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| | Google's celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Chromebook today. Can you believe it? Yeah, me neither.
As SaaS consumption continues to skyrocket, so too does the popularity of the Chromebook. Some IT leaders that we've spoken to have wondered aloud if they should provision more Chromebooks to non-engineering employees.
What do you think? Can Chromebooks hack it for most folks across your org? Do most people really need 256GB hard drives anymore, especially as they adopt more SaaS? Let me know what you think in this SaaSOps Community thread. |
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| | | Chromebooks Have Changed a Lot Over the Last Ten Years | | ArsTechnica | Apple will no longer sell the iMac Pro after current supplies run out, the company has confirmed. In the past few days, online Apple Store customers noticed that the iMac Pro's usual plethora of configuration options had been significantly stripped down. The online store also stated that the iMac Pro as offered would be available "while supplies last." | | Conquering Compliance: A Guide for Security and Data Privacy in the Era of SaaS | | BetterCloud | What does compliance mean for IT? With easy-to-understand language and examples, this eBook breaks it down. Learn how IT professionals can help conquer compliance—without blowing the budget—in the era of SaaS. | | Microsoft Urges Enterprises To Act Quickly To Secure Exchange As Attacks Mount | | VentureBeat | The recently patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange that were being actively exploited by a state-sponsored threat group from China are now also being targeted by other groups in widespread attacks against enterprises. IT security teams need to prioritize the security updates for Microsoft Exchange and check their server logs for signs they may already be compromised. | | GitHub Fixes Bug Causing Users To Log Into Other Accounts | | BleepingComputer | Last night, GitHub automatically logged out many users by invalidating their GitHub.com sessions to protect user accounts against a potentially serious security vulnerability. The anomalous behavior stemmed from a rare race condition vulnerability in which a GitHub user's login session was misrouted to the web browser of another logged-in user, giving the latter an authenticated session cookie of and access to the former user's account. |
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| | | How To Change Your Computer Name in Windows 10 | | PCWorld | Windows 10 has a lot of great things going for it, but one feature that deserves a big thumbs-down is the randomly generated name it gives your PC during a clean install. Instead of letting you name your computer something memorable, Windows 10 tags it with a name that begins “DESKTOP” followed by a string of numbers and letters. Here's how to fix it. | | How High Should Your Monitor Be? | | MakeUseOf | As many people spend exceedingly long hours in front of their screens, discomfort from bad ergonomics is rampant. Most people assume that the monitor stand that comes out of the box is good enough for us. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. |
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| | | Are There Any Good Jamf Courses Out There? | | SaaSOps Community | Jamf is one of the most popular enterprise management platforms for Apple. And surprise, surprise: People want to learn how to use it (myself included). Have any recommendations for courses or materials? Let us know in the thread here. |
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| | | Reminder: Switch to the New Desktop Google Chat App Before March 30 2021 | | Google Workspace Updates | As previously announced, Google plans to switch users from the old electron-based Google Chat app to the new Chat standalone app in March 2021. If you or your users are still using the old version of desktop Google Chat, you should upgrade to the new desktop Chat app before March 30 to minimize any potential disruption. |
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