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Tech News Recap for the Week of 01/22/18

If you had a busy week in the office and need to catch up, here’s our tech news recap of articles you may have missed the week of 01/22/2017!

VMware recently updated vSphere to 6.5, find out why you should be upgrading. HPE partners with Portworx for easier Kubernetes deployment. Evolving IoT data storage in 2018. Cisco acquires Skyport Systems to bolster its hybrid cloud positioning and more top news this week you may have missed! Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

Tech News Recap

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IT Operations

Microsoft

  • Microsoft shields Azure Stack hybrid cloud users from patent trolls
  • Microsoft unleashes new cloud growth via go-to-market program including customers as partners
  • Windows 10 can now show you all the data it's sending back to Microsoft

VMware

  • VMware recently updated vSphere to 6.5, find out why you should be upgrading
  • Tips for upgrading to vSphere 6.5 in a large-scale environment
  • VMware adds edge computing support to vSphere through AWS Greengrass integration

HPE 

Cisco

AWS

  • Amazon's new data-driven convenience store, Amazon Go, uses AI to check you out

Cloud

Security

  • Spectre flaw: Dell and HP pull Intel's buggy patch, new BIOS update coming
  • US economy could lose $15B if one major cloud provider went down for a few days
  • Cyber attacks on the cloud could cost retail $3.4B
  • OnePlus.net suffered script injection; 40K customers’ payment details compromised

Thanks for checking out our tech news recap!

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