 On 6 April 2016 the Council of the European Union has finally published what will most likely be the final text of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), now translated in all the official languages of the EU. After a political agreement was reached in December on what has become known as one of the most heavily lobbied texts in the history of the European Union, it took more than three months for linguists and legal experts to translate the final version of the 261-page Regulation. Finally, in an attempt to keep up with the initial deadline for final adoption of the text, the Council has decided to adopt its position via an exceptionally short written procedure, which ends today, 8 April 2016. This, however, is not the end of the journey for the stakeholders involved. On the contrary, now the implementation phase starts: a period in which companies will have to ensure that their organisations will comply with the new set of rules by the time in which the Regulation will enter into force, in the second quarter of 2018. National Data Protection Authorities, as well as the Article 29 Working Party and the European Data Protection Supervisor will be issuing guidelines and opinions in the next months, to assist organisations in their preparation. The approval of the GDPR is also a necessary step before the upcoming revision of the ePrivacy Directive, which will have to be aligned to the provisions in the new Regulation. Download links are available on OUR FORUM.  Microsoft couple of days ago released a new build 17666 for Windows Server 2019. The latest preview build is part of the Redstone 5 development branch and comes with many new features along with known issues which are part of every preview build. The new preview build comes with the performance history of Storage Space Direct and options to delimit volume allocation. The build also includes VHDX archive which can be downloaded in English. The latest Windows Server 2019 preview can be downloaded as an ISO image in 18 different languages. The company has also provided two keys which allow unlimited activations for the Insiders. As is expected from a preview build, it comes with some known issues apart from the new features. The known issues include issues with the Active Directory Domain Controllers which might not be upgraded correctly after installing the preview build. As a precaution, Microsoft requests users to first back up any Active Directory Domain Controllers before starting to download the new preview build. More available on OUR FORUM.  Microsoft has officially announced the successor of Surface Hub which was launched back in 2016. Called Surface Hub 2, the device will come with a 50.5-inch display and 3:2 aspect ratio. With the new Surface Hub, Microsoft plans to redefine the boring conference room meetings. The Surface Hub 2 will come with 50.5-inch display and 3:2 Aspect Ratio. The device will also support 4K resolution. Microsoft also made sure to cut on bezels so Surface Hub 2 has a better screen-to-body ratio. Microsoft has also added the same muscle wire technology into the Surface Hub 2 so it can seamlessly change orientation from portrait to landscape and vice-versa. The company has also added 4K cameras that rotate with the device, integrated speakers, and far-field mic arrays. Microsoft has also promised better software support with the new Surface Hub 2. The device will be based on Windows 10 and will take advantage of Windows Hello to allow users to easily login and start working. Apart from this, Microsoft has also optimized the software for productivity apps like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Whiteboard, and Office 365. Learn more on OUR FORUM. |
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