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Report: Enterprise server demand underwhelming for 4Q17

Tue, 20th Mar 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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A report by Dell'Oro Group has shown that high memory costs contributed to a slower than expected Purley refresh cycle slowing sales in the quarter.
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Facebook breach of 50 MILLION profiles: What we know so far

Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
A whistleblower has uncovered the practices of his illicit company, which include stealing the details of 50m Facebook users to help Trump's campaign.
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Facebook says 'no more': Cryptocurrency ads banned from social network

Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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crypto
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blockchain
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email security
Facebook has now banned all advertising for financial products such as cryptocurrencies, binary options and initial coin offerings.
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Kasten emerges from the shadows with new data management platform

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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virtualisation
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dr
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open source
Kasten unveils its K10 platform at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, offering innovative data management for stateful containerised apps across Kubernetes deployments.
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Huge tech leaders come together for open source licensing initiative

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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open source
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google
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cloud services
Red Hat, Facebook, Google and IBM have come together to promote greater fairness and predictability in license enforcement.
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Cumulus Networks expands into data centre interconnect market

Wed, 8th Nov 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
​The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit is currently under way in Santa Clara, California – and has already yielded some big news.
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Is social media now almost impossible to monetise unless you're an industry giant?

Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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facebook
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instagram
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social media
MarketLine asks whether a social media business model based on building popularity before monetisation is fundamentally flawed.
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Bot services market worth US$1,783.9m by 2022 – APAC the driver

Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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uc
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hyperscale
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public cloud
​A new research report from MarketsandMarkets has forecast very positive times ahead for the bot services market, with APAC leading the way.
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BlueJeans announces video meeting integrations with Facebook and Samsung

Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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uc
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samsung
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cloud services
BlueJeans partners with Facebook and Samsung to enhance video meetings, boosting work flexibility and connectivity.
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Yikes! What to do when your Facebook group is hijacked by competitors

Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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martech
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facebook
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marketing
SMBs often find creating groups and participating on social media a good way to gain exposure, but we can't always control how they're used.
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It's time to consider other cooling options for Open Compute Project data centers

Thu, 24th Aug 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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facebook
Indirect air economizer cooling, for example, greatly extends the geographies in which air economizer modes of cooling can be used.
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The end is nigh: Adobe to disable Flash Player by 2020

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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martech
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microsoft
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youtube
Browser vendors are integrating capabilities once provided by plugins directly, given this progress, Adobe has decided to end the life of Flash...
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Going rogue: The challenges of AI in customer service

Tue, 27th Jun 2017
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uc
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cx
AI technologies are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and can add immense value to organisations — but they are by no means foolproof.
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LinkedIn's 2017 Global Top Companies list - did you make the cut?

Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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healthtech
Schneider Electric, a global organisation that specialises in energy management and automation, is one of the companies that made the list.
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Cybercriminals use verified API token to generate Facebook spam comments

Fri, 28th Apr 2017
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api
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cybersecurity
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facebook
In exchange for more 'likes' and comments on their own timelines, users are enticed to provide the app's access token to a third-party website.
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How to speak like a data center geek: Virtual reality

Fri, 17th Mar 2017
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hyperscale
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dc
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ar, vr & metaverse
Tech giants like Facebook are all in, with the company saying it could spend $3 billion in the next decade to improve virtual reality.
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Facebook ups the ante on security

Tue, 7th Feb 2017
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
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facebook
Facebook introduces a Security Key feature, enhancing user protection with a physical device that ensures easier, faster, and more secure logins.
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The chatbot comeback – is your business ready?

Thu, 19th Jan 2017
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uc
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martech
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agentic ai
Despite being born in 2011, it has only been in the last couple of years that businesses have begun to realise how valuable chatbots could be.
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Check Point uncovers new ransomware threat using images and social media

Wed, 30th Nov 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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facebook
Security researchers have discovered a new attack vector, named ImageGate, that embeds malware in image files on social media platforms.
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What the U.S election means for the tech sector

Wed, 9th Nov 2016
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healthtech
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apple
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facebook
As the U.S. election looms, the tech sector braces for the impact of policies by future POTUS on innovation and growth.