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SUSE Security and Microsoft Sentinel offer enhanced enterprise security posture for more complete threat protection. 

• Significant expansion of data protection and security across cloud, SaaS, and hypervisors including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, RedHat OpenShift, and more
• New Identity Recovery for Active Directory and Entra ID addressing the key vulnerability to business operational recovery
• Powerful new cyber resilience capabilities for faster operational recovery from cyber incidents, including machine-learning detection, orchestrated recovery, and Turbo Threat Hunting

• Snowflake strengthens strategic partnership with Microsoft to deliver OpenAI’s state-of-the-art models directly to customers in Snowflake Cortex AI on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry
• Snowflake also launches new native integration enabling thousands of customers to seamlessly leverage Snowflake Cortex Agents within their Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 apps

Commvault Cloud enables easy, secure, CIS-hardened deployment across all major cloud hyperscaler marketplaces

Industry veteran Dan Whittle to spearhead expansion of technology solutions with next generation managed services offering

Australian mining, oil and gas, and new energy services provider also slashes Azure costs with Macquarie Telecom hybrid cloud as it expands into emerging markets

GUEST RESEARCH:  Rapid7 published its analysis of the Black Basta ransomware campaign, having observed a resurgence of activity related to the ongoing social engineering campaign being conducted by the group.

GUEST OPINION:  Gigamon is recognized for its continuing innovation to meet evolving customer needs amid growing demand for its deep observability pipeline solution

COMPANY NEWS:  Complete cloud repository data security enables customers to securely leverage the cloud for business agility

Microsoft has announced Windows 365 Link, a small mini PC that boots into Windows 365 in seconds, providing secure, seamless connectivity to cloud-based Windows deployments. It supports dual 4K monitors, a range of authentication options, and will only cost $US 349.

GUEST INTERVIEW :  As businesses shift from Bare Metal to the cloud, why is this trend accelerating?

COMPANY NEWS:  The report found that 46% of organisations are using unmanaged users with long-lived credentials

In today's digital landscape, data and artificial intelligence (AI) aren't just buzzwords—they're the lifeblood of modern enterprises. As CEOs, CIOs, and CTOs, we're constantly navigating the turbulent waters of technological change, striving to keep our organisations ahead of the curve. One of the pivotal decisions we face is how to architect our data and AI strategies effectively. Enter public hyperscalers and the evolving concept of hybrid multi-cloud strategies.

NetApp and Broadcom maximise the value of customers’ private and hybrid cloud environments

A suspected Russian intrusion into Microsoft's corporate systems, which was disclosed in January, also affected US federal government systems, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The world's largest software repository, GitHub, has introduced new updates for GitHub Actions, bringing stronger security and increased power to GitHub-hosted runners. These include Azure private networking, GPU-hosted runners for machine learning, and more. The new features bring a huge boost for enterprise customers.

Microsoft has been mauled over "a cascade of security failures" that led to a breach of the company's Azure cloud platform by a group known as Storm-0558, with the US Cyber Safety Review Board concluding that the intrusion "should never have happened".

GUEST OPINION:  In an increasingly competitive commercial environment, organisations of all sizes are under growing pressure to innovate.

GUEST OPINION: With the use of phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) like passkeys growing more every day, it’s exciting to see the widely popular service, Microsoft 365, announce availability recently for passkeys on YubiKeys with mobile devices. This new Microsoft preview not only opens up support on iOS and iPadOS for Microsoft 365, but for a whole range of other Microsoft 1st party apps and also any other applications protected with Entra ID.

Attackers claimed to be backed by Russia were inside Microsoft's corporate systems for nearly two months before the company detected their presence, it says in a blog post published on Friday.