{"id":16726,"date":"2020-05-08T17:10:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/?p=16726"},"modified":"2020-05-27T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:52:24","slug":"industry-news-may-4-8-aggressive-cloud-spending-changing-role-for-cybersecurity-pros-tech-tools-aiding-frontline-workers-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/industry-news-may-4-8-aggressive-cloud-spending-changing-role-for-cybersecurity-pros-tech-tools-aiding-frontline-workers-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry News: May 4-8 \u2013 Aggressive Cloud Spending, Changing Role for Cybersecurity Pros, Tech Tools Aiding Frontline Workers and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we\u2019re covering Microsoft\u2019s outlook on digital transformation, a spike in cloud infrastructure spending, AWS surpasses a $40 billion run rate, security professionals pulling double duty and how tech is helping frontline workers stay productive.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get started\u2026<\/p>\n<p>While many businesses have been brought to a standstill in recent months, others are seeing rapid growth. That includes a surge in demand for <strong>cloud<\/strong> services. In fact, as Data Center Dynamics reports, <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> has seen two years\u2019 worth of digital transformation in just two months. To read more about how the tech giant is able to meet demand, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/microsoft-ceo-we-have-seen-two-years-worth-digital-transformation-two-months\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And Microsoft isn\u2019t the only company experiencing a spike in cloud services. eWeek broke down new data which shows that despite COVID-19\u2019s massive impact on the <strong>economy<\/strong>, <strong>cloud infrastructure<\/strong> spending as a whole was up 37% in Q1 this year compared to the same time in 2019. Explore more of the data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eweek.com\/cloud\/covid-19-fails-to-stop-aggressive-growth-in-q1-cloud-spending\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s cloud division has seen a boost to kickoff 2020. CRN writes that <strong>AWS<\/strong> climbed past a <strong>$40 billion run rate <\/strong>in Q1 despite dramatic shifts in usage trends. To find out what\u2019s driving growth, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crn.com\/news\/cloud\/amid-pandemic-aws-surpasses-40-billion-run-rate\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Security Boulevard is shedding light on the troubles that <strong>security professionals<\/strong> are facing during this pandemic. They\u2019re giving us a look at one survey which found that 81% of <strong>cybersecurity <\/strong>professionals who responded say their job function has changed as a result. Dive deeper into the concerns they have today, including a \u201cperfect storm\u201d for cybersecurity by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/securityboulevard.com\/2020\/05\/security-pros-pulling-double-it-duty-during-pandemic\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to <strong>frontline<\/strong> <strong>workers<\/strong> fighting the virus head-on, a new study finds that those equipped with <strong>tech tools<\/strong> are more productive \u2013 citing as much as a 72% spike in productivity. Learn more about what type of tools are helping the most by reading CIO Dive\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/coronavirus-frontline-workers-software-collaboration-efficiency\/577331\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":17073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Industry News: May 4-8 \u2013 Aggressive Cloud Spending, Changing Role for Cybersecurity Pros, Tech Tools Aiding Frontline Workers and More - Navisite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. 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