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Tech News Recap for the Week of 11/14/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 11/14/2016.

VMware announced the general availability of vSphere 6.5. SimpliVity can save your weekend when ransomware strikes. Cloud native apps will dominate by 2020. Microsoft Azure’s Kubernetes support demonstrates growing importance of containers. DDoS attacks are growing bigger, CIO’s must step up to lead digital transformation efforts and more tops news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

Amazon Web Services, AWS, Cloud computing, Cloud Services, Miscellaneous IT

Preparing for the AWS-SA Exam with GreenPages’ Chris Williams

GreenPages Enterprise Consultant and Cloud Architect, Chris Williams, is currently preparing for his AWS-SA professional certification. Check out his 9 article series on the AWS Solutions Architect exam. Start with the intro here: http://mistwire.com/2016/10/aws-certified-solutions-architect-pro-study-notes/

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Tech News Recap for the week of 11/7/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 11/7/2016.

Cyber fraudsters take money out of 20,000 Tesco Bank accounts. Why group chat is emerging as the hottest thing in IT. The top concerns for cloud computing adoption are visibility and security. Ransomware attack forces Madison County, Indiana to pay up. Hackers use DDoS attack to cut heat to apartments in Finland. Britain budgets $2.3 billion to defend and attack against hackers. Microsoft adds Kubernetes support to Azure Container Service. How AI makes security systems more flexible and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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Did you miss VMworld? Click here to download our recap webinar, “Buzz from VMworld 2016: Key U.S. & Europe Announcements” with GreenPages CTO Chris Ward

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

Miscellaneous IT, Tech News Recap

Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/31/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/31/2016.

Amazon Web Services releases Amazon Linux container image for use in on-premises data centers. The death of Azure Remote App: will a phoenix rise from the ashes?  The six trends that will shape cloud computing in 2017, as well as nine emerging tech trends that will start generating billions in 2017. How the IoT if poised to transform cities, if done properly. How digital transformation is driving the way we consume applications and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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Did you miss VMworld? Click here to download our recap webinar, “Buzz from VMworld 2016: Key U.S. & Europe Announcements” with GreenPages CTO Chris Ward

 

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

Miscellaneous IT, Tech News Recap

Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/24/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/24/2016.

The Dyn DDoS attack that occurred last week was likely the work of script kiddies, according to Flashpoint. Microsoft announced it’s launching the public beta of Azure Analysis Services. They also unveiled the Surface Studio PC, in addition to new Windows 10 features. Apple presented the new Macbook Pro, with touch screen keys and a price jump. Red Cross personal data breach of 550,000 blood donors and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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Did you miss VMworld? Click here to download our webinar ‘Buzz from VMworld 2016, Key U.S and Europe Announcements’

By Jake Cryan, GreenPages Technology Solutions

Miscellaneous IT

Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/17/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/17/2016.

GreenPages Enterprise Architect Chris Williams was blogging live from VMworld Barcelona this week. According to Gartner, IT spending will reach $3.5 trillion by 2017. The Pentagon is launching more bug bounty programs. CIOs are shifting more dollars towards digital transformation projects. Google is overhauling its cloud storage offerings, the Apple Watch Series 2 is delivering on last year’s promise, Microsoft points out advantages of Azure over AWS, and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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Did you miss VMWorld? Register for our upcoming webinar to get all of the most important updates from Las Vegas and Barcelona.

 

By Ben Stephenson, GreenPages Technology Solutions

Miscellaneous IT, VMware, VMworld

GreenPages in Barcelona for VMworld EU – vBrownBag TechTalks schedule

Our own GreenPages enterprise consultant, Chris Williams, is over in Barcelona right now helping to host the VMworld TechTalks for vBrownBag.  He’ll also be doing the Tech Talks for the OpenStack Summit next week.  Tons of great technical content will getting posted over the course of the next 2 weeks.

If you are up (very) early, the live feed can be found here: https://goo.gl/WZYHAP .

Otherwise the content will be recorded and posted on http://vbrownbag.com

Here is the schedule for this week (please note times are in CEST):

Tuesday 18th Wednesday 19th
11:00 vExpert Daily with Mike Letschin vExpert Daily with Mike Letschin
11:30 Michael White – Veeam – Use the cloud to protect your baby pictures and so much more
11:45 Mike Resseler – Veeam – Why a cloud architects capabilities differ from a data center architect Alan Renouf – Everything changes with PowerCLI from now
12:00  Steve Flanders – Fun with Log Insight APIs
12:15 Amit Panchal – Career Disruption 101 – Brand is King Steve Flanders – Let’s Talk about Log Insight Webhooks
12:30 Ather Beg – Work/Life Balance for the “Elderly” IT Professional Matt Gillard – So you want to migrate your legacy workloads to the Cloud?
12:45 Faizan Yousaf – VCP6
1:00 Luc Dekens – The “Community” part in the vSphereDSC resource module
1:15 Kyle Grossmiller – Pure Storage – Cisco CVD:  Large scale virtual desktops with Horizon 7 Chris Bradshaw – The Amazing World of IT in Higher Education
1:30  Dean lewis – Documentation doesn’t have to be daunting
1:45
2:00 Keith Norbie – an overview of the EUClaunchpad.com  Juan Lage – Cisco – ACI Micro Segmentation
2:15 Cody Hosterman – Pure Storage – Storage as a service using vRealize Automation and Orchestration Continued
2:30 David Klee – Performance Perspectives Joerg Lew – Scaling vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)
2:45 Tim Hynes – PowerCLI – where to start?
3:00 Mark Brookfield – Automating SRM with PowerCLI  In Tech We Trust Podcast
3:15 Continued
3:30 Ron Fuller – Understanding DVS Port Mirror Options
3:45
4:00 VMUG IT hosted by Andrea Mauro in Italian
4:15 Continued
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Miscellaneous IT, Tech New Recap

Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/10/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/10/2016.

VMware and Amazon have announced a new strategic partnership that should have a big impact on the industry. Almost six thousand online shops have been compromised by hackers who added specially crafted code that steals payment card details. Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2016. The Department of Health and Human Services has published new guidance on complying with HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules when using cloud computing, Cisco and Pure Storage have expanded their FlashStack converged infrastructure offering, and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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Did you miss VMWorld? Register for our upcoming webinar to get all of the most important updates from Las Vegas and Barcelona.

 

By Ben Stephenson, GreenPages Technology Solutions

Miscellaneous IT, Tech News

Tech News Recap for the Week of 10/3/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/3/2016.

VMware will be teaming up with Amazon Web Services to make it easier for customers to run VMware software on AWS. A hacker has released the source code of Mirai – an Internet of Things malware used to launch large scale DDoS attacks. A startup in California is working on launching a cloud service that would put physical satellite data centers in space orbiting around the earth. Cloud IT infrastructure spending is on the rise, the NBA is holding a hackathon, disruption in the storage market, and more top news this week you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

Tech News Recap

Did you miss VMWorld? Register for our upcoming webinar to get all of the most important updates from Las Vegas and Barcelona.

 

By Ben Stephenson, GreenPages Technology Solutions

Miscellaneous IT, Tech News

Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/26/2016

Were you busy this week? Here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 9/26/2016.

Salesforce is trying to block Microsoft’s LinkedIn deal with anti-competition claims. According to a study from CompTIA, most IT departments view cloud computing as a way to cut costs and save money. Microsoft is teaming up with Adobe on digital transformation services. Running a successful IT help desk should be measured based on financial productivity. More information from the Yahoo hack emerges, a new generation of CIO thinking has emerged, Microsoft is leaving the consumer mobile market, and more top news from this week that you may have missed!

Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow @GreenPagesIT on Twitter.

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By Ben Stephenson, GreenPages Technology Solutions