It was a light week in tech news due to the holidays, but if you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s our recap of tech articles you may have missed the week of 12/30/19!

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IT Operations

• 5 CIO and IT leadership trends for 2020

• The 3 biggest storage trends of the next decade

• CIO Dive's top trends of 2019

• 2019 storage mergers and acquisitions covered by clouds

• 5 data storage trends to watch in 2020

• Top five trends in IT for this year

• Predictions 2020: Cloud, Kubernetes and cybersecurity will rule            

Cloud

• Private cloud evolves as public cloud steals the industry spotlight

• Azure founders reflect on Microsoft's first decade as a public cloud vendor            

Microsoft

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• System Center isn't going away, but Microsoft Endpoint Manager will make office PCs faster

• Microsoft: 73% of companies turn to 'tech intensity' to shape digital success

• Three powerful predictions for the future of Microsoft's Surface

• The 2010s: Microsoft, the cloud company

• How VDI can extend Windows 7 end of life         

Cisco

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• Cisco 2020: Challenges, prospects shape the new year

• Cisco's 2019 was flush with 5G, security, and SD-WAN

• Cisco acquires ultra-low latency networking specialist Exablaze      

VMware

• VMware closes $2.7 billion acquisition of Pivotal Software

AWS

• AWS month in review: An AWS re:Invent recap of overlooked roll outs

• AWS AI tools focus on developers

• AWS officially launched its quantum computing service     

Security

• Kaspersky: IT security budgets fell in 2019

• Macy's data breach caused by a customized Magecart attack, research finds

• What is Magecart? How this hacker group steals payment card data                                        

Thanks for checking out our tech news recap!

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist