Atlassian comes clean on what data-deleting script behind the outage actually did

• Read the published account of what went wrong causing 400 customers to vanish

Australian Government Re-signs AWS for Whole-of-Government Cloud Deal

• The contract renews for an additional 3 years

Intel Commits to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040

• Interim milestones set for 2030 including 100% renewable

Boeing Aims to Transform Aerospace Industry with Google Cloud Partnership

• Large migration planned across multiple business groups and aerospace products

Dell, Nvidia, AMD to Power New Ohio AI Compute Cluster

• Next generation cyberinfrastructure development for AI, based on Dell hardware

Japan Seeks to Decentralize Data Centers

• As part of an effort to make the nation’s computing infrastructure more resilient, Japan secures expressions of interest

Private Equity Giant KKR Buys Security Firm Barracuda Networks

• KKR helping Barracuda pump the gas with $4 billion as it takes over

Stolen-Data Market RaidForums Taken Down in Domain Seizure

• ‘Omnipotent’ awaits UK decision on extradition to US

Intel Acquires Private 5G Network Provider Ananki

• The startup sells software and hardware as a subscription to make private 5G easy

AWS Fixes Local File vuln on Internal Credential Access for Relational Database Service

• Lightspin threat researchers discovered the bug fixed by AWS

Introducing IBM Bare Metal Servers for Oracle Workloads

• Claims to reduce investments in data center staffing, power, heating/cooling, racking/stacking, networking, break-fixes, etc

Open SSH Takes Aim at ‘Capture Now, Decrypt Later’ Quantum Attacks

• Guarding against the forever almost-here crypto-cracking tech

Intel R&D Campus Key to Comeback Plan Gets $3B Boost

• Chip giant also reveals next-gen 18A process months ahead of schedule

5 Key Takeaways from the FinOps Foundation Long Roadshow

• FinOps expects large growth in the next twelve months and projections of more spending. 

Dell Technologies Evolves and Elevates Cloud Client Computing Ecosystem

• Designed for front and back-office teams of all sizes

Oracle Cloud and Sentieon DNAseq Enable Processing of 30X WGS Samples

• Customers who pay a much higher rate to process DNA samples may be able to reduce cloud computing cost

Microsoft Seizes Domains Linked to Russian Hacking Group Targeting Ukraine

• Strontium, also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, also previously taken down domains linked to the group in 2018

Now in Preview, BigQuery Search Features Provide a Simple Way to Pinpoint Unique Elements in Data of Any Size

• A new capability allows use of standard BigQuery SQL to find unique data elements  without having to know the table schemas in advance

Database Observability for Developers: Announcing Cloud SQL Insights for MySQL (In Preview)

• Developers may appreciate this tool to understand and resolve database performance issues 

Deloitte and VMWare Launch Strategic Distributed Cloud Practice

• The practice is said to help transform businesses and the industries they serve by more effectively implementing and utilizing distributed cloud architectures.

Russia Cobbles Together Supercomputing Platform to Wean Off Foreign Suppliers

• The new RSK Tornado system will help Russia port HPC apps to homegrown CPUs

Arm Server Chip Startup Ampere is Headed for an IPO

• Run by former Intel president Renée James, funding will likely aid Ampere’s efforts to carve out a space in the data center for rivals to Intel and AMD

Perforce Now Pulls Puppet’s Strings: Takeover Announced

• The acquisition of Puppet leaves only a few stand-alone makers of configuration management software

At Last, Atlassian Sees an End to Its Outage in Two Weeks

• Cloud collaboration biz says script deleted data that’s so far been restored via backups

Cloud Services Provider Sungard AS Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

• Three years after settling a previous Chapter 11 filing, filing again

Panasonic Hit by Second Cyberattack in Less than Six Months

• A victim of a “targeted cybersecurity attack” in February, affecting some of its systems, processes, and networks

Amazon’s Cloudy Desktops Creep Towards Cloudy Workstations

• Adds cache-like storage currently offered for servers to speed demanding desktop workloads

New Cloud Security Alliance Survey Finds SaaS Misconfigurations May be Responsible for Up to 63% of Security Incidents

• Proper visibility into SaaS security application settings and automated tools can mitigate risk 

Pay-as-you-go MongoDB Atlas Now Available on Google Cloud

• The new version of its cloud database is meant to give developers a more simplified subscription experience

Storage Juggernaut NetApp Acquires ANU-backed Instaclustr

• ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt claims the acquisition transforms a local company into a global giant.