{"id":26108,"date":"2016-10-21T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenpages.com\/?p=6893"},"modified":"2016-10-21T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T17:33:12","slug":"tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-10172016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/tech-news-recap-for-the-week-of-10172016\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech News Recap for the Week of 10\/17\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy this\u00a0week? Here\u2019s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10\/17\/2016.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s promise, Microsoft points out advantages of Azure over AWS, and more top news this week you may have missed!<\/p>\n<p>Remember, to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news throughout the week, follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenPagesIT\" >@GreenPagesIT<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>Tech News Recap<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Does the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/does-the-cio-still-call-the-shots-when-it-comes-to-it-spending\/?utm_content=buffer94146&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >CIO<\/a> still call the shots when it comes to IT spending?<\/li>\n<li>Gartner :<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/strategic-cio\/team-building-and-staffing\/gartner-it-spending-will-hit-$35-trillion-in-2017\/d\/d-id\/1327227?\" >IT Spending<\/a> Will Hit $3.5 Trillion In 2017<\/li>\n<li>CIOs move more dollars to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3131927\/cio-role\/cios-move-more-dollars-to-digital-transformation.html\" >digital transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unpacking new HHS guidelines on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3131337\/ehr\/unpacking-new-hhs-guidelines-on-healthcare-data-in-the-cloud.html\" >healthcare data<\/a> in the cloud<\/li>\n<li>Breaches, IT skills &amp; innovation keeping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/3132070\/careers-staffing\/breaches-it-skills-innovation-keeping-cios-up-at-night.html\" >CIOs<\/a> up at night<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenpages.com\/virtualization\/vmworld-eu-live-barcelona\/\" >VMworld EU<\/a> &#8211; Live from Barcelona<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenpages.com\/virtualization\/vmworld-eu-live-barcelona-day-2\/\" >VMworld EU<\/a> &#8211; Live from Barcelona Day 2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vbrownbag.com\/2016\/09\/vbrownbag-techtalks-at-vmworld-emea-3\/\" >#vBrownBag TechTalks<\/a> at VMworld EMEA<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s how Google is overhauling its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3131983\/heres-how-google-is-overhauling-its-cloud-storage-offerings.html\" >cloud storage<\/a> offerings<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dionhinchcliffe.com\/2016\/10\/20\/in-digital-transformation-culture-change-goes-hand-in-hand-with-tech-change\/?utm_content=buffer5f126&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" >Digital Transformation<\/a>, Culture Change Goes Hand in Hand with Tech Change<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft CEO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2016\/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-touts-azures-advantages-market-leading-amazon-web-services\/\" >Satya Nadella<\/a> touts Azure&#8217;s advantages over market-leading Amazon Web Services<\/li>\n<li>Deep dive: The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3131640\/wearables\/deep-dive-the-apple-watch-series-2-delivers-on-last-years-promise.html\" >Apple Watch Series 2<\/a> delivers on last year&#8217;s promise<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-continues-its-transition-from-the-windows-company-to-a-cloud-company\/\" >Microsoft<\/a> continues its transition from the Windows company to a cloud company<\/li>\n<li>Stupid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3133367\/security\/stupid-encryption-mistakes-criminals-make.html#tk.twt_cso\" >encryption mistakes<\/a> criminals make<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/product\/amazon-echo\/\" >Amazon Echo review<\/a>: Alexa is the first digital assistant that is actually helpul<\/li>\n<li>7 steps to proactive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3133370\/security\/7-steps-to-proactive-security.html#tk.twt_nww\" >security<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pentagon to Launch More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.securityweek.com\/pentagon-launch-more-bug-bounty-programs?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" >Bug Bounty Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s behind Amazon, Microsoft and Google&#8217;s aggressive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3131335\/cloud-computing\/what-s-behind-amazon-microsoft-and-google-s-aggressive-cloud-expansions.html\" >cloud expansions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gartner: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/infrastructure\/gartner-digital-business-depends-on-core-it-iot-ai\/a\/d-id\/1327200\" >Digital Business<\/a> Depends On Core IT, IoT, AI<\/li>\n<li>AWS, VMware Pact Eases <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/cloud\/infrastructure-as-a-service\/aws-vmware-pact-eases-hybrid-cloud-adoption-\/d\/d-id\/1327232?\" >Hybrid Cloud Adoption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Did you miss VMWorld? <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/VMworldWebinar102016-Blog\" >Register for our upcoming webinar<\/a> to get all of the most important updates from Las Vegas and Barcelona.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStephenson1\" >Ben Stephenson<\/a>, GreenPages Technology Solutions<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI: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=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=okMy3aH3Rwc:2ybDATYYueI: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\/okMy3aH3Rwc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you busy this&nbsp;week? Here&rsquo;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&#8230;  <a href=\"http:\/\/greenpages.com\/miscellaneous-it\/tech-news-recap-week-10172016\/\" title=\"ReadTech News Recap for the Week of 10\/17\/2016\">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":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108","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=26108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26109,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26108\/revisions\/26109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}