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Russian hackers steal from US government again – expert says US at fault

Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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Piers Wilson says that in some ways, it is genuinely shocking that the NSA has allowed a contractor to expose vital US cyber-defence data like this.
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DataCentres Ireland: Free to attend with more than 1,000 industry experts

Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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data privacy
​The largest and longest-running national event of its kind is fast approaching to explain why leading multinationals choose Ireland.
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Report finds email is the go-to weapon in hackers' arsenals

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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Symantec has revealed malicious emails are on the rise, racking up over US$5 billion and costing businesses more than $115,000 a year.
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Study reveals boardroom to be chink in cybersecurity armour

Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Leadership and board of director teams are proving to be the weak link in cybersecurity for organisations, according to new research from ISACA.
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Is this SDN 2.0? Apstra founder reveals new innovation

Tue, 3rd Oct 2017
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Apstra's newest release delivers the first intent-based integrated underlay and overlay solution for the data centre network.
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GÉANT partners with Microsoft to enable Azure for European research

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
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iaas
The end-goal, according to GÉANT, is to make powerful cloud computing environments more accessible to the research and education communities.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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Europol: Legislation overhaul needed as cybercrime is 'unprecedented'

Sat, 30th Sep 2017
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A new report from Europol has revealed cybercrime is running rampant with ransomware reigning supreme - and a crackdown on criminals is essential.
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VIRTUS reveals plans for biggest data centre campus in London

Fri, 29th Sep 2017
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VIRTUS Data Centres has announced its rapid expansion continues with plans for two new adjacent facilities on a single campus near Stockley Park.
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Republic of Sierra Leone to become Africa's first ever 'smart country'

Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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virtualisation
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data analytics
​Sierra Leone has entered a nationwide digitisation program that its president is asserting will forever change its global digital standing.
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Hackers steal data through 'easy back door' in massive Deloitte breach

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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​In just the last few weeks we've had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.
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Gartner: The battle for the cloud has not even started yet

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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Andrew White has an interesting framework to look at the battle for the cloud today and where he thinks it will go in the not too distant future.
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Misco opts with Oracle NetSuite because of local EU data centres

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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According to Misco, the decision was made easy given NetSuite's range of data centres across Europe and in particular the Netherlands.
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VASCO and Nuvias expand agreement from two EMEA countries to 21

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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resellers
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distributors
​The rapid rise of cybercrime has been one of the main drivers in the expansion of this existing distributor agreement.
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Two becomes one with Workspace Technology acquisition

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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colocation
Workspace Technology recently announced the acquisition of Server Room Maintenance LLP and the merging of its offices.
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More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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ransomware
Over a quarter of British councils hit by ransomware, yet no ransoms paid due to effective backups, reports Barracuda Networks.
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Businesses paid $301 million to ransomware hackers last year

Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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ransomware
Datto has revealed the results of its latest study of ransomware around the world that are concerning to say the very least.
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Vexata emerges after 3 years in 'stealth mode' to launch revolutionary product

Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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storage
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network infrastructure
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emc
The company was founded by a flash-storage executive who left Dell EMC in 2013 because he sought to solve an underlying active-data problem.
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Data centre infrastructure will 'need new approaches' to cope with new tech

Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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COBO President Brad Booth asserts new technologies like AI, 5G, and the IoT will require significant changes to data centre infrastructure.
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England's second largest police force still reliant on vulnerable Windows XP

Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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windows
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The Greater Manchester police have revealed more than one in five of its computers are still running an OS that has been unsupported since 2014.