3 zero-day fixes in heavy April Patch Tuesday release

Modern Infrastructure Digest: News and advice for creating tomorrow's data centers

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | April 16, 2020 FEATURED STORY 3 zero-day fixes in heavy April Patch Tuesday release By Tom Walat, Site Editor Complications arising from the coronavirus pandemic could slow the rollout of this month's Microsoft security updates as IT teams deal with an influx of remote workers.   Advertisement NEWS   Backup trends include security awareness, cloud protection Data protection experts discuss important backup trends outlined in research, as well as customer tendencies in the age of the coronavirus. Security best practices are critical.   Object storage vendors turn to analytics, AI, machine learning The view of object stores as nothing more than cheap and deep storage is changing, as the technology finds its way into AI, machine learning and analytics use cases. EXPERT ADVICE   VMware licensing changes set to have long-term cost effects VMware assured admins they would see little to no effect on costs in the short term with its switch to per-core licensing, but these changes could have long-term cost effects.   Avoid resource contention with the help of VMware HA Use VMware HA VM-to-VM rules and host groups and avoid resource contention. This can help balance resources between your production and testing and development VMs.   Increase PowerShell security with help from AppLocker Learn how to curb the native abilities of the expansive scripting tool in the Windows OS to prevent your users from being unwitting participants in a cyberattack.   Container data storage's emerging role now and in the future See how application workload and cloud portability requirements are driving container storage preferences in the latest research from the Taneja Group. About This E-Newsletter The Modern Infrastructure Digest is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2020 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List