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Where are all the women in tech? Survey finds answer

Fri, 2nd Mar 2018
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Gender equality is something the tech industry has always struggled with despite offering bright career and pay prospects.
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5G race ramping up with Huawei and Ericsson taking action

Thu, 1st Mar 2018
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​5G has been talked about for a number of years but the quest is really starting to heat up with the big players keen to express their handiwork.
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Cybercriminals likely to attempt GDPR extortion for greater ROI

Thu, 1st Mar 2018
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Trend Micro says cybercriminals are becoming more business-minded and are likely to target organisations that are trying to comply with GDPR.
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Rittal launches an edge data centre 'to go' solution

Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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Rittal unveils its Edge Data Centre, offering a ready-to-use, scalable IT infrastructure solution tailored for rapid deployment and IoT efficiency.
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Alibaba Cloud commits to EU with launch of 8 new products at MWC18

Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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The Chinese giant announced the launch of the new products for Europe at MWC 18, stressing its commitment to the region for the future.
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Ericsson CEO declares 5G “open for business” at MWC 2018

Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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5G has long been in development with no shortage of hype surrounding the term - but Ericsson's CEO said at MWC it is officially in the here and now.
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Unwanted cybercrime awards: Russia tops 'dark web medals' table

Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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RepKnight published an 'alternative olympics' medal table that details the countries that feature most heavily on the dark web - infographic included.
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Traditional data centres won't cut it for future energy consumption

Wed, 28th Feb 2018
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Policy Connect's report has revealed there are grim concerns that the demand for data and digital service will exceed energy efficiency gains.
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Cybercrime becomes most common form of fraud in UK

Tue, 27th Feb 2018
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PwC's study has found for the first time ever cybercrime has become the most common form of fraud with nearly a quarter resulting in a loss of £700k.
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Google's data centre investments in EU since 2007 exceed EUR 4.3b

Mon, 26th Feb 2018
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Google's data centre investments in EU have reaped widespread benefits according to a recent report from Copenhