{"id":21040,"date":"2020-09-25T11:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/?p=21040"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:07:21","slug":"industry-news-september-21-25%e2%80%af-azure-goes-to-space-it-spend-trends-and-tech-giants-invest-in-green-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/industry-news-september-21-25%e2%80%af-azure-goes-to-space-it-spend-trends-and-tech-giants-invest-in-green-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry News: September 21-25\u202f\u2013 Azure Goes to Space, IT Spend Trends and Tech Giants Invest in Green Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we\u2019re covering Microsoft\u2019s launch of Azure Orbital, why cloud migration remains a top IT spend priority, the concern over cyberwarfare, Amazon\u2019s strong hiring and two tech giants invest in the same company working to reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get started\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong> is taking Azure beyond the clouds. That\u2019s because they\u2019ve just announced <strong>Azure Orbital<\/strong>, a project that will take cloud service to space, directly linking <strong>data centers<\/strong> on earth and <strong>satellites<\/strong> orbiting up above. Learn more about their out-of-this-world plans in Data Center Frontier <a href=\"https:\/\/datacenterfrontier.com\/azure-orbital-will-connect-microsofts-data-centers-to-space\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many <strong>IT <\/strong>teams are reprioritizing budgets in the wake of COVID-19. One new report found that while <strong>emerging tech<\/strong> spend may slow, <strong>cloud migration<\/strong> likely remains a top priority. Read more about potential IT trends to watch in CIO Dive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/2021-IT-spend-trends-spiceworks-ziff-davis-\/585627\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While old threats like ransomware are still wreaking havoc on businesses, one new study found that <strong>cyberwarfare <\/strong>is an emerging <strong>concern for organizations<\/strong>. In fact, the study of infosec professionals found that nearly half say they need to develop a strategy to combat cyberwarfare in the next 12-18 months. Dive into the findings in BetaNews <a href=\"https:\/\/betanews.com\/2020\/09\/22\/cyberwarfare-imminent-threat\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a recovering job market, <strong>Amazon <\/strong>is <strong>hiring<\/strong> at a fast pace. A recent report named them the top tech employer for Q2, with most of that hiring related to their cloud computing arm <strong>AWS<\/strong>. Find out what this could mean for tech jobs going forward in AWSInsider <a href=\"https:\/\/awsinsider.net\/articles\/2020\/09\/18\/amazon-keeps-tech-hires-rolling.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks we have seen examples of how <strong>Microsoft <\/strong>and <strong>Amazon <\/strong>are looking to curb <strong>carbon emissions<\/strong>. Now, both tech giants are investing in the same company, CarbonCure, looking to reduce carbon emissions from <strong>concrete<\/strong> by injecting CO2 right into the building material. But do they plan on using this green technology themselves? Read more in Data Center Dynamics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/amazon-and-microsoft-invest-company-injecting-co2-concrete\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":17079,"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: September 21-25\u202f\u2013 Azure Goes to Space, IT Spend Trends and Tech Giants Invest in Green Technology - Navisite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. 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