Industry News: June 14-18
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week, we’re covering Navisite’s new Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) offering, Microsoft’s priorities and opportunities for partners, the potential to advance precision medicine through machine learning, Gartner’s prediction for the future of technology products and a look at how COVID-19 has accelerated cloud computing plans.
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This week, Navisite announced an expansion of its cybersecurity services to include a vCISO offering. This new service is designed to help organizations defend against new and evolving threats—and bridge the talent gap—by providing on-demand access to cybersecurity leadership, guidance and expertise. Learn more about the vCISO offering in VMblog here.
Ahead of the Microsoft Inspire partner conference next month, the tech giant’s channel chief is talking about Microsoft’s priorities and opportunities for partners, including in the areas of cloud and security. Hear what he had to say in CRN here.
When it comes to the advancement of precision medicine, machine learning (ML) has the potential to help transform its future. Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, director of Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services, is talking about the challenges surrounding precision medicine and the potential for ML to enable medical breakthroughs. Learn more in Healthcare IT News here.
According to Gartner, 80% of technology products and services will be built by those who are not technology professionals by 2024. In addition, Gartner believes that in 2023, $30 billion in revenue will come from products and services that didn’t exist pre-pandemic. How is COVID-19 accelerating this change? Find out in Channel Partner Insight here.
When it comes to cloud computing plans, a new study found that as many as 81% of organizations say COVID-19 has accelerated their cloud timelines and plan— with cloud-first organizations now outnumbering on-premises organizations by a three-to-one ratio. Dive into the findings in CloudTech here.