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South Africa's SITA Issues 5-Year Tender for SD-WAN and Wireless Networks, Putting Windows Security and POPIA in Focus
South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has published a landmark five-year transversal networking tender, inviting suppliers to bid for the provision of LAN, wireless, WAN, and...
Haleon Embraces Agentic AI as the New Enterprise Operating System in Landmark Microsoft Deal
Haleon, the consumer healthcare giant behind brands like Sensodyne, Advil, and Centrum, has signed a sweeping five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft that will embed agentic AI deep into its...
Microsoft Resumes Auto-Install of Copilot on Windows 11 Business Devices, Reigniting IT Control Debate
Microsoft has resumed the automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on managed Windows 11 devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop apps, a move that began rolling out in June...
Sakana AI and 360 Security Seize Moment as U.S. Bans Anthropic’s Critical Enterprise AI Models
The sudden void left by Washington’s export embargo on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 artificial intelligence models was filled within hours on June 27, 2026, as Tokyo-based Sakana AI and...
Forrester Names Microsoft Intune a Leader in Endpoint Management, Puts AI at Center
Microsoft's endpoint management platform, Intune, has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026, the company announced on June 25, 2026. The recognition places...
Parallels RAS 21.2 Breaks Hypervisor Lock-In with Custom Provider Framework
Parallels today announced the release of Parallels RAS 21.2, a watershed update that introduces the Custom Provider Framework—a bridge to hypervisor-agnostic virtual desktop and application...
Samsung SDS to Distribute ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, Bringing Governed Multi-Model AI to the Enterprise
Samsung SDS, the IT services arm of the South Korean conglomerate, will begin reselling OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude to Samsung Group affiliates by the end of June...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Becomes Auto-Install for Windows Users in June 2026: Admin Opt-Out and EEA Exemptions Explained
Microsoft is set to automatically deploy its Microsoft 365 Copilot app to millions of business and enterprise Windows devices between mid-June and mid-July 2026, marking another aggressive push to...
Microsoft Edge June 2026 Update Closes Password Disclosure Flaw (CVE-2026-12446)
Microsoft has issued a security patch for its Edge browser, addressing a Chromium-based vulnerability that could allow unauthorized access to saved passwords. The flaw, designated CVE-2026-12446, is...
CVE-2026-8376 heap overflow in 32-bit Perl regex engine enables remote code execution on Windows.
A newly published vulnerability in the Perl programming language could give attackers a foothold on thousands of Windows machines, especially those still running 32-bit binaries. Microsoft's Security...
National Gas Deploys Automated Single-Session Azure Virtual Desktop for Secure Post-Divestiture Operations
National Gas has completed a sweeping digital transformation, building an entirely new Azure-based IT environment from scratch following its separation from National Grid in 2023. The UK gas...
ChatGPT Set for GenAI.mil Launch: Pentagon’s Secure AI Expansion Reaches 3 Million Users in July 2026
OpenAI is set to launch a secured instance of ChatGPT on the Pentagon’s GenAI.mil platform this July, marking a major expansion of AI capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense. The rollout,...