{"id":12437,"date":"2015-02-09T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T14:16:51","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-222015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-222015\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 2\/2\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here\u2019s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 2\/2\/2015. As a reminder, your chance to <a title=\"GoPro\" href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=JourneyToTheCloud&amp;loc=en_US\" >win a GoPro <\/a>ends this Thursday &#8211; all you have to do is subscribe to this blog!<br \/>\n<span id=\"more-4809\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_CMaaS-WP1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3842\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/LinkedIn_CMaaS-WP1.jpg\" alt=\"Tech News Recap\" width=\"100\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>The biggest story this week was hands-down the data breach that happened at Anthem. Hackers stole social security numbers and other personal data from brands that included Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup and more. In addition, there was other hacking news involving both Russia and China. Tablet sales dipped for the first time ever. There were numerous articles from last week&#8217;s VMware&#8217;s Partner Exchange Conference. We&#8217;ll be posting a blog from our CTO <a title=\"chris ward\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chriswardtech\" >Chris Ward<\/a> later in the week breaking down all the top news that came out of the conference, so stay tuned for that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"data breach at health care insurer anthem\" href=\"http:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2015\/02\/data-breach-at-health-insurer-anthem-could-impact-millions\/\" >Data Breach at Health Insurer Anthem<\/a> Could Impact Millions<\/li>\n<li>Poor Security left <a title=\"anthem customer records\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/poor-security-left-anthem-customer-records-exposed\/\" >Anthem customer records<\/a> exposed<\/li>\n<li>Migrate-Gate: What to do with <a title=\"windows 2003 end of life\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/migrate-gate-windows-2003-end-life\/\" >Windows 2003 End-of-Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"VMware CEO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2878682\/cloud-computing\/vmware-ceo-touts-one-cloud-any-app-any-device-plan.html\" >VMware CEO<\/a> touts &#8216;One cloud, any app, any device&#8217; plan<\/li>\n<li>Should More Patients Worry About <a title=\"healthcare data security\" href=\"http:\/\/healthitsecurity.com\/2015\/01\/30\/should-more-patients-worry-about-healthcare-data-security\/\" >Healthcare Data Security<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s How A To Do App Will Work On The <a title=\"apple watch\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/02\/02\/heres-how-a-to-do-app-will-work-on-the-apple-watch\/\" >Apple Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5 Ways to Understand <a title=\"applications and IT services\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/cloud-computing\/5-ways-understand-applications-and-it-services\/\" >Your Applications and IT Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Down go <a title=\"tablet shipments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/worldwide-tablet-shipments-fall-for-first-time-ever-in-q4\/\" >tablet shipments<\/a> &#8211; for the first time ever<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"pat gelsinger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/cloud\/infrastructure-as-a-service\/vmware-ceo-gelsinger-its-time-for-brave-it\/d\/d-id\/1318914?_mc=RSS_IWK_EDT\" >VMware CEO Gelsinger<\/a>: It&#8217;s Time for &#8216;Brave IT&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Apple Investing $2 Billion To Build Arizona <a title=\"data center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cio-today.com\/article\/index.php?story_id=00300071STYL\" >Data Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Forget North Korea &#8211; <a title=\"russian hackers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2015\/02\/04\/russians-hacked-sony-too-claims-us-firm\/?utm_campaign=ForbesTech&amp;utm_source=TWITTER&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_channel=Technology&amp;linkId=12145231\" >Russian Hackers<\/a> Are Selling Access To Sony Pictures, Claims US Security Firm<\/li>\n<li>Brewing beer with IT help from the <a title=\"cloud\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kmworld.com\/Articles\/News\/KM-In-Practice\/Brewing-beer-with-IT-help-from-the-cloud-101861.aspx\" >cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tablet sales dive, but <a title=\"windows\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/tablet-sales-dive-but-windows-might-just-ride-to-the-rescue\/\" >Windows <\/a>might just ride to the rescue<\/li>\n<li>Managing a Multi-Tenant Cloud with <a title=\"vRealize automation\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vmware.com\/management\/2015\/02\/managing-multi-tenant-cloud-vrealize-automation.html?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=managing-multi-tenant-cloud-vrealize-automation\" >vRealize Automation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VCE embraces <a title=\"hybrid cloud\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arnnet.com.au\/article\/565595\/vce-embraces-hybrid-cloud-vmware-emc\/\" >hybrid Cloud<\/a> with VMware and EMC<\/li>\n<li>White House taps <a title=\"VMware's Tony Scott\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/2880758\/white-house-taps-vmwares-tony-scott-as-federal-cio.html\" >VMware&#8217;s Tony Scott<\/a> as federal CIO<\/li>\n<li>U.S. businesses ask White House to help on <a title=\"china cybersecurity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/02\/06\/us-china-tech-security-idUSKBN0L92YP20150206?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=technologyNews\" >China cybersecurity rules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more information around <a title=\"windows server 2003\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/GreenPagesWindowsServer2003EOLWebinarFebruary192015Blog\" >Windows 2003 End of Life<\/a>, register for our upcoming webinar. Remember, that July, 14th date is rapidly approaching!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a title=\"ben stephenson\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStephenson1\" >Ben Stephenson<\/a>, Emerging Media Specialist<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=go3KUsucU10:ArFspdzqVO0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/go3KUsucU10\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy last week? Here&rsquo;s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 2\/2\/2015. As a reminder, your chance to win a GoPro ends this Thursday &ndash; all you have to do is subscribe to this blog! The biggest story this week was hands-down the data breach&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-222015\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,181,1908],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-miscellaneous-it","category-tech-new-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}