Industry News: January 17 – 21
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering ongoing supply chain disruptions, Amazon Web Services’ new chief information security officer (CISO), infrastructure teams and time spent on manual tasks, that cloud infrastructure spending is getting back on track, and 2022 trends for the tech workforce.
For many organizations, the pandemic has led to major supply chain issues. And these issues appear to be ongoing, with new research finding that 56% of businesses experienced more supply chain disruptions in 2021 than in 2020. What were the top supply chain disruptions impacting businesses last year? Dive into the findings in Help Net Security here.
AWS recently announced that CJ Moses will be taking over as the cloud giant’s new CISO. But that doesn’t mean that outgoing AWS CISO Stephen Schmidt will be going very far. Read about the new executive appointments in CRN here.
According to a new study, 42% of infrastructure teams are spending their time on manual tasks when it comes to their multi-cloud strategies. Is this holding them back from accelerating innovation? Find out more in Beta News here.
Despite a slight drop-off in Q2 2021, IDC reports that spending on cloud infrastructure was back on the rise in Q3 2021. What could this mean for the future of cloud spending? ZDNet has more here.
There’s no denying that the tech workforce has quickly evolved over the last few years and continues to do so. So what trends can we expect to see among the tech workforce in 2022? CIO Dive spoke with several industry executives and breaks it all down here.