Industry News: August 2-6
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering Google Cloud becoming a strategic cloud partner for RISE with SAP, Amazon’s second quarter earnings, AWS personnel changes, why the data center market is expected to accelerate and a look at phishing attacks in the past year.
Let’s get started…
Google Cloud recently announced that they are now a strategic cloud partner for RISE with SAP. The expanded partnership will expand the availability of SAP services on Google Cloud. What opportunities does this create for partners? And what do partners, including Navisite’s senior vice president of application product management, Chance Veasey, think about the news? Find out in CRN here.
Amazon’s second quarter earnings may not have met Wall Street expectations, but the company still posted impressive numbers, with the cloud boosting AWS’ growth rate to 37%. How did other areas of the tech giant perform? Dive into their Q2 earnings in GeekWire here.
AWS is also announcing several personnel changes on their worldwide channels and alliances teams. This includes Ashish Dhawan becoming the new managing partner of global partner sales for enterprise workloads. Learn more about Dhawan and what he plans to accomplish in this new role in CRN here.
According to a new report, the data center market – valued at $8.4 billion in 2020 – could see substantial growth over the next few years. Read why remote work, the Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual healthcare are playing a big role in CIO Dive here.
New research is shedding light on just how many companies are falling victim to phishing attacks. The recent study found that 73% of organizations surveyed suffered data breaches caused by phishing attacks in the past year. Why do IT leaders believe the problem has gotten so bad? Learn more in VMblog here.