If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s our recap of tech stories you may have missed the week of 04/04/22!

IT Operations

• 7 hot infrastructure and operations trends — and 7 going cold

• 3 shifting priorities for modern CIOs

• 2022 will be the year of convergence between edge, IoT and networking tech, Forrester predicts

• Cloud computing spending is growing again and there's more to com

• What is a network operations center (NOC)?

• Remote and hybrid work: 5 tips for making it a success

Microsoft

• Windows 11 preview brings File Explorer update, plus lots of bug fixes

• Microsoft: Windows Autopatch is coming soon. Here's what you need to know

• Microsoft provides a glimpse of future Windows 11 and Cloud PC integrations

• Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines

• Microsoft: Here are the key Windows 11 security upgrades coming your way

• Microsoft Teams gets better search, and an encrypted 'lockbox' to protect your data
  
  

VMware

• VMware warns of critical remote code execution bug in Workspace ONE Access

• Multi-Cloud Workload Portability and Cloud Optionality: Two Conversations with VMware

• What’s New With PowerCLI 12.6 Release

Cisco

• Cisco Secure ADC and Secure ADC Multicloud: Application performance in a cloud-first world

• Cisco unveils Smart Workspaces, an all-new product for the Hybrid Workplace

• New from Cisco: Workplace-safety service, branch office firewall

• Intersight Workload Optimizer: How to get smarter with AppDynamics

• Secure your Endpoints and Turbocharge your Security Operations with Cisco Secure Endpoint

AWS

• Amazon EventBridge introduces Global endpoints for automatic failover and recovery

• Amazon Redshift announces native integration with Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Power BI

• Amazon Athena vs Amazon Redshift: Compare data warehousing platforms
  
  

Security

• Java Spring4Shell flaw exploit attempts: These are the industries most affected

• 5 VMware products need patching against serious security vulnerabilities

• Fortinet tightens integration of enterprise security, networking controls

• This new malware targets AWS Lambda environments

• Ransomware: Conti gang is still in business, despite its own massive data leak

• These sneaky hackers hid inside their victims' networks for nine months

• Zoom awarded $1.8 million in bug bounty rewards over 2021