Industry News: September 27–October 1
Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering the appointment of Navisite’s new Chief Transformation Officer, an increase in 2022 IT budgets, Amazon Web Services’ plans for a new innovation studio to better leverage cloud services, cloud security mistakes and the education gap, and how tech giants are teaming up on a new cloud data framework.
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This week, Navisite announced that Gina Murphy has been appointed President and Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). Gina, who previously served as Navisite’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will work to accelerate Navisite’s growth and market leadership. Read more about the appointment and Gina’s career as a business transformation leader in AiThority here.
2022 could be shaping up to be a big year for IT spending. According to a new report, more than half of companies are expected to increase their IT budgets in the new year, with an increased priority on IT projects. Dive into the findings in CIO Dive here.
AWS has just unveiled plans to open a new AWS Innovation Studio at their Arlington, Virginia headquarters, which is currently under construction. The new studio is intended to help Amazon collaborate on global solutions to leverage its cloud computing services to address a number of issues. Learn more about Amazon’s plans in CRN here.
Could an education gap be resulting in cloud security mistakes? That’s what a new VMware study found, with most of the 1,000+ respondents reporting that education, or a lack of it, was the primary cause of cloud misconfigurations. Find out more in AWSInsider.net here.
Several major tech giants, including AWS and Microsoft, have teamed up to partner on a new cloud data framework. The framework includes a set of cloud data management capabilities, standards and best practices for various cloud implementations. Learn more in ZDNet here.