Industry News: February 1-5 – Cloud Priorities Post-Pandemic, AWS Posts Record Revenue, SAP Takes on Licensing Costs

Every week we highlight cloud computing and technology news of interest. This week we’re covering what cloud priorities might look like post-pandemic, Amazon’s next CEO, Amazon Web Services (AWS) reports historic revenue, a look at “Rise with SAP,” and how oversharing on social media could create security risks.

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The pandemic prompted accelerated cloud migrations for many organizations. According to Gartner, nearly 70% of board of director members surveyed shortly after the outbreak planned to speed up digital business projects. Will these cloud priorities remain even after the pandemic ends? Learn what industry analysts are saying in SearchCloudComputing here.

After leading AWS for years, Chief Executive Andy Jassy is set to take on a whole new role. Jassy will be going beyond the cloud, taking over as Amazon’s top executive following the decision by founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to step aside. Read more on Jassy’s rise to the top in Silicon Angle here.

As Jassy prepares to take on a new role, AWS continues to report impressive growth, including historic quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year earnings. In fact, AWS reported a 28% increase in revenue for Q4 2020 compared to the same period last year. Dive into the numbers in CRN here.

SAPs new offering, “Rise with SAP,” aims to lower the cost of licensing by allowing enterprises to have their applications hosted by SAP in its very own cloud. Explore what this offering could mean for tech executives in CIO here.

Could you be opening yourself up to new security risks? According to a new report, 84% of people post on social media each week, sharing vast amounts of personal information that threat actors can take advantage of. Check out what type of information could lead to successful social engineering in Help Net Security here.