CIO Brief
What is already in force, what is coming with a date on it, and what changed this week in licensing, vulnerabilities, cloud, regulation and vendor ownership.
What is already in force, what is coming with a date on it, and what changed this week. Built 2026-08-10.
Dated obligations
These are not risks to weigh. They are facts with dates, and the only question is whether you have acted on them.
| When | What | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| In force 8 days ago | EU AI Act, Article 50 transparency duties A person interacting directly with an AI system must be told they are. Synthetic content carries marking duties. Applies to: Anyone running an AI system that EU residents interact with directly. Usually missed because: It is usually discovered during a customer's procurement review rather than during a compliance programme, because the AI feature was shipped by a product team and the obligation sits with legal. |
Set by European Union our page on it |
| 357 days 2027-08-02 | EU AI Act, high-risk system obligations The substantive conformity, documentation and oversight duties for high-risk systems. Applies to: Operators of systems in the Act's high-risk categories: biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services. Usually missed because: Organisations check whether they are a 'provider' and stop. Deployers carry duties too, and an internal HR screening tool is in scope more often than teams expect. |
Set by European Union our page on it |
Dates we deliberately do not list
Vendor end-of-support and licence-model dates move, differ by SKU and region, and are exactly the kind of fact that is dangerous to half-remember. We publish the ones we have written about with their reasoning, and for everything else we tell the reader to check the vendor's own lifecycle page rather than trusting a list on a consultancy website -- including ours.
| Vendor | What to check | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Product lifecycle and extended security update dates | learn.microsoft.com lifecycle |
| Broadcom / VMware | Subscription terms, minimum order and support model | your order form and current partner guidance |
| Oracle | Java subscription metrics and support stages | oracle.com support policies |
| Red Hat | RHEL lifecycle phases | access.redhat.com support policies |
What changed this week
Grouped by the search that found each story. This is rule-based triage, not an editorial judgement — no model ranks these and nothing here is asserting that a given story matters to you. It is a filtered feed, and calling it anything more would be the overclaim we spend the rest of this site arguing against.
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How to use this
Take the dated obligations first, in the order shown. Anything already in force with no owner named against it is the most useful thing on this page. Then scan the feed for the two categories that touch your estate and ignore the rest — a brief you read fully once a week beats one you skim daily and act on never.
Educational and informational. Not legal, financial or investment advice. Regulatory dates and vendor terms are specific to your circumstances — confirm before acting.