Tech News February 2018

What has been going on in the IT world in February? We compiled the latest vendor news and trending topics of the past month. It just takes you a few minutes to stay up-to-date in the world of IT.

Windows-Security: Microsoft  releases patch to fix Adobe Flash zero day exploit in Windows

LinkedIn and Microsoft  make it easier than ever to build a standout résumé

Zero-day flaw affects every version of Adobe  ’s Flash Player

IBM-Maersk  Blockchain project adds logistics provider Agility

Citrix  announces new CFO

Sophos  launches Home Premium platform with ransomware protection

Symantec  Web Security Service now protects Microsoft Azure and Office 365

Windows security: New Microsoft  dashboard shows PCs at risk from Meltdown and Spectre

Microsoft  commits $500 million to rebranded startups program

Don’t miss Microsoft’s  latest security update: It patches two major Outlook bugs

Adobe  addresses critical vulnerabilities in Acrobat, Reader

Citrix  swallows Cedexis to give NetScaler more multi-cloud cred

Oracle  Cloud Platform adopts autonomous services

Demand for Veeam  Backup for Microsoft Office 365 accelerates as enterprises move to the cloud

Microsoft : Mixed reality + AI will define 'future of computing'

AWS  makes Serverless Application Repository generally available

Why open source could be IBM's  key to future success in the cloud

Oracle  Buys Security Startup Zenedge To Boost Cloud Platform

VMware  buys cloud configuration startup CloudCoreo

TechRepublic  : How artificial intelligence is unleashing a new type of cybercrime

TechRepublic  : State of the cloud union: How AWS, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba stack up

Gartner  : Here are 4 critical lessons we’ve learned from early AI projects

Gartner  : Seven Steps Security Leaders Can Take to Deal With Spectre and Meltdown

The 10 biggest breakthrough technologies of 2018  … so far

How to choose your cloud provider : AWS, Google or Microsoft?

IBM Security Report  : Millennials are moving beyond the password