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Stories by Ashton - Page 33

Data breached by hacker

Businesses can't outrun cybercriminals but they can 'outsmart' them

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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Most businesses mistakenly believe they are protected against cybercrime due to security controls, but this is not the case, says Empired.
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​Gartner labels Fortinet a 'leader' in enterprise network firewalls

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Fortinet has been recognised as a 'leader' in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Networks Firewalls.
Business agreement

Resello chooses Interxion as data centre partner for pan-European expansion

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
Interxion says working together with partners like Resello is at the core of the company's strategy moving forward.
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NEC to provide Portugal's capital with Smart City infrastructure

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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smart cities
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digital signage
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data analytics
The Municipality of Lisbon has chosen NEC to accelerate the digital transformation of the entire city by utilising data.
Cyber criminal data

Lloyds report asserts global cyber attack could cost up to £40.5 billion

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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cyber attacks
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notpetya
A recently released report from Lloyd's of London has revealed just how powerful and incredibly destructive a global cyber attack could be.
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Estonia and Luxembourg sign off on world-first 'data embassy'

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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data embassy
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nato
Estonia has proven yet again why the tiny country of 1.3 million people is considered a 'trail-blazer' when it comes to technology.
Security wall breach

Centrify warns hospitality industry is weak against data breaches

Sat, 15th Jul 2017
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iam
The alert from Centrify come as the Sabre Corp data breach continues to claim victims around the world, with Trump Hotels the latest announced.
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UK's silicon photonics consortium welcomes £4.8 million boost to R&D

Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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energy efficient
Silicon photonics is seen as one of the key technologies to solve the surging volumes of IP traffic using astronomic volumes of energy.
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Burgeoning data centre colocation market to double its size by 2022

Thu, 13th Jul 2017
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colocation
​New research from MarketsandMarkets has revealed a very positive forecast for the data centre colocation market.
Money cloud

OVH raises €400 million to accelerate global data centre growth

Wed, 12th Jul 2017
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dc
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colocation
​OVH has signalled its intentions for the future with a huge funding round to support its strategic developments & continued growth around the world.
Iot analytics

Ericsson eyes the future with launch of network services for 'massive IoT'

Wed, 12th Jul 2017
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network infrastructure
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iot
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ericsson
Ericsson strides into the IoT era, launching pioneering network services for seamless integration of massive IoT connectivity and management.
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Rittal joins industry heavyweights to promote standardisation

Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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microsoft
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linkedin
The rack producer has joined global vendors like HPE and GE Digital in the Open19 Foundation to help cut costs, save power and increase flexibility.
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Ovum says security industry 'finally' coming round to automation

Fri, 23rd Jun 2017
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cybersecurity
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Ovum analyst, Rik Turner says the security industry may at last be waking up to automation, probably at its' customers behest.
Treasure trove

Lenovo launches largest data centre portfolio in its history

Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Lenovo recently unveiled its largest ever and most comprehensive portfolio of server, storage, networking, software and data centre services.
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The malware that brought down Ukraine – is it really that sophisticated?

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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hackers
Tenable director says the significance of this malware as a stand-alone event is in fact quite small - but vendors have some catching up to do.
Merging businesses

Honeywell adds another provider to multi-vendor solution portfolio

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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cybersecurity
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honeywell
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m&a
Honeywell recently announced its acquisition of Nextnine, a provider of security management solutions and technologies for industrial cybersecurity.
Data analytics tablet

IBM opens new data centre in Poland with cognitive capabilities

Tue, 20th Jun 2017
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data protection
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dc
IBM Security recently announced the launch of its new European IBM X-Force Command Centre to bolster data security in Europe.
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Case Study: How Volta and Next Connex's partnership has progressed one year on

Fri, 16th Jun 2017
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colocation
In January 2016, Volta and Next Connex entered a partnership- now the companies have released a case study on how things have progressed.
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ExtraHop plucks FireEye vet as new SVP of worldwide sales

Wed, 14th Jun 2017
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breach prevention
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fireeye
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extrahop
The provider of real-time IT analytics has its sights set on the security market with plans to accelerate expansion using a new leader at the helm.
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Best of the best: Award winners of 10th Datacloud Europe announced

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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martech
BroadGroup recently announced the winners of this year's Datacloud Awards, highlighting innovation, inspiration and excellence in data centre & cloud.