Phishing attack results in data breach at Pittsburgh-based health system

• Data was compromised between May 31 and June 1

Microsoft to deploy hydrogen fuel cell system that could replace diesel-powered data center generators

• Hydrogen fuel system conducted using same tests used to qualify diesel backup generators used at most of its data centers

Microsoft extends life of cloud servers from four to six years

• Banks billions by making gear last even longer than AWS or Google

Oracle staff share news of sizable layoffs

• CX and marketing teams seem to have borne the brunt of it

Oracle cuts ‘thousands’ of jobs in ailing CX division

• Oracle is reported to have cut thousands of jobs in its CX business as it seeks to save $1bn in costs.

Why Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud love Ampere Computing’s server chips

• Its ‘cloud native’ chips are popular with the hyperscalers and could become a hit in the wider enterprise market.

India withdraws personal data bill that alarmed tech giants

• Fear that legislation could restrict management of sensitive information while giving government broad powers to access it.

Google continues merge of Duo and Meet into one video calling and meeting app

• Calling features continue for free with Meeting features depending on subscription.

Microsoft widens enterprise access to its threat intelligence pool

• Organizations can be more proactive in tracking threats, finding holes in their protection

Graviton Fast Start – A New Program to Help Move Your Workloads to AWS Graviton

• Benefits of running all or part of workloads on AWS Graviton can be easier than you expect

Global cloud services spend up 33% to hit $62.3 billion in Q2 2022

• Growing use of industry-specific cloud applications also contributed to the broader horizontal use cases seen across IT transformation

VMware Carbon Black Workload for AWS helps defend against emerging threats

• Inclusion of enterprise threat hunting for workloads with behavioral endpoint detection and response allows AWS customers to turn threat intelligence into a prevention policy. 

Intel reportedly nearing deal to build $5B+ chip plant in Italy

• Company plans to build two fabs at “megasite” in Ohio that could eventually host eight semiconductor production facilities

China’s internet companies are decelerating cloud consumption, says Alibaba

• Starts chasing industrial digitization as its next big opportunity

Citrix adds Hypervisor Cloud to bring more and faster updates

• Years after the company quit server virtualization, but may be handy for hybrid work

DigitalOcean delivers a profit that tops Wall Street’s expectations

• With the DigitalOcean App Platform, developers can deploy application code in production with just a few clicks, in line with the company’s stated aim of keeping cloud computing simple.