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Microsoft staggers rollout of Surface Hub 2, with hardware in 2019; new software in 2020
Microsoft's new plan is to launch Surface Hub 2 in two phases, with the new conferencing system hardware coming in Q2 2019 and the new system software for it in 2020.
The big data odyssey of SQL Server 2019, and more data and AI news from Microsoft Ignite
Ignite, Microsoft's annual IT Pro and Developer confab kicks off today, with a slew of news in the data, analytics and AI areas of the company's stack, both in-cloud and on-premises.
Microsoft Ignite 2018: Here's what to expect from Microsoft 365, edge computing and Dynamics
Mary Jo Foley and Larry Dignan discuss Microsoft's product roadmap and what it means for developers and CxOs.
Can cloud storage replace your onsite storage?
Cloud providers offer lots of different storage services, but none of them are ideal for most applications - which is keeping enterprise storage vendors in business. Will cloud vendors ever be able to replace on-site storage for critical apps?
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats paid $700,000 to recover from ransomware attack
Microsoft was paid $703,697 to help Pennsylvania Senate Democrats rebuild IT systems after 2017 ransomware incident.
Windows update problems: Microsoft reveals why recent patches broke some PCs
Microsoft will now label all Windows 7 servicing stack updates as security updates, even though they're not.
Vendor comparison tool: Cloud-based integrated management services
Cloud computing systems provide a distinct and measurable competitive advantage, and implementing a successful transformation can reap significant long-term benefits for any enterprise. This download offers...
What Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google believe about themselves can explain a lot
The stories these companies tell themselves are the key to understanding how they behave.
Cisco: We've killed another critical hard-coded root password bug, patch urgently
This time a 9.8/10-severity hardcoded password has been found in Cisco's video surveillance software.
Five IT security questions any executive should know how to answer
If you can't answer these basic questions, your company's security could be at risk.
YubiKey 5: First multi-protocol security keys with FIDO2 support
Replace weak, outdated password-based methods with strong hardware-based authentication.
