The multi-cloud community is gathering this week at VMware Explore 2022 in San Fransisco. SDxCentral Executive Editor Dan Meyer and Reporter Emma Chervek will be heading to the live event today while the rest of the editorial team works on remote coverage from our home base in Denver, Colorado.

Keep an eye out for all the VMware Explore action this week at SDxCentral.com.

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The cleanest data center regions in the U.S. are California and the Northwest, but they're also among the most expensive options. Read more.

The Open Talent Market has become Schneider's technological “enabler" to giving employees access to explore the totality of the organization. Read more.

VMware and NTT are tightening their working relationship to provide managed edge and private 5G services targeted at those expanding markets. Read more.

Snyk Chief Architect Josh Stella noted cloud computing represents “a paradigm shift” in the roles and responsibilities of security teams. Read more.

XDR momentum is snowballing as CISOs in the tech industry are searching for a solution for common security challenges. Read more.

"As we stand today, OCSF is very much in its infancy," Anomali VP of Threat Research and industry veteran Steve Benton said. Read more.