If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/23/2017!

Crucial strategies for strengthening network security. How digital transformation is reshaping the IT budget. Why network nerds are excited about SD-WAN. Microsoft Azure gets the managed Kubernetes services. Cisco scoops up BroadSoft, boosts communications tools portfolio. Bad Rabbit ransomware emerges 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

Featured

• Eight Crucial Strategies for Strengthening Network Security

IT Operations

• How digital transformation is reshaping the IT budget: The journey of 3 CIOs
• Why network nerds are so excited about SD-WAN
• GE adds edge analytics, AI capabilities to Predix industrial IoT suite
• Solve the mystery of VDI licenses
• How virtualization continues to redefine IT by extending beyond VMs
• Field of digital dreams: Why MLB is betting its future on big data, Wi-Fi, apps, and AR

[Interested in learning more about SD-WAN? Download, What to Look For When Considering an SD-WAN Solution.]

Microsoft

• Microsoft Azure customers can now run workloads on Cray supercomputers
• Windows 10 security overhaul: Microsoft lays out the most important new features
• Microsoft provides first target dates for its Skype Business to Microsoft Teams
• Nearly undetectable Microsoft Office exploit installs malware without an email attachment
• Microsoft Azure gets the managed Kubernetes service
• Microsoft’s revenues set to grow as cloud services continue to gain traction

Dell

• Dell expands PC-as-a-Service options
• Dell integrates desktop, mobile management for UEM

Cisco

• Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio
• Cisco, Google partner to simplify hybrid cloud deployments
• Cisco rolls out new storage networking telemetry capabilities

HPE

• HPE gives up the battle for tier 1 data center customers
• HPE launches new platforms and services to simplify AI, deep learning adoption

IBM 

• Inside IBM’s $7 billion cloud solutions business: 4 great digital transformation stories
• IBM cranks up flash storage for greater capacity and speed

Cloud

• Fidelity Investment’s key to hybrid cloud: Application flexibility
• Trusting the cloud? Trust yourself more

Security

• Malware campaign targets security researchers with bogus cyber conference document
• One year after the Dyn DDoS attack broke the internet, what’s changed?
• Cognitive hacking is the next frontier of cyberwar
• Bad Rabbit ransomware: A new variant of Petya is spreading
• Whistleblower system SecureDrop fixes information leak vulnerability
• Hackers hijack Coinhive cryptocurrency miner through an old password
• After quietly infecting a million devices, Reaper botnet set to be worse than Mirai
• Defending against cyberwar: How the cybersecurity elite are working to prevent a digital apocalypse
• Report: Malicious email attacks jump 85% in Q3, ransomware reigns supreme

Thanks for checking out our tech news recap!

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

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If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 10/16/2017!

KRACK and Adobe Flash vulnerabilities, what to do. Cloud computing market projected to reach $411B by 2020. Dell bets big on IoT. Hybrid cloud strategies growing. 5 cloud computing trends to prepare for in 2018 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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• KRACK & Adobe Flash vulnerabilities: How to protect now & prevent later

IT Operations

• What’s really holding back today’s CIO from digital transformation?
• Future data center systems await memory innovation
• When big data gets personal and cloudy
• Software-Defined Networking is causing CTO and CIO roles to merge
• Explore health IT data storage strategies

[Interested in learning more about SD-WAN? Download, What to Look For When Considering an SD-WAN Solution.]

Microsoft

• Microsoft shows off its Fluent Design changes to Windows 10
• Microsoft‘s new Android invasion has started
• Microsoft claims another cloud win as Symantec moves onto Azure
• Microsoft shuts down Krack with sneaky Windows update
• Microsoft to expand Azure Government Secret cloud option for handling classified data
• Microsoft hits back at Google’s approach to security patches

Dell

• Dell makes a big bet on IoT

VMware

• VMware embraces strategic cloud partnerships

Trend Micro

• With the products, ecosystem, & strategy to become an enterprise security leader, Trend Micro is ready to move up

Cisco

• Cisco using AI and machine learning to help IT predict failures
• Now part of Cisco, AppDynamics update looks to deepen understanding of business’s performance
• Cisco AI-driven services help close widening IT skills gap
• Cisco announces intent to acquire Perspica
• Cisco bought AppDynamics, wider application intelligence vision now clarified

IBM 

• IBM launches two new services to help businesses move to cloud computing
• IBM rocks the cloud: Purists moan but customers love big blue’s $15.8-Billion dollar cloud business

Cloud

• Data is the new operating system: Build your cloud to embrace it
• How to architect a hybrid cloud and what AWS, Microsoft, and Google mean by hybrid
• Cloud computing market projected to reach $411B by 2020
• 5 cloud computing trends to prepare for in 2018
• Securing evolving cloud networks 
• Report: Hybrid cloud strategies growing faster than private or public cloud

Security

• Severe flaw in WPA2 protocol leaves Wi-Fi open to eavesdropping
• Another day, another hack: Cyber attackers strike Equifax’s website
• This nasty new Android ransomware encrypts your phone – and changes your PIN
• Hyatt Hotels hit with credit card stealing malware again
• Here is every patch for KRACK Wi-Fi attack available
• Finding the right balance for cloud security

Thanks for checking out our tech news recap!

