As Windows 10 end-of-support looms, IT faces a painful choice

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As Windows 10 end-of-support looms, IT faces a painful choice Back in 1933, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the country, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Those were inspiring words for a nation in the throes of the Great Depression — but terrible advice for an IT executive struggling to decide whether to upgrade to Windows 11 by October, when Windows 10 is due to reach end of support. For IT leaders, there is much to fear. How much of their current hardware is compatible with Windows 11? Far more critically, what about operational technology devices that manage industrial processes, on-prem legacy apps (including tons of homegrown code), and the unknown numbers of applets that IT doesn't know about? Read more 15 mins

First Person Meets… Emma Philpott MBE: Diversity is good for business We meet Emma Philpott MBE - academic, cyber security expert and business leader. Emma tells us how her career has meandered to a good place, and that is okay. That when she was underestimated and frustrated early in the piece her best boss saw her potential and gave her the support to grow in her own way. And how she landed in the right place through adversity: changing tack and building communities of cyber security firms, driven by a sense of fairness. She explains how mistakes and failure can be turned into opportunities with the addition of a sense of optimism. Emma closes by explaining how the organisation she founded and runs succeeds because it is inclusive and proactively recruits neuro-diverse people. It's not just the right thing to do, it's good for business. Read more Microsoft's 19-hour Outlook outage exposes fragility in cloud infrastructure The global disruption highlights recurring issues in Microsoft 365 services and raises concerns over the resilience of hyperscale cloud platforms amid rising complexity and data loads. Read more 5 mins

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