Take a Network Break! Google debuts a beta of its Cloud Service Platform, a hybrid cloud product that lets you run applications on premises or in Google’s public cloud. Reuters digs up new data to affirm AWS’s public cloud lead, and Duo Security tracks unsafe Chrome extensions.

Palo Alto Networks shells out over half a billion dollars for Demisto, a security orchestration company; a Drupal vulnerability puts millions of sites at risk; and the U.S. Secretary of State warns American allies that the use of Huawei gear in critical infrastructure could jeopardize intelligence-sharing.

HPE posts its first-quarter financial earnings, and Google “forgets” to tell customers about a microphone built into a Nest home security product.

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Cloud Services Platform—bringing hybrid cloud to you – Google

Google emits a beta of Cloud Service Platform to entice hold-outs with hybrid goodness – The Register

Google’s new cloud boss has big task to catch rivals, Reuters data show – Reuters

Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2018 Edition – Platformonomics

CRXcavator: Democratizing Chrome Extension Security – Duo Security

Palo Alto Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Demisto – Seeking Alpha

Drupal core – Highly critical – Remote Code Execution – SA-CORE-2019-003 – Drupal

Millions of websites threatened by highly critical code-execution bug in Drupal – Ars Technica

You’re on a Huawei to Hell, US Sec State Pompeo warns allies: Buy Beijing’s boxes, no more intelligence for you – The Register

Britain managing Huawei risks...