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

While you’re here, check out this white paper on how to rethink your IT security, especially when it comes to financial services.

If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 09/22/2017!

Microsoft is adding a potent security feature to Windows 10. HP announces 360 Secure Fabric analytics security solution. The 6 phases of adopting cloud security practices. Locky variant ransomware attack continues to grow 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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Featured

• VMworld 2017: NSX Cloud, AppDefense + VMware’s New Direction

IT Operations

• How the NHL is boosting fan engagement with advanced analytics
• 5 software licensing challenges in the next generation network
• US Air Force plots IT overhaul, aims for cloud

[Interested in learning more about SD-WAN? Download, What to Look For When Considering an SD-WAN Solution.]

Microsoft

• Microsoft shows VMware and Oracle how to get real about open source
• Microsoft is adding a potent security feature to Windows 10
• Office 365 phishing attacks create a sustained insider nightmare for IT

Cisco

• Cisco’s Intersight platform brings datacenter management to the cloud

HPE

• HP’s Aruba announces 360 Secure Fabric analytics security solution

Cloud

• One way to start the cloud journey: Unified communications
• The 6 phases of adopting cloud security practices
• Only 29% of IT leaders have the skills needed to fully embrace the cloud

Security

• Android malware bypassed Google Play store security, could have infected 4.2 million devices
• Is universal end-to-end encrypted email possible (or even desirable)?
• Hackers backdoored CCleaner for a month: Over 2 million infected with malware
• Equifax suffered another data breach in March
• New Locky variant ransomware attack hits 20M attacks in one day
• CCleaner hackers attacked Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, and other tech giants
• Security alert: 1.4M new phishing sites created each month
• When public cloud security concerns persist, companies look to encryption

[Interested in learning more about SD-WAN? Download, What to Look For When Considering an SD-WAN Solution.]

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist

If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 08/14/2017!

What to expect at VMworld. How to harness AI for DevOps. Preventing phishing attacks in Office 365 and Outlook. Big Switch and HPE partnership. Massive losses from Netya cyber attack 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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Featured

• Cisco Live 2017: Kinetic Launch, ACI Updates, & More!

IT Operations

• GreenPages named to top 10 Managed Services providers in the Northeast
• Harnessing AI to make DevOps more effective

Microsoft

• Microsoft introduces new framework to ease enterprise blockchain adoption
• How to prevent phishing attacks in Microsoft Outlook and Office 365: 3 methods

HPE

• Big Switch-HPE partnership opens chances for enterprise

Cisco 

• Will Cisco’s big bet pay off?
• Cloud is the ignored dimension of security: Cisco

Cloud

• Forrester ranks top 10 cloud vendors for health care

AWS

• Amazon wants your enterprise database

VMware

• 5 technologies to investigate at VMworld
• Q&A with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger
• VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger: ‘As Excited As Ever’

Citrix

• Citrix: Cloud platform, analytics among key vendor trends

Security

• New Trojan malware campaign sends users to fake banking site that looks just like the real thing
• Russian hackers used NSA’s leaked EternalBlue exploit to spy on hotel guests
• Report: IoT attacks exploded by 280% in the first half of 2017
• After Nyetya cyber attack, Maersk is looking at $300M in revenue loss

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If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 07/24/2017!

Cisco Live 2017 thoughts and reaction. Adobe to phase out Flash Player by 2020. Windows 10 only slightly more popular than XP. Azure revenue is up 97%. vSphere 6.5 update, what’s under the hood. iCloud security flaw puts users at risk 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.

Tech News Recap

Featured

• Cisco Live 2017: Kinetic Launch, ACI Updates, & More!

IT Operations

• How to keep VDI costs to a minimum
• How good is the data in your CMDB? What do you mean you don’t have any data in it?
• Traits of a digital CIO
• Hyper-converged IT architecture changes admin staffing roles
• Metrics that matter: What you should evaluate when looking at Hyperconverged Infrastructure
• The end of the road: Adobe to phase out Flash Player by 2020

Microsoft

• 10 powerful examples of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s transformative vision
• Windows 10 only slightly more popular than Windows XP among firms, reminder to update your systems
• New Microsoft cloud service uses AI to find bugs in your code
• Microsoft is on a roll in the cloud service space, Azure revenue up 97%
• Microsoft Azure: The smart person’s guide
• Enterprise use of Windows 10 is finally overtaking XP
• Microsoft’s new Azure Container Instances make using containers fast and easy
• Microsoft slips four more features into the Fall Creators Update with Build 16251

