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 11/15/21!

IT Operations

• Top 5 things to know about data intelligence

• A year after SolarWinds, third-party risk still threatens the software supply chain

• 91% of IT leaders affected by supply chain disruption

• 90% of companies use cloud, but core app modernization lags

• SMBs are using more cloud services than ever and still struggling with tech expertise

Microsoft

• What's new for IT pros in the next Windows 10 Update

• Microsoft: Windows 11 rollout is going so well, we're making it available to more PCs

• Time to upgrade? Windows 10 version 2004 support ends soon

VMware

• Spinoffs Kyndryl and VMware team up on multicloud

• VMware brings its Cross-Cloud services for multicloud app development to AWS

Cisco

• 6 things you should know about AI-enhanced infrastructure for AIOps

• Cisco bolsters endpoint security to stop threats with simple, unified defense

• The Business Why's of migration to Cisco DNA Center

AWS

• Amazon Aurora MySQL 3 with MySQL 8.0 compatibility is now generally available

• Scalable, Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery in the Cloud

• Your guide to Amazon Connect at re:Invent 2021

Security

• Ransomware gangs are now rich enough to buy zero-day flaws, say researchers

• Emotet, once the world's most dangerous malware, is back

• New banking Trojan SharkBot makes waves across Europe, US

• The next big thing in network security?

• Ransomware is now a giant black hole that is sucking in all other forms of cybercrime

• Microsoft warning: Now Iran's hackers are attacking IT companies, too

• FBI warning: This zero-day VPN software flaw was exploited by APT hackers

• How to protect your organization from ransomware attacks during the holiday season

• 5 predictions to help you focus your web app security resources in 2022

• How midsize companies are vulnerable to data breaches and other cyberattacks

• How to beef up your multicloud security