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Interxion and Google partner to offer direct GCP connectivity
Hyperscale

Interxion and Google partner to offer direct GCP connectivity

Interxion is adding to its lineup of cloud providers with new dedicated access to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) across its Europe footprint.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Aug 2018
Toasty! Excess heat from DigiPlex data centre to warm thousands of homes
DataCentre infrastructure

Toasty! Excess heat from DigiPlex data centre to warm thousands of homes

Reuse and recycle is a slogan that is becoming increasingly critical to our existence on this planet, and something DigiPlex has taken note of.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Aug 2018
Bringing a gun to a gunfight: Countering AI-enabled threats
Security Information and Event Management

Bringing a gun to a gunfight: Countering AI-enabled threats

Artificial intelligence can reduce human effort and lower the time needed to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Aug 2018
DigiPlex reveals new collaboration with AWS for Norway market
Hyperscale

DigiPlex reveals new collaboration with AWS for Norway market

The company has made its intentions clear for the Nordic region with this news coming hot on the heels of new data centres in Sweden.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Aug 2018
Microsoft livestreams underwater life near Scotland data centre
DataCentre infrastructure

Microsoft livestreams underwater life near Scotland data centre

Microsoft announced that it had launched an underwater data centre in Scotland, but who knew that it would be so attractive to fish?.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Aug 2018
StorageCraft announces improvements to DRaaS offerings
Disaster Recovery

StorageCraft announces improvements to DRaaS offerings

StorageCraft enhances its DRaaS offerings for MSPs with cloud pooling, one-click recovery, and 30-day free virtualisation to bolster margins and market reach.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Aug 2018
Colt Data Centre Services & INAP commit to global alliance
Hyperscale

Colt Data Centre Services & INAP commit to global alliance

Colt Data Centre Services and Internap (INAP) have announced a global, multi-year alliance to be based in North London.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Aug 2018
Data classification: What's the point of brushing off 'digital dust'?
Storage

Data classification: What's the point of brushing off 'digital dust'?

To a lot of us data is boring but a necessary evil. Our organisations create documents that end up being stored somewhere, gathering digital dust.

By Jan van Vliet • 5 min read • Wed, 8th Aug 2018
Hydro66 boosts Sweden data centre expertise & capacity
DataCentre infrastructure

Hydro66 boosts Sweden data centre expertise & capacity

Sweden-based data centre operator Hydro66 has continued to bank on strong company growth to boost staff, data centre builds, and capacity.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Aug 2018
Lenovo implements water cooling at the University of Birmingham
DataCentre infrastructure

Lenovo implements water cooling at the University of Birmingham

The university project, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is projected to reduce cooling energy by up to 83%.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Aug 2018
CA Technologies joins EU 'privacy by design' research project
Marketing Technologies

CA Technologies joins EU 'privacy by design' research project

CA Technologies is one of eight technology partners that will shape a European research project designed to facilitate software privacy by design.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Aug 2018
Diligent and Brainloop fortify cloud governance offering
Storage

Diligent and Brainloop fortify cloud governance offering

Diligent completes acquisition of Brainloop, making it the leading supplier of high-security collaboration software in Europe.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Aug 2018
Something old, nothing new: Cybercrims still rely on spam
Malware

Something old, nothing new: Cybercrims still rely on spam

The probability of a recipient opening an email increases 12% if the email claims to come from a known individual.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Aug 2018
Getronics completes acquisition of ITS Overlap in France
ICT services

Getronics completes acquisition of ITS Overlap in France

Getronics strengthens its foothold in France by acquiring leading ICT integrator ITS Overlap, enhancing its services for 400 customers and annual €50m turnover.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Aug 2018
Exclusive: Tackling the challenges faced by women in cybersecurity
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Exclusive: Tackling the challenges faced by women in cybersecurity

Some companies though do an incredible job of recruiting women into their workforces, but they have problems retaining them.

By Kai Ping Lew • 5 min read • Fri, 3rd Aug 2018
CyberArk launches SAP-certified privileged access security solution
Privileged Access Management

CyberArk launches SAP-certified privileged access security solution

Credentials for SAP applications and systems are sought out by attackers to gain access to business-critical information and assets.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Aug 2018
Whitepaper: Warmer water can improve the cost of data centre cooling
DataCentre infrastructure

Whitepaper: Warmer water can improve the cost of data centre cooling

Research from Schneider Electric finds turning up the temperature can lower data centre PUE to provide energy savings of up to 64%.

By Paul Lin • 7 min read • Thu, 2nd Aug 2018
Exclusive: HPE's multicloud strategy and securing the edge
Edge Computing

Exclusive: HPE's multicloud strategy and securing the edge

SecurityBrief spoke to HPE ProLiant and Cloudline servers global business unit VP and GM Justin Hotard to gain an insight on HPE's server strategy.

By Kai Ping Lew • 6 min read • Thu, 2nd Aug 2018
User passwords and email addresses compromised in Reddit breach
Multi-factor authentication

User passwords and email addresses compromised in Reddit breach

Its primary access points for code and infrastructure had required two-factor authentication via SMS, and the main attack intercepted the text.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd Aug 2018