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Equinix, EBRC, EvoSwitch, & SAP Cloud ERP among 2018 Datacloud Awards' winners

Wed, 13th Jun 2018
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Last night saw the 11th Datacloud Awards take place in Monaco with many companies and individuals gracing the stage - check out the full list here.
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Kao Data to become Europe's first OCP-certified data centre

Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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​Kao Data's London One facility has met the requirements for companies looking to harness benefits of Open Compute Project (OCP) equipment.
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Mimecast bets on German growth with two new data centres

Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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Mimecast has 'invested heavily' into Germany with the opening of two facilities in Munich to capitalise on Germany's migration to the cloud.
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HPE seeks to 'redefine' storage networking with new M-series

Tue, 12th Jun 2018
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled new storage networking innovations to enhance performance and efficiency.
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EXCLUSIVE: Palo Alto analyst unwraps mentality of cybercrime

Fri, 8th Jun 2018
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Threat intelligence analyst Alex Hinchliffe discusses the constant rise of cybercrime, how it's changing, and the possibility of cyber warfare.
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Aruba goes hyperscale with €300m data centre in Italy

Fri, 8th Jun 2018
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With a whopping floor space of 52,000 square metres, the new data centre is expected to bring in around 200 new jobs.
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Day 2 of InfoSec EU 18 wraps up – here's some of the main highlights

Thu, 7th Jun 2018
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Some of the features included a keynote from Baroness Martha Lane Fox, the first ever InfoSec Europe Symposium, and various awards.
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UK IT company wins NHS hospital data centre maintenance contract

Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust has awarded a data centre maintenance contract to Secure I.T. Environments over the next three years.
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Nearly 20,000 gather for 'Europe's biggest cybersecurity event'

Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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InfoSec Europe is currently being held in London with a huge number of participants and exhibitors - in addition to invaluable speaker insights.
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Gartner: AIM market winners will be those with complementary solutions

Tue, 5th Jun 2018
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The application infrastructure and middleware market experienced a surge in spending of 12.1% in 2017, reaching $28.5bn, according to Gartner.
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Denmark wins out as host of 2018 Datacloud Nordic event

Tue, 5th Jun 2018
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The event has previously been held in Sweden and Norway so it seems fitting that Denmark would get its turn to host its Nordic neighbours.
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RepKnight adds dark web monitoring to top 3 SIEM vendors

Mon, 4th Jun 2018
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RepKnight has announced the integration of its BreachAlert dark web monitoring platform with Splunk, IBM QRadar, and LogRhythm.
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SaltDNA's Joe Boyle on the journey to building a cybersecurity business

Mon, 4th Jun 2018
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Looking beyond the need to safely store data, Joe has developed software that enables the secure sharing of information across global teams.
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MEF announces significant progress in its MEF 3.0 project

Sat, 2nd Jun 2018
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Today MEF published new Ethernet and IP specifications, progressing Layer 1 projects and the first multi-vendor SD-WAN implementation project.
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Advice: FBI urges people to reboot their routers following Russia attack

Fri, 1st Jun 2018
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After the FBI issued a plea for people around the world to reset their routers, Vectra's EMEA director has some advice for businesses moving forward.
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iMasons to feature again at Datacloud Europe in Monaco

Fri, 1st Jun 2018
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One year ago Datacloud Europe hosted the first iMasons local chapter held outside of the US, and now they're coming back to share invaluable insights.
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Kao Data expands high-speed services to London Internet Exchange

Thu, 31st May 2018
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The vPoP data centre company has partnered with Ai Networks to expand its high speed network capabilities to the London Internet Exchange.
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UK most breached country in EU but businesses are blissfully naïve

Wed, 30th May 2018
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A study has found that despite being the most breached country, UK businesses claim to actually feel less vulnerable than their European neighbours.
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Interview: Rubrik EMEA director sheds light on data storage's future

Wed, 30th May 2018
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We spoke with Rubrik Western EMEA director Martin Brown about the data centre industry, cybercrime, and some of the trends the company is pursuing.
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Report finds major banks under assault from stealth attacks

Tue, 29th May 2018
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Cybercriminals are developing new technologies to not only penetrate system defences, but also to dwell within a company environment for longer.