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Interconnection

Blue Wireless expands 5G portfolio into the Americas

Thu, 3rd Sep 2020
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Blue Wireless expands its 5G portfolio and enters the Americas market, bringing its total reach to 61 countries.
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Attack surface security vendor launches channel programme

Mon, 17th Aug 2020
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CyCognito enables users to identify externally-exposed systems and digital assets that are either unknown, uncontrolled or abandoned.
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Three key driving techniques that apply to the network

Fri, 24th Jul 2020
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Network packets can be deceptive, just like a bus full of hairdressers or a pickup truck driven by grandma. Don't assume, inspect. #networksecurity.
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CIOs put too much trust in TLS certificates - survey

Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
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Despite the prolific usage of TLS certificates within organisations, many CIOs aren't concerned about security risks associated with TLS machine identities.
Cloud7

Interxion and RStor announce partnership, with eye on storage solutions

Wed, 3rd Jun 2020
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storage
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multi-cloud
Interxion partners with RStor to offer advanced cloud storage solutions, enhancing disaster recovery, scalable infrastructure, and high-performance computing.
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WHO urges caution after emails, passwords stolen

Wed, 29th Apr 2020
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email security
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breach prevention
Approximately 450 active WHO email addresses and passwords, and emails belonging to others working on fighting COVID-19, were leaked on the internet.
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Wipro invests in Microsoft partnership with dedicated business unit

Fri, 20th Mar 2020
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microsoft
Wipro launches a Microsoft Business Unit to accelerate digital transformation with Azure-powered solutions, enhancing cloud adoption and innovation globally.
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Zero trust security gaining momentum as a cybersecurity model

Fri, 20th Mar 2020
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cybersecurity
Interest in zero trust security is on the rise, with TeleGeography's latest report showing increased attention from CISOs despite just 8% implementation so far.
Customer acquisition

Veeam announces new executive on heels of suite launch

Fri, 21st Feb 2020
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cybersecurity
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Veeam appoints Gil Vega as Chief Information Security Officer, alongside launching its new Veeam Availability Suite v10 to enhance data protection.
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Equinix taps Oracle Exadata to bolster performance improvement

Fri, 14th Feb 2020
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data analytics
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hyperscale
According to Equinix, it has experienced major improvements in transaction processing and data warehouse analytics.
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Stevie Awards for Women in Business winners announced

Mon, 18th Nov 2019
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banking
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dubai
The 16th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business celebrated women executives globally, with over 1,500 nominations and attendees from four continents.
Black

Agritech co-op LIC appoints Andrea Black as new CIO

Tue, 1st Oct 2019
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Agritech co-operative LIC has appointed former Genesis Energy executive Andrea Black as its new chief information officer.
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CyrusOne turns to internal promotion for CIO role

Tue, 30th Jul 2019
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CyrusOne promotes Bill Williams to CIO, recognising his pivotal role in shaping the firm's technology and connectivity offerings since 2012.
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Orange business services to transform Sony's global network

Tue, 9th Jul 2019
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network infrastructure
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sdn
The SD-WAN future-proof platform will enable Sony to share IT talent and have complete end-to-end visibility for improved global service agility.
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Okta announces security layer for on-prem apps

Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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hybrid cloud
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cloud security
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iaas
Okta debuts Okta Access Gateway at Oktane19, enhancing secure single sign-on for on-premises applications. Set for release later this year.
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Certificate-related outages impact 60% of businesses - Venafi

Mon, 1st Apr 2019
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Certificate-related outages harm the reliability and availability of vital network systems and services while also being difficult to diagnose and remediate.
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Cybersecurity as a service answer to urgent change

Fri, 15th Feb 2019
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cybersecurity
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opinion
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security-as-a-service
Alan Calder believes a CSaaS model can enable a company to build a cyber resilience strategy in a coherent and consistent manner.
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Gartner: Governments to invest in analytics, security in 2019

Thu, 31st Jan 2019
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data analytics
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planning
Gartner has released the results of its 2019 CIO Survey, showing that Governments worldwide are set to scale up their investment in data analytics.
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Broadcom's board of directors nab former Google Cloud COO

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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supply chain
Broadcom appoints former Google Cloud COO Diane Bryant to its board of directors, leveraging her three-decade IT career to enhance its strategic growth.
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Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.