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Microsoft Word

Microsoft Adds New Intelligent Writing Assistant Features to Word

Microsoft has unveiled a new AI-powered writing assistant feature in Word that provides sentence-level writing suggestions.

April 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Using advanced neural network and machine learning models, Microsoft has unveiled a new feature in Word that provides sentence-level writing suggestions. The new feature is an update to Microsoft’s Rewrite Suggestions, which offers ideas to help users rephrase sentences for more impact or clarity. The feature is available for users of Word on the web […]

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VPN

Tailscale Launches New Quick Setup VPN

Tailscale's VPN is based on Google’s architecture and was built using the WireGuard protocol, making it available to organizations of any size.

April 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Tailscale, a Toronto-based company founded by former Google engineers claiming its new virtual private network can be set up for remote workers in just minutes, has officially launched with a $3 million seed round. According to a press release, the VPN is based on Google’s zero-trust BeyondCorp architecture and was built using the WireGuard protocol, […]

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Microsoft Hospitals

Microsoft: Hospitals Vulnerable to Ransomware, Must Fix VPNs

Microsoft says it has identified dozens of hospitals that have vulnerable gateway and virtual private network (VPN) appliances in their infrastructure.

April 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has identified dozens of hospitals that have vulnerable gateway and virtual private network (VPN) appliances in their infrastructure that make them susceptible to more sophisticated human-operated ransomware attacks during the COVID-19 crisis. “To help these hospitals, many already inundated with patients, we sent out a first-of-its-kind targeted notification with important information […]

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G Suite Users

G Suite Hits 2 Billion Active Users, Report Says

G Suite, Google’s cloud computing, productivity and collaboration platform now has 2 billion active users as the company looks to compete with Microsoft.

March 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

G Suite, Google’s cloud computing, productivity and collaboration platform now has 2 billion active users as the company looks to better compete with Microsoft. The news comes from an Axios interview with Javier Soltero, vice president and general manager of G Suite. However, Soltero didn’t say how any are paid users and how many user […]

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Windows 7 devices, updates

Starting Next Month, Microsoft Will Nag You About Your Windows 7 Machine

Stragglers continuing to use Windows 7 devices will be hit with a full-screen notification beginning Jan. 15 informing them that support for the OS is over.

December 11, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you haven’t upgraded your Windows 7 devices, now would be a good time. On Jan. 14, Microsoft is ending support for the operating system more than 10 years after it was first released. For those continuing to use Windows 7 after that, they will be hit with a full-screen notification beginning Jan. 15. It […]

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams To Be Interopable with Cisco, Zoom

Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom have collaborated to make their respective videoconferencing services and products interopable.

November 12, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Tech giants Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom are furthering their partnership to improve network connectivity to cloud-based applications and interoperability that enables Cisco’s Webex video devices and Zoom video conferencing users to connect to Microsoft Teams meeting services. Cisco said Webex will introduce an interop solution that will be certified as a Microsoft Cloud Video Interop […]

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Veeam Unveils New Backup Solutions for Microsoft Cloud Platforms

Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-native backup solution with what the company calls an "industry-first cloud cost estimator."

November 6, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Veeam Software, a cloud data management backup solutions company, announces a public beta release of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v4. With Office 365, Microsoft is responsible for the uptime of the Office 365 infrastructure, but backup and management of the data is the customer’s responsibility. The NEW Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v4 […]

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ActiveEye 2.0

Delta Risk’s ActiveEye 2.0 Uses Automation to Keep Your Network Safe

Cyber security firm's nex generation SOC-as-a-service solution called ActiveEye 2.0 focuses on advanced security automation to take the load off IT teams.

October 24, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity firm Delta Risk has released its next-generation cloud-based ActiveEye platform that the company says is more efficient and can eliminate more than 95% of false positives by leaning heavily on automation. The platform has an advanced focus on security automation that can sift through daily security alerts generated by next-generation endpoint detection and response […]

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