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 08/30/21!

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IT Operations

• Collaboration tool adoption rises, paving way for IT complexity

• Government IT spending set to increase in the face of COVID-19 driven digital transformation

• Data privacy, governance and insights are all important obligations for businesses

• CIOs vs. the supply chain: Laptop shortages threaten enterprise efficiency

• Tech budgets in 2022: Everything you need to know

Microsoft

• Microsoft makes Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 11 previews available for commercial testing

• Verizon, Microsoft partner to bring 5G edge computing to Azure Stack Edge

• Microsoft Teams: Here are the features added in the past month

• Microsoft 365's new security model: How to use phishing simulations and security mailboxes

Cisco

• Learn how to deploy Cisco Secure Firewall in cloud native environments

• Cisco vAnalytics: enabling an optimal user experience with Microsoft 365

• Realize the full potential of your hybrid cloud strategy: Introducing HyperFlex version 5.0

AWS

• Chicago hospital uses Amazon's HealthLake to tear down data silos and build a coherent patient history

• Announcing new AWS SDK for Swift alpha releases

• Amazon VPC routing enhancements allow you to inspect traffic between subnets in a VPC

• Amazon Managed Grafana is now generally available with many new features

Security

• Cybercriminals buy up admin credentials to sharpen attacks on cloud deployments

• Cybercriminals are holding schools ransom for billions and some are paying up

• FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting food and agriculture sector as White House pushes for proactive measures

• Half of businesses can't spot these signs of insider cybersecurity threats

• Expert: Governments and businesses must come together to combat ransomware threat

• FBI, CISA warn of potential cyberattacks over holiday weekends

• This phishing attack is using a sneaky trick to steal your passwords, warns Microsoft