Cisco 

• Cisco Live 2017: Kinetic Launch, ACI Updates, & More!
• Five things learned: IT keys to digital business value

Cloud

• AWS, Azure, and the state of play right now
• What exactly is Edge Computing?
• AWS to continue to drive growth for Amazon
• Best practices for migrating data to the cloud
• The Cloud and DevOps: The Perfect Marriage

VMware

• vSphere 6.5 Update 1 – Under the Hood

Citrix

• Citrix brings Workspace to Google Cloud

Security

• Worried about ransomware? Here are 3 things IT leaders need to know before the next big outbreak
• Petya ransomware: Companies are still dealing with aftermath of global cyberattack
• Hacker made off with over 5.5 million Social Security numbers
• Google warns ransomware boom scored crooks $2 million a month
• iCloud security flaw put iPhone, Mac passwords at risk

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If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 07/17/2017!

What your IT disaster recovery plan should cover. How to make hybrid IT simple. New password stealing malware on the horizon. What SDN is and where it’s going next. Cloud spending expected to grow 21% by 2021 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.

Tech News Recap

Featured

• The Shifting Needs of Cloud-Era End Users

IT Operations

• Worldwide IT spending to reach $2.1 trillion this year
• VDI product bundles aim to urge adoption by improving customer support
• How to make the case for HCI in your organization via HPE Simplivity
• 7 things your IT disaster recovery plan should cover
• HCI appliances embrace containers, more flexible pricing
• How to make Hybrid IT simple: The best of both worlds with on-premises IT and public cloud
• What Software Defined Networking is and where it’s going

Microsoft

• Windows 10 virtualization available from Microsoft Cloud partners starting this fall
• Microsoft revenues set to improve as cloud services gain traction

Cloud

• Public cloud is important but it’s not everything, according to Michael Dell
• The 5 fundamentals of effective cloud management
• Google vs Amazon: Who will win the cloud pricing war?

VMware

• Amazon, VMware rumored to be developing data center software
• VMware cloud strategy claims new territory with Wavefront acquisition

Security

• New password-stealing malware spreads rapidly thanks to rock-bottom pricing
• IBM Z mainframe has built-in encryption to fight ‘epidemic of data breaches’
• FedEx said TNT Petya attack financial hit will be material, some systems won’t come back
• Top cloud security controls you should be using
• Expect bigger and more complex DDoS attacks

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If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s a tech news recap of articles you may have missed for the week of 07/10/2017!

The difference between SDN and NFV. DevOps lessons learned from IT leaders. Cisco buys networking security startup, Observable Networks. Azure Stack is ready to order from Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo. Microsoft improves Azure’s analytical capabilities with Cloudyn acquisition. The power of cloud-based data analytics 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.

Tech News Recap

Featured

• The Shifting Needs of Cloud-Era End Users

IT Operations

• Traditional IT infrastructure spending slows as public cloud takes over
• DevOps metrics: Are you measuring what matters?
• What’s the difference between SDN and NFV?
• Enterprise network management undergoes transformation
• The future of virtualization lies with Remote Desktop Session Host
• Consider key factors in the physical vs. virtual desktop debate
• IBM launches new IT management services platform powered by IBM Watson
• What is hyperconvergence?
• DevOps lessons learned: Advice for IT leaders

Cisco

• The why, what, and how of App Hosting on Cisco Routers
• Cisco updates UCS servers, software for data-intensive workloads
• Cisco just bought this networking security startup, Observable Networks

Microsoft

• Microsoft’s Azure chief: What’s good for cloud is good for on-premises too
• Microsoft Azure Stack is ready to order from Dell EMC, HPE, and Lenovo
• Microsoft wraps cloud subscription services into new Microsoft Office 365 bundles
• Microsoft improves Azure’s analytics capabilities with Cloudyn acquisition
• Azure Stack lets companies run Microsoft cloud tech on-prem
• Windows 10 security: HoloLens gets first Patch Tuesday fix from Microsoft
• Windows 10‘s new Fluent Design get smoother, sleeker look
• Microsoft is bringing Skype somewhere it’s never been before

Cloud

• Cloud: The new destination for medical images
• Realizing the power of Cloud-based data analytics
• iLand with GreenPages protect Law School with cloud-based DR
• Top 5: Things to know about cloud security
• What hospitals using cloud storage should know about Verizon’s data breach

VMware

• VMware NSX: The smart person’s guide
• VMware, Trend Micro offer unified approach to enterprise mobile security with new partnership

Security

• 11 tips to prevent phishing
• New reality of ransomware attacks spiked FUD in cybersecurity
• Dell launches threat protection for air-gapped enterprise systems

Download our recent webinar to find out how cloud is killing traditional help desk, and learn about what end users need now to stay productive and happy.

By Jake Cryan, Digital Marketing Specialist