Cloud Technology News of the Month: January 2022

January was a busy month for cloud technology, with several significant developments. The Log4j vulnerability raised questions about responsibility for security issues in open-source projects. AWS published advice on mitigating the issue, while IBM reported a revenue rise thanks to its hybrid cloud offering. Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing services saw decelerating revenue, but reassured investors of potential growth. Intel announced a $20 billion investment in Ohio manufacturing plants and hired several competitor engineers. AWS faced criticism for its response to two critical vulnerabilities discovered by Orca Security. The Nigerian government exposed data of millions of citizens due to poor handling of an S3 bucket. A report from Valtix revealed that while multi cloud has become a strategic priority, security often fails to keep up. Meanwhile, GitOps adoption saw significant growth in 2021.