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• Microsoft to make enterprise security tools generally available

  Microsoft will be making two services generally available as part of the company's push to improve the security of businesses' data.

• In Scott Walker's state, Democrats seek outsourcing penalties

  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of the polling leaders in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, is still a cipher on offshore outsourcing and the H-1B issue. But Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced anti-outsourcing legislation that could shed light on Walker's views, if the bill makes it to his desk.

• Report: Microsoft paying $320m for Cloud security provider Adallom

  Microsoft is said to be paying $320 million to acquire Adallom, a Cloud security provider whose services might help Microsoft in its new push toward becoming a "Cloud-first" company.

• Microsoft, Rubio, Sessions and the H-1B ground war

  Microsoft's argument that the U.S. faces a shortage of people with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills isn't helped by the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2945047/microsoft-windows/microsoft-said-to-plan-more-staff-layoffs.html">7,800 layoffs it announced last week</a>.

• Microsoft's Power BI visualization service will be generally available July 24

  Microsoft's Power BI data visualization and business intelligence service will be generally available in two weeks, marking a major milestone for the new product.

• A look at California's effort to build an H-1B firewall

  California lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it difficult for state-regulated utilities to replace U.S. workers with H-1B workers. It may be one of the most significant anti-offshoring measures in years.

• R Consortium aims to strengthen data analysis

  The Linux Foundation today announced the formation of the R Consortium, intended to strengthen the technical and user communities around the R language, a specialized programming language for statistical data analysis.

• Snowflake Computing opens data warehouse to the masses

  Snowflake Computing announced Tuesday that its cloud-based data warehouse service is available to all users.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 23

  Privacy group demands Uber probe... Europol hunts Isis online... Oracle goes all-in on the cloud... and more tech news.

• IBM announces container service for Bluemix

  At DockerCon in San Francisco today, IBM announced IBM Containers, an enterprise-class containers based on Docker and built on Big Blue's Bluemix platform-as-a-service (PaaS). The service, IBM says, is intended to help developers deliver applications across hybrid cloud environments.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, June 22

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• Microsoft woos startups with $120K in cloud computing credits

  Microsoft is trying to lure more startups onto its Azure cloud services by offering a substantial US$120,000 credit for companies that qualify for its BizSpark Plus program.

• Revisiting Jeb Bush on the H-1B visa -- and the displaced IT worker who asked for help

  Florida has a history when it comes to the replacement of U.S. workers with foreign workers on temporary visas. It ought to be a familiar story to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who on Monday announced plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination.

• Box shadows rival Dropbox, adds Office Online to its Web UI

  Box today followed rival Dropbox to integrate Microsoft's Office Online with its cloud storage service.

• In a turnabout, Disney ABC TV cancels plans to outsource IT jobs

  Just two weeks ago, the Disney ABC Television Group told a team of approximately 30 to 35 application developers that they were being laid off. Their jobs were being moved to an IT contractor with large offshore operations. Some were told their last day would be at the end of July.