying data governance program. The DGI publication includes components it thinks should be included in a data governance program. “I had been asked to help Coors Beer prepare for upcoming Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

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Former U.S. Intelligence Personnel Turn 'Hackers-for-Hire'

SecureWorld News

Prosecutors say, “despite being informed on several occasions” that the defendants’ work required a license to be issued, they pressed on anyway. I recently attended a presentation by Chrysa Freeman, Senior Program Manager of Code42, at the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mark J.

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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

” Another issue is Microsoft’s practice of putting advanced security solutions into its costliest enterprise licensing tiers. Beaumont also cited the enterprise licensing issue. “So customers who either are unwilling or unable to pay that premium for the security features get left out in the cold.”

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How to speed up your computer

Galido

Is your hard drive full of duplicate files, old programs and settings? Here are some free tools to help remove unnecessary files and programs. CCEnhancer is actually a plugin for CCleaner, which lets the program work with a wider variety of applications, around 500 more than what’s possible on the default version. CCEnhancer.

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IntelliDyne’s ITAC Published Top 10 Tech Trends In 2015 For Government Enterprise Infrastructure Management

CTOvision

LPTA Vs. Best Business Value – With Shared Services and Pay-Per-Use licensing, LPTA decisions will be judged on business metrics such as business impact, network efficiency and real-time reporting as part of a new evaluation paradigm. We manage public sector programs that deliver higher operational efficiency and measurable value to clients.