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Hybrid cloud adoption accelerating in healthcare

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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public cloud
In just two years, healthcare providers' hybrid cloud deployments are set to almost double from 19 percent penetration to 37 percent.
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Kao Data secures financial injection to expand operations

Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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colocation
London wholesale colocation data centre services provider Kao Data has sealed a deal with a significant investment partner.
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Interview: Emerging trends for a sustainable data centre industry

Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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storage
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
SPIE UK's Peter Westwood discusses the various technologies emerging both now and in the future to boost energy efficiency among data centres.
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Lenovo and its partners making HCI easy for data centres

Fri, 1st Feb 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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converged infrastructure
Lenovo's new HCI solution provides the benefits of traditional converged systems with the addition of a software-defined scale-out architecture.
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Skyscanner opens up bug bounty for interested hackers

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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cybersecurity
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skyscanner
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cybercrime
Skyscanner launches a public bug bounty program, offering up to USD $2,000 per vulnerability, via Bugcrowd to enhance its website, API, and mobile app security.
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Exclusive Q&A: Why businesses are storing useless hardware

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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In this exclusive interview, Blancco's Fredrik Forslund details just how expensive the issue of data centre waste has become.
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Study finds many NZ business websites to be slow and self-obsessed

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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martech
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cloud services
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marketing
A new study has found at least 80 percent of New Zealand business websites are slow, generic, and verging on being narcissistic.
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Exclusive Q&A: The on-premises data centre is here to stay

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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storage
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
In an exclusive interview, Scality's Paul Speciale shares his thoughts on the data centre and cloud industries.
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Organisations wasting $100k a year hoarding useless IT hardware

Mon, 28th Jan 2019
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A new report reveals that two in five organisations spend over USD $100,000 annually storing useless IT hardware, posing security and compliance risks.
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Exclusive: What does the IT industry think of Brexit?

Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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cloud services
We've gathered the mixed thoughts of various IT leaders with business interests in the EU to gain an understanding of how Brexit will impact the industry.
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Top risk facing organisations? Why, it's an IT talent famine

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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data privacy
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education, learning & training
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skills shortage
The IT industry is experiencing a severe talent shortage, now the top risk for organisations, up from third place, per Gartner's latest report.
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Palo Alto says supply chain is cybersecurity's weakest link

Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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malware
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Palo Alto Networks warns that supply chains are the weakest link in cybersecurity, urging firms to evaluate partners' defences to prevent breaches.
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London's pricy data centres allow Frankfurt to overtake

Thu, 17th Jan 2019
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According to a new report, data centre pricing in the UK is among the highest in Europe, which is seeing other countries prosper.
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Rubrik welcomes $261m funding for new market expansion

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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data management
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technology funding
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data center management
The company intends to use the funds from new investor Bain Capital Ventures will go toward future innovation and expansion.
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IoT breaches: Nearly half of businesses still can't detect them

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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blockchain
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iot
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cybersecurity
The Internet of Thing's (IoT's) rapid rise to prominence may have compromised its security, if a new report from Gemalto is anything to go by.
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Survey finds retailers 'bullish' on hybrid cloud adoption

Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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hybrid cloud
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public cloud
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converged infrastructure
The retail industry takes no prisoners and that's made clear in its 'on the pulse' adoption of new technologies.
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IoT's rapid rise fuelling an explosion of data

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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iot
IDC expects global annual spending on IoT to exceed US$1 trillion by 2022, driving huge demand for data centres.
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A photo still enough to defeat face unlock of many phones

Sat, 12th Jan 2019
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surveillance
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biometrics
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cybersecurity
A new study by Consumentenbond reveals that 42 out of 110 smartphones tested can be unlocked using just a photo, challenging manufacturers' security claims.
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Interxion celebrates launch of third London data centre

Fri, 11th Jan 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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dc
The company has stamped its confidence on the local market with its opening of the third data centre within its inner city campus.
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Equinix to launch data centre in Hamburg, its fourth German market

Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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datacentre infrastructure
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It's clear that Equinix is not wasting any time getting settled in for the new year with news of another data centre on the way with a hefty price tag.