Week at Glance: Cloud Computing #93- 04.02.22 - 11.02.22

AWS-Powered Research Identifies 130,000+ New RNA Viruses

researcher at the University of Cambridge—scoured enormous genomic datasets for viral fingerprints, leveraging vast cloud resources and identifying over 130,000 previously unknown RNA viruses, including nine coronaviruses.

 Preview of Azure Active Directory Join Capability Coming to Windows 365

Microsoft announced that enterprise users of Windows 365 services will soon be able to Azure Active Directory joins for Cloud PCs. The new feature will be arriving in the next week at the preview stage for users of the Windows 365 Enterprise edition.

 Google Cloud adds new cryptomining threat detection capability

Google has launched today a new security feature for Google Cloud tenants that is meant to detect and block cryptomining operations that may be taking place behind the owners’ backs.

Oracle named as Red Bull Racing F1 title sponsor

US tech giant Oracle has become the title sponsor of the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team following Honda's official withdrawal from the sport.

Oracle first joined Red Bull last March in what was announced at the time as a multi-year deal, and which has now been upgraded.

‍IBM upgrades FlashSystem to tackle ransomware

To increase cyber resilience, IBM is expanding its Cyber Vault product to FlashSystem, bringing features to fight ransomware to its flagship all-flash arrays.