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10 Tech News Stories You May Have Missed This Year
Can Reskilling Lead to Lasting Jobs in Digital and Cloud?
Why Lego Went Cloud and Serverless to Handle Traffic Spikes
IT Leadership: 10 Ways the CIO Role Changed in 2020
Automation Revs Pandemic IT Toolbox
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Cisco, Intel, Deloitte Among Victims of SolarWinds Breach: Report
The Wall Street Journal identified 24 businesses so far that have downloaded the SolarWinds software infected with malicious code.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/21/2020
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Why Quantum Computing's Future Lies in the Cloud
When real-world quantum applications begin appearing, cost, complexity, and other issues will likely float them into the cloud.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 12/21/2020
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Here’s How IT Leaders Can Adapt to Stricter Data Privacy Laws
Whether we are prepared or not, there will be a global shift toward strict data privacy rules in the coming year.
By Neil Sweeney, Founder, CEO, Killi , 12/21/2020
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Microsoft Confirms Its Network Was Breached With Tainted SolarWinds Updates
Attack on thousands of other companies as "moment of reckoning" for governments and industry, company president says.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/18/2020
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Ready for Desktop as a Service?
DaaS is one of the surprising cloud computing trends for this year and is expected to explode in 2021. Here are six signs that DaaS might be a good fit for your organization.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 12/18/2020
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How to Build a DevOps Center of Excellence
Whether you are new to DevOps or a seasoned pro, a DevOps Center of Excellence can help your organization maximize the potential of DevOps.
By Mark Runyon, Principal Consultant, Improving , 12/18/2020
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CISA: SolarWinds Not the Only Initial Attack Vector in Massive Breach
Agency says it has "evidence of additional initial access vectors" besides SolarWinds' Orion software.
By Kelly Jackson Higgins Executive Editor at Dark Reading, 12/17/2020
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10 Tech News Stories You May Have Missed This Year
Tech news never sleeps, but you may have missed (or forgotten about!) a major story or two this year because working at home can be really distracting.
By Lisa Morgan Freelance Writer, 12/17/2020
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Why Lego Went Cloud and Serverless to Handle Traffic Spikes
Toy giant spoke at AWS re:Invent about its transformation to better scale its online resources to accommodate customer demand.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 12/17/2020
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FireEye Identifies Killswitch for SolarWinds Malware as Victims Scramble to Respond
White House National Security Council establishes unified group to coordinate response across federal agencies to the threat.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/16/2020
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Senior Managers Twice as Likely to Share Work Devices With Outsiders
New survey finds top C-suite managers are much shakier on security than their junior counterparts.
By Steve Zurier Contributing Writer, 12/16/2020
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Can Reskilling Lead to Lasting Jobs in Digital and Cloud?
More options are emerging to retrain workers for possibly career-changing roles in the transforming enterprise landscape.
By Joao-Pierre S. Ruth Senior Writer, 12/16/2020
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Automation Revs Pandemic IT Toolbox
Enterprise IT executives saw huge acceleration in automation deployments in 2020, and that trend will continue next year as they look to expand into intelligent automation.
By Jessica Davis Senior Editor, Enterprise Apps, 12/16/2020
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Concerns Run High as More Details of SolarWinds Hack Emerge
Enterprises running company's Orion network management software should assume compromise and respond accordingly, security experts say.
By Jai Vijayan Contributing Writer, 12/15/2020
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Medical Imaging Leaks Highlight Unhealthy Security Practices
More than 45 million unique images, such as X-rays and MRI scans, are accessible to anyone on the Internet, security firm says.
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer, 12/15/2020
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IT Leadership: 10 Ways the CIO Role Changed in 2020
The pandemic presented IT leaders with an incredibly disruptive set of circumstances. But those challenges also brought new opportunities.
By Cynthia Harvey Freelance Journalist, InformationWeek, 12/15/2020
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How Tech-Focused Unicorns Adapt
Here’s a playbook for tech companies with high-growth aspirations.
By Kay Werner, Senior Director, SAP , 12/15/2020
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Predictions for AI in 2021
We look past the hype to provide some real-world predictions for artificial intelligence in the enterprise next year.
By James Kobielus Tech Analyst, Consultant and Author, 12/14/2020
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Data Governance is Broken
So how did we get here? Here are the three main ways data governance is failing us, along with some advice on how to address those areas.
By Barr Moses, CEO & Co-Founder, Monte Carlo; Keyur Desai, Data & Analytics Executive , 12/14/2020
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FBI, CISA, MS-ISAC: Cybercriminals Increasingly Attacking K-12 Distance Learning
Ransomware attacks reported against US K–12 schools jumped from 28% in January through July to 57% in August and September.
By Dark Reading Staff , 12/11/2020
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