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

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 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.

Tech News Recap

Featured

• 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.

Tech News Recap

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