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 07/05/21!

IT Operations

• What is edge computing and why does it matter?

• Hyperconverged Infrastructure in 2021

• The risk of disconnect between CIOs and CISOs

• IT, business leaders at odds over tech purchasing

• Tech budgets insufficient for one-third of IT pros: report

• At Chase, IT focuses on the end-user

Microsoft

• Bug bounties: Here's how much Microsoft paid out to security researchers last year

• Microsoft cancels plans to deliver SQL Server on Windows Containers

• Get updating: Microsoft delivers PrintNightmare patch for more Windows versions

• Microsoft named a Visionary in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM for Azure Sentinel

• Clarified Guidance for CVE-2021-34527 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability

HPE

• HPE acquires Ampool to bolster its Ezmeral software business

Cisco

• Cisco announces Webex for Defense, built specifically for the Pentagon

• The freedom to choose with Cisco Secure Choice

• Small business and the importance of simplified email security

• Cisco completes purchase of security risk-management firm

AWS

• AWS Amplify allows you to mix and match authorization modes in DataStore

• Developing evolutionary architecture with AWS Lambda

• Using serverless to load test Amazon API Gateway with authorization

Security

• Should Kaseya pay REvil ransom? Experts are torn

• Ransomware as a service: Negotiators are now in high demand

• Ransomware: Banning victims for paying ransoms might reduce attacks, but it won't stop them

• Scam artists exploit Kaseya security woes to deploy malware

• Morgan Stanley announces breach of customers SSNs through Accellion FTA vulnerability

• Warning: 1 in 3 employees are likely to fall for a phishing scam

• Top 5 more things to know about ransomware

• Ransomware recovery: Plan for it now

• Kaseya ransomware attack: 1,500 companies affected, company confirms

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