Cloud Costs, Critical Vulnerabilities & PBS Issues | | Tech Field Day News Rundown: August 19, 2026

<p>Cloud storage costs, security threats, and AI infrastructure are creating new challenges for IT teams. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/CSSQW1pbLDM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown</a>, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke discuss Lucidity expanding cloud optimization to Azure object storage, Microsoft patching nearly 400 vulnerabilities, and a major VMware vCenter attack campaign. </p><p>They also look at NVIDIA’s potential $105 billion commitment to OpenAI’s Ohio data center, Google moving its A2A protocol under the Agentic AI Foundation, rising cyberattacks against law firms, and the cautionary Nine PBS cloud storage disaster.</p><p>This and more <a href="https://youtu.be/CSSQW1pbLDM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">on the Tech Field Day News Rundown</a> with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Hollingsworth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alastair Cooke⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p>Time Stamps: </p><ul><li>0:00 - Cold Open</li><li>0:29 - <a href="https://youtu.be/CSSQW1pbLDM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown</a> </li><li>1:17 - <a href="https://techstrong.it/featured/lucidity-adds-support-for-object-storage-to-cloud-optimization-platform/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lucidity Expands Cloud Storage Optimization</a></li><li>4:03 - <a href="https://techstrong.it/featured/microsofts-massive-windows-security-update-challenges-enterprise-patch-cycles/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Microsoft’s Massive Patch Update Puts Pressure on IT Teams</a></li><li>7:12 - <a href="https://techstrong.it/featured/nvidia-backs-openai-ohio-data-center-deal-for-up-to-105-billion/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">NVIDIA Backs Massive OpenAI Ohio Data Center</a></li><li>10:24 - <a href="https://securityboulevard.com/2026/08/china-nexus-threat-actor-targeting-critical-vmware-flaw/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">China-Nexus Actor Exploits Critical VMware vCenter Flaw</a></li><li>13:38 - <a href="https://techstrong.ai/articles/google-moves-a2a-under-agentic-ai-foundation/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopen