@LibbyLA I'm Curious, who told you that the consumer version cannot be upgraded to 10 Pro?
As there is no reason why it should not be able to do so.
Here is a use case to hopefully bolsters your case when speaking to the business division.
General:
Businesses need to be able run Windows 10 Pro run on the Surface Go LTE as W10 Home is useless for almost all professionals and almost every single business without the purchase of external encryption tools and services.
The Encryption and Group policy tools are only available with W10 Pro plus devices running 10 Home cannot even join a domain.
Legal Implications:
Before I get into that, I need to point out that the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation - came into play in May 2018) is about safeguarding personal data - any data that can identify an individual.
Any business (especially in the EU) using a device running W10 home is effectively in breach of GDPR as it doesn't have the tools to prevent data exposure without purchase of additional tools or services (additional costs and maintenance).
GDPR covers key aspects:
- Requiring the consent of subjects for data processing
- Anonymizing collected data to protect privacy
- Providing data breach notifications
- Safely handling the transfer of data across borders
It also mandates every business have an impact assessment of all their equipment, data policies and training when it comes to safeguarding personal data.
GDPR was created to prevent the instances like the Equifax breach as indicated by the maximum imposable fine of €20 million or 4% of the company’s global annual turnover.
The key articles that really outline it's purpose for the average joe is:
– Articles 23 and 30 require companies to implement reasonable data protection measures to protect consumers’ personal data and privacy against loss or exposure.
https://digitalguardian.com/blog/wh...erstanding-and-complying-gdpr-data-protection
Another key point to note Glaxosmith Kline (a major pharmaceutical company) has obtained a exclusivity detail with 23&me, to access 23&me's customers Genomics data. GDPR prevents (as the data can only processed for it's required purpose and nothing else - 23&Me's purpose of your Genomics data was to identify your heritage and not to sell or allow external parties to this data without your consent and to prevent said parties targeting you with adverts pertaining to your health for example - apparently the partnership is develop new medicine - but it's always more than that) but This only applies to any businesses operating in the EU but since 23&Me is located in San Francisco it doesn't impact them legally.
Another note worth point, is that the DOD got hacked through a router bug
https://arstechnica.com/information...-to-steal-sensitive-dod-drone-tank-documents/
Use case:
The whole premise for the NGO I work with to start using the Surface Go with LTE or other similiar capable tablets is to enable every member of the organisation to be productive and to enable sign ups of baskteball players much easier as well as facilitate other functions and services (suchas payment processing on site with the built-in NFC) as well as safeguarding their data using IT Policy, Data Encryption and VPN Connections.
Because this one device will allow the NGO to save money in the long term and it has the additional benefit of giving positive PR (professionalism, the aura of we know what you are doing which in turn promotes further growth)
On that note, there has to be a LTE SKU on the lower end of the spectrum.
It's moronic to expect a non profit and businesses to spend more than needed when it can be avoided using traditional laptops and mobile broadband hotspots (MiFi).
But it also means additional logistical issues and security implications.
Especially it's more secure to use a single encrypted device connected to the network via a VPN over LTE as opposed to using the WiFi of the laptops connecting to a portable mobile broadband device.
The axiom - "Amateurs discuss tactics and professional study logistics" is true for everything. Because you cannot implement any plan or tactic without the means (skills, personnel, equipment etc) to implement them (logistics).
TLDR:
If the Surface Go cannot run Windows 10 Pro, it is useless for the business sector especially if that business operates in the EU. So if they want to shift alot more Surface Go units and get OEMs on board with high quality 10" tablets therefore fuelling momentum for UWP apps it has to be able to run 10 Pro.
Personally I don't see why the Surface go shouldn't be able to run W10 Pro. I wouldn't have mentioned anything about GDPR if it wasn't the single most broad piece of impactful regulation of the information age.
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