Industry News: November 15–19
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering Navisite’s new research detailing organizations’ cybersecurity leadership and readiness, Microsoft’s new Strategic Missions and Technologies team, IDC’s positive forecast for digital transformation spending, how AI could cut back on hours being wasted searching for data, and why Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) channel chief is stepping down.
Let’s get started…
This week, Navisite released “The State of Cybersecurity Leadership and Readiness” survey report, which found that nearly half (45%) of organizations don’t have a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). What else do the findings say about cybersecurity leadership, the threats organizations are facing, and respondents’ confidence levels in defending against them? Read more in CISO Mag here.
Microsoft is reorganizing its cloud and AI business, and the current Executive Vice President of Azure, Jason Zander, will be taking on a new team as a result. The newly created team is called Strategic Missions and Technologies. What will this new group oversee? Find out in ZDNet here.
Many organizations increased spending on digital transformation projects when the pandemic hit. And that trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down according to new research from IDC, which predicts global spending on digital transformation of business practices, products and organizations will reach $2.8 trillion by 2025. Learn more in Help Net Security here.
Just how much time are workers spending searching through documents to find data for customers? A new report says more than nine in 10 employees waste eight hours a week doing just that. Could the cloud and AI help streamline these wasteful processes? Dive into the findings in CIO Dive here.
AWS has announced that channel chief Doug Yeum is stepping down to work for another part of the Amazon brand. CRN takes a look at what Yeum accomplished during his tenure with AWS, and when his replacement will likely take over here.