Industry News: May 10-14
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering Amazon Web Services’ rollout of new Local Zones, VMware names a new CEO, a look at how damaging cloud misconfigurations can be for an organization, positive job growth in the tech sector and the impact the ongoing pandemic is having on organizations’ defense posture.
Let’s get started…
Boston, Houston and Miami are “in the zone”—becoming the newest cities to feature AWS Local Zones. These new Local Zones will bring many AWS services closer to large populations with low latency results. And these aren’t the only new zones Amazon plans on rolling out this year. Learn more in CRN here.
There’s a change at the top for VMware, which announced its new CEO this week. Raghu Raghuram will be taking over the top job, leaving his current role as chief operating officer. What does Raghuram have to say about his leadership style and his vision for VMware’s strategy going forward? Find out in Fortune here.
Just how damaging can cloud misconfigurations be? According to a new study, this type of misconfiguration makes 90% of companies vulnerable to cyber risk, with less than 1% of enterprise organizations fixing all detected issues. Dive into the findings in BetaNews here.
Despite slower than expected U.S. job growth, recent statistics show that the tech sector continues to do exceptionally well—adding 16,600 jobs in April. Just how great is the demand to fill IT positions today? Read more in CIO Dive here.
How big of an impact is the ongoing pandemic and work from home shift having on organizations’ defense posture? According to new research from Dark Reading, 66% of organizations believe they are more vulnerable to a breach now than when the pandemic began. And that’s led a majority of respondents to seek long-term IT changes. Explore the results in Dark Reading here.