SAP BTP on Google Cloud Announces 5 new capabilities

• SAP and Google Cloud’s partnership is about expanding what’s possible and enabling innovation

Microsoft fixes cross-account vulns in Azure Database for PostgreSQL service

• Exploiting an elevated permissions bug in the Flexible Server authentication process, a malicious user could leverage an expression and bypass authentication.

$10b National Security Agency contract re-awarded to AWS

• Microsoft won, Amazon complained. Amazon won, Microsoft complained. Amazon won… again

VMware adds more Sovereign Cloud partners and expanded cloud services with Tanzu

• VMware Inc’s expansion of its Sovereign Cloud initiative aims to help companies identify and engage with trusted national and regional cloud service providers.

VMware says server sprawl is back, and SmartNICs are the solution

• More details emerge about ‘Project Monterey’ and its role driving infrastructure workloads into hybrid clouds

Google parent Alphabet’s results come up short despite cloud strength

• Alphabet reported its overall net profit fell 8% from a year ago, to $16.4 billion, or $24.62 a share, on a 23% rise in revenue, to $68 billion.

Microsoft: Cloud revenue at $23.4 billion in Q3, up 32 percent

• Microsoft’s commercial cloud business continued to propel the company during Q3 FY22. Its other businesses also came in strong.

New AWS Wavelength Zone in Toronto – The First in Canada

• With AWS Wavelength, you can deploy AWS compute and storage services within telecommunications providers’ data centers at the edge of the 5G networks.

DDoS attacks at an all-time-high in Q1 2022, says Kaspersky

• More attacks and more targeted attacks than ever before. What could have happened to cause that uptick?

Amazon Nimble Studio is now available in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region

• Deploying Nimble Studio in local region provides users with a more responsive experience. 

China again signals desire to shape IPv6 standards

• Calls for accelerated adoption as local users pass 700 million

Apple and Intel likely the first to use TSMC’s 2nm node in 2025

• Meanwhile, Intel is catching up to TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing nodes

Introducing Media CDN—the modern extensible platform for delivering immersive experiences

• Media CDN, a modern, extensible platform for delivering immersive experiences with unparalleled scale and intelligence.

Oracle to release on-prem software usage tools to prep cloud switch

• Experts advise caution in sharing data with Big Red – it could be used in license audits

Akamai launches managed database offering for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis and MongoDB

• New managed database service is designed to simplify database deployment and management for developers, helping them to reduce risk, increase efficiency and minimize complexity

Report reveals Big Tech’s last minute lobbying to weaken EU rules

• A new report has peeled back the curtain on big tech’s frenzied lobbying of European Union lawmakers as they finalize a major series of updates to the bloc’s digital rulebook.

US DOJ probes Google’s $5.4b Mandiant acquisition

• Not a social network or an instant-chat app used by tens of millions, so scrutiny it is, then

SAP to take €130m hit on withdrawing tech support from Russia

• Outlook unaffected by decisions that followed pressure from Ukraine’s vice prime minister

OpenBSD 7.1 is out, including Apple M1 support

• 26 years and only two external exploits is not to be (packet) sniffed at

Microsoft announces new collaboration with Red Button for attack simulation testing

• Simulation testing allows you to assess current state of readiness, identifying gaps in incident response procedures, and guidance for developing DDoS response strategy.

macOS Server discontinued after years on life support

• It’s not like Apple was a player in the market since the demise of Xserve

Google Cloud and MongoDB Atlas expand their partnership

• Developers can build on foundation enabling them to work with data the way they want in support of global-scale applications.