Software Contract Solutions The increases, which could be as high as 25%, are slated to take place March 1, 2022 and will affect most enterprise and business plans. Microsoft has unveiled plans to raise prices on several Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription plans by as much as 25%. The increases are to take effect March 1, 2022. … Read more
As devops matures into devsecops, cultural obstacles continue to exert drag. Devops has become common in software-development organizations around the world, but many companies are still struggling with cultural issues that are dampening security practitioners’ influence in the devsecops practices crucial for next-generation cloud application development. When it’s done well, devops is driving dramatic change—with GitLab’s recently released 2021 … Read more
It may feel like a betrayal, but public cloud providers do need to sunset services at times. Here’s how to plan for it and even find an opportunity to improve. Over the years I’ve had a few friends and clients reach out to me, unhappy about some public cloud services being removed, either from a … Read more
So what’s firewall as a service? Firewall as a service, or FWaaS, relies on technology in the cloud. A user or application connects to the FWaaS via the internet, and the service applies domain rules, URL filtering, and other security that physical firewall appliances use. The idea is to replace the multitude of hardware firewalls … Read more
Microsoft has re-released its PC Health Check app, but not everyone can use it. Here’s how to use the tool and two third-party alternatives to assess a PC’s ability to upgrade to Windows 11. In late June, Microsoft announced Windows 11, noted that the upcoming OS would have more stringent hardware requirements than Windows 10, and … Read more
With the Oct. 5 launch date less than a month away, it’s time to think about when Windows users should move from 10 to 11. (Helpful hint: Don’t rush.) The date has been announced: Microsoft will start offering Windows 11 on Oct. 5 to computers that fully meet its hardware requirements. But should you update? With Windows … Read more
SLAs are for lawyers. Service level objectives not only introduce finer-grained reliability metrics, but also put that telemetry data into the context of user happiness. Service level agreements (SLAs) first became popular with fixed-line telecom companies in the late 1980s. For the last 20 years, billboards with five nines (99.999%) have peppered every interstate in … Read more
The impact of the pandemic is spoken about every day. Never before have we had to react to a danger such as COVID. However, we’re now seeing more repercussions develop because of our enforced actions. With the majority of the UK forced to work remotely from home instead of offices, there was a steep rise … Read more
Palo Alto’s Okyo Garde package includes a WiFi-6-based hardware device and mobile application software to deliver malware, ransomware and phishing protection. Palo Alto Networks has rolled out a Wi-Fi based package that the company says provides remote workers with enterprise-class security features. Called Okyo Garde, the bundle incuds Wi-Fi-6-based hardware and mobile application-security software that … Read more
Following Microsoft’s announcement of plans to implement passwordless user verification, we explore what this will mean for users going forward. As part of the corporation’s plans to go passwordless, Microsoft has said it will allow its users to switch to app-based authentication logins. Starting on Wednesday, according to a Microsoft blog post, users can now remove passwords from … Read more
