Industry News: May 17-21
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering the relationship between tech-savvy companies and business growth, cybersecurity trends to look out for this year, the launch of AWS Application Migration Service, a look at how Microsoft Azure is backing up the U.S. Space Force, and how the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) helped Moderna create their COVID-19 vaccine.
Let’s get started…
Is being tech-savvy key to business growth? That’s what a new survey found when eight in 10 technologically advanced companies said they expect their business to grow over the next six months. But are companies that say they’re being held back by their technology growing just as fast? Find out in CIO Dive here.
The mass migration to a work from home model has created new opportunities for threat actors across the globe. As a result, we’re seeing new threats emerge as cybersecurity adapts to this new way of doing business. Which emerging cybersecurity trends should you be keeping an eye on this year? CRN breaks down the top 10 here.
Amazon is hoping to make certain cloud migrations easier. The company just launched AWS Application Migration Service which is built to help companies lift and shift their applications to the cloud. AWS says the service will speed up these migrations and remove potential complications. Learn more in Silicon Angle here.
Microsoft may be a tech giant here on Earth, but now the company is demonstrating its cloud power in space! Microsoft and Ball Aerospace are backing up the U.S. Space Force by helping to process massive streams of satellite data using the cloud – five times faster than the Pentagon was aiming for. Read how Azure is helping make this a reality in GeekWire here.
These days, Moderna is best known for creating one of the most widely distributed COVID-19 vaccines. But it turns out that the company, formed in 2010, was largely built on the cloud – enabling the use of AI to speed up the creation of the COVID vaccine. Find out how this platform has allowed Moderna to leverage this “AI factory” to aid scientists in ZDNet here.