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Salesforce Users: Organizations Using the Salesloft Drift AI Chat Agent with Salesforce Must Check Their Presence for Compromise

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Salesloft issued a security notification on August 26 regarding its Drift application. It appears to be a broad opportunistic attack on Salesloft/Drift instances integrated with Salesforce tenants. Salesloft issued updates...more

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Managing Ediscovery In The Cloud: Practical, Ethical and Technical Considerations For Lawyers

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In this excerpt from our white paper on managing ediscovery in the cloud, we explain the basics of the cloud and its biggest benefits in ediscovery. Click here to download the full white paper. As early pioneers of cloud...more

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US Government’s Cloud Expansion Continues

As discussed in a post from last month, annual spending worldwide on cloud services continues to rise with an expected increase up to $332 billion by the end of 2021, which is an increase from $270 billion in 2020. While the...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Biden Budget Targets Cybersecurity Improvements

As discussed in a post from earlier this week, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order on May 12, 2021 to improve the nation’s cybersecurity. The White House has put its proverbial money where its mouth is by...more

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Cloud computing: A brief overview of intellectual property issues "in the cloud"

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Cloud computing has increasingly become a dominant model for computer and information technology service, with the majority of businesses worldwide using computing resources and storing data “in the cloud.” However, despite...more

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Proposed US Tax Rules for Cloud Computing Transactions and Digital Downloads – International Implications Are a Reason to Review

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On August 9, 2019, the US Treasury Department published proposed regulations for the classification of “cloud transactions” and “transactions involving digital content” under the source of income rules of the Internal Revenue...more

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Business Process Outsourcing Trends to Watch

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We found interesting a recent Forbes article by Cody McLain that discussed the top trends to watch in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry. The article highlighted the following four trends for 2019....more

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Cloud Infrastructure Provider Densify Attempts to Ward Off Partner/Competitor VMware with IP Infringement Suit

Cirba, Inc., d/b/a Densify, a quintessential start-up success story and provider of cloud services to automate virtual infrastructure optimization, recently filed a Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Complaint against...more

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Cloud Computing and Issues to Consider During Agreement Negotiations

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Cloud computing is a subscription-based service where a person or business can obtain networked storage space and computer resources for a fee. There are different types of cloud computing services. The two most...more

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Centripetal Takes On Networking Giant Cisco In Patent Fight

In a new twist in competitor-based lawsuits involving cloud computing, Centripetal Networks, a relative newcomer, filed a patent lawsuit against industry incumbent and Fortune 100 Company Cisco in the U.S. District Court for...more

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Is it HIPAA or HIPPA? Either way, it still applies.

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I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more

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Cloud Computing (Update)

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Most companies today use some form of cloud computing whether through software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, or infrastructure-as-a-service. Cloud computing’s cost-effective scalability can offer significant advantages...more

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SAP’s Licensing Time-Bomb - Software giant’s victory in “indirect use” case is cause for concern for companies worldwide

On February 16, 2017, the High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom held that Diageo plc, a global drinks company, was liable for unauthorized use of SAP software as a result of failing to secure “Named User” licenses for...more

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Michigan Court of Appeals Holds That Cloud Computing Applications Are Not Taxable as Software

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On October 27, 2015, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a much-anticipated decision in Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Michigan Department of Treasury that has relevance to most Michigan companies concerning whether sales...more

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