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Data splash

MapR and Talend collaborate to deliver new data lake solution

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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data privacy
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The trio have announced a new governed GDPR data lake solution to address requirements of the EU's upcoming GDPR legislation.
Mountain documents

Comodo opens up threat library to public – almost 100m incidents in Q217 alone

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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cybersecurity
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cyber threat
​Comodo has opened its 'library' to university, governmental, and non-profit educators and researchers in an industry-first.
Data out the backdoor

HBO breach: Centrify says 'winter is coming' for passwords

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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HBO's soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.
Data center communication

OVH launches public cloud service in Poland – with plans for UK and Germany

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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public cloud
The French cloud services provider is investing to broaden the offerings from its European data centres, with Poland complete and more on the cards.
Targeting cyber threats

Cybercrime: What to expect for the rest of 2017 and how to prepare

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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vpns
​So far this year we have already borne witness to a multitude of serious cybercrime. NordVPN has provided insights for what the second half may hold.
Global internet

Sify expands network presence to Interxion Marseille - aka 'Europe's gateway'

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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dc
There are now a great number of network service providers and the like using Interxion Marseille, a facility they've coined 'Europe's gateway.'.
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The renaissance of magnetic tape storage: IBM Research sets new world record

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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dr
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data analytics
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martech
The tape storage has the potential to record up to about 330 terabytes (TB) of uncompressed data on a single tape cartridge.
Thumbs up and down

Symantec sells digital certificate business – good or bad for customers & partners?

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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digicert
Symantec has sold its digital certificate business to DigiCert - the question is what will be the implications? We talk to both sides to find out.
Businessperson hand holding secrets

Sunbird's new release to drive faster and more secure data centre management

Tue, 8th Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
The release is designed to provide data centre managers with enhanced tools that enable easy and agile responses to their most common challenges.
Hand data

Want to cause chaos? ICIT says hacking elections is easy

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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cybersecurity
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elections
Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.
Big fish eat small fish

Silent-Aire breaks into European data centre market with acquisition

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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colocation
Silent-Aire has acquired the Dublin-based manufacture of bespoke air handling equipment, RMI Engineering in a move to establish an EU headquarters.
Man rolling road

Interoute rolls out global cloud-based storage service with Cloudian

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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storage
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digital transformation
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cloud services
Interoute launches cloud-based storage service using Cloudian technology, offering fast, reliable and low-cost storage for unstructured data.
Data centree

Teraco launches Riverfields hyperscale data centre facility

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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colocation
Africa is becoming a priority for large players in the hyperscale computing market, with significant infrastructure investments being made on the continent.
Business tug of war

Traditional data centre vs micro data centre deployments - who wins?

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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edge computing
The weigh-up of the cost effectiveness of a single traditional data centre of one MW capacity against a cluster of micro data centres each of 5kW.
Cyber criminal

UK SMBs estimate average cost of cyberattack more than £730,000

Wed, 2nd Aug 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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phishing
UK SMBs estimated the average cost of a cyberattack where their customer records or critical business data were stolen at an eye-watering £737,677.
Megaphone

Interxion announces plans for two new EU data centres - at up to £90m each

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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cloud services
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colocation
Interxion will soon be constructing new data centres in Frankfurt and Marseille – in addition to an expansion in Vienna.
Treasure trove

HBO's Game of Thrones treasure chest ransacked by hackers

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company's servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.
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Cisco fills newly created role of vice president for Middle East & Africa

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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digital transformation
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cisco
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dubai
Cisco's David Meads expands his role to become vice president for the Middle East and Africa as digital adoption accelerates in the regions.
Security wrong man

New report details exploits of notorious cyberespionage group with EMEA targets

Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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government
Known as CopyKittens, the group is politically-motivated and has increasingly been active in pursuing foreign espionage on strategic targets.
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EU a hive of opportunity – two more data centres opened in Europe

Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
OVH and Rackspace have opened data centres in London and Frankfurt respectively, with the former saying Brexit hasn't harmed the tech industry.