Europe (European) stories - Page 74
Gartner: The battle for the cloud has not even started yet
Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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saas
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paas
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iaas
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.
Misco opts with Oracle NetSuite because of local EU data centres
Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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financial systems
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fintech
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supply chain systems
According to Misco, the decision was made easy given NetSuite’s range of data centres across Europe and in particular the Netherlands.
VASCO and Nuvias expand agreement from two EMEA countries to 21
Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
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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.
Two becomes one with Workspace Technology acquisition
Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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hyperscale
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daas
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colocation
Workspace Technology recently announced the acquisition of Server Room Maintenance LLP and the merging of its offices.
More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware
Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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firewalls
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ransomware
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malware
Over a quarter of British councils hit by ransomware, yet no ransoms paid due to effective backups, reports Barracuda Networks.
Businesses paid $301 million to ransomware hackers last year
Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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malware
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dr
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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.
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.
Data centre infrastructure will 'need new approaches' to cope with new tech
Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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uc
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hyperscale
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iot
COBO President Brad Booth asserts new technologies like AI, 5G, and the IoT will require significant changes to data centre infrastructure.
England’s second largest police force still reliant on vulnerable Windows XP
Thu, 21st Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
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infoblox
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.
First half of 2017 sees 164% increase in stolen or compromised records
Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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gemalto
There were 918 data breaches that led to a staggering 1.9 billion records being compromised around the world in the first half of 2017 alone.
5 data centre infrastructure management myths debunked
Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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virtualisation
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Nlyte's Mark Gaydos exposes five common myths surrounding data centre infrastructure and warns to not succumb to them.
South Africa overtakes other nations in leapfrog up cloud curve
Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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digital transformation
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iaas
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cloud adoption
The country may have been late to the party when it came to cloud strategies, but the Routed MD says this has resulted in some positives.
Equifax and its 143m customers just the ‘first known victims’
Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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patching
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security vulnerabilities
Equifax breach reveals well-known vulnerability, patch available long before attack, says Flexera. More hacks likely to come.
Hot forecast for the data centre cooling market with 14.95% CAGR
Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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hyperscale
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datacentre infrastructure
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cleantech
OBRC asserts the rise of the data centre cooling market is being driven by cloud adoption in particular, growing at 6x the rate of IT spending.
BT invests to expand cybersecurity presence down under
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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cybersecurity
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r&d
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bt
BT and the New South Wales Government have announced the opening of a new global cybersecurity research and development hub in Sydney.
Regulation a ‘major step forward for EU’s cloud industry’
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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hybrid cloud
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
Cloud infrastructure providers have given the thumbs up to the proposed regulation from the European Commission on the ‘Free Flow of Data' in the EU.
Will newcomer internet provider Rain reign supreme?
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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uc
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rain
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telco
The new internet provider is taking the slow and steady route to win over the South African market, but will it be enough?.
6 months under siege: the malware story so far in 2017
Sat, 16th Sep 2017
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ransomware
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malware
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cybersecurity
Maya Horowitz, Threat Intelligence Group Manager at Check Point explores the major trends in global malware attacks during the first half of 2017.
Global survey reveals costs, benefits & challenges of cloud migration
Fri, 15th Sep 2017
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migration
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
A recent global report delved into businesses and their respective cloud migrations – and just how successful they were.
Nordic data centre investment tops US$3b in last 12-18 months alone
Fri, 15th Sep 2017
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hyperscale
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power / energy
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broadgroup
New findings have revealed the data centre market in the Nordic region appears to be steaming ahead, with its perfect conditions driving investment.