If you had a busy week in the office and need to catch up, here’s our recap of tech articles you may have missed the week of 10/28/19!

Microsoft's Azure Architecture Center: Mind Map to Help
Navigate the Labyrinth

IT Operations

• The 'fit' and the 'fragile': 2020 CIO agenda requires IT flexibility

• 6 predictions from Gartner could reshape C-suite priorities

• A look at HCI hardware maintenance

• Edge virtualization tools make strides in the edge market

• Despite moving to the cloud, IT departments struggle to meet business demands

• AI storage platforms meet machine learning, data analysis needs

• IDC: Digital transformation spending will eat up 50% of IT budgets by 2023      

Cloud

• Object storage in the cloud: Is backup needed?

• An introduction to cloud network architecture

• Can AWS be caught? Here's how its cloud computing rivals can improve their chances       

Microsoft

• Here's how Microsoft Azure is winning the cloud war, according to its CTO

• Microsoft is poised to add machine-reading results to Microsoft Search

• New telephony controls coming to Microsoft Teams admin center

• Defense win by Microsoft to boost all cloud services     

Dell EMC

• Dell EMC's Data Domain transformed into enhanced PowerProtect DD offering

• Essential VxRail appliance hyper-converged questions answered   

Cisco

• Cisco unveils new tools for CloudCenter so developers can focus on code and logic  

HPE

• HPE adds AI-powered self-management to SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure

• HPE deploys new tool to operationalize AI and machine learning in the enterprise     

VMware

• DRS Pairwise Balancing in vSphere 6.5 and 6.7

• VMware scores highest in 2 out of 4 use cases and only vendor to receive top 2 highest scores across every use case in 2019 Gartner Critical Capabilities for UEM Tools     

AWS

• AWS to open new infrastructure region in Spain

• AWS month in review: Amazon rolls out RDS on VMware

• Amplify CLI enables creating Amazon Cognito User Pool Groups, configuring fine-grained permissions on groups, and adding user management capabilities to applications  

Security

• The biggest data breach fines, penalties and settlements so far

• Credential stuffing explained: how to prevent, detect and defend against it

• Attackers phish Office 365 users with fake voicemail messages

• How schools can better protect themselves against cyberattacks

• Why organizations feel vulnerable to insider attacks                            

Thanks for checking out our tech news recap!

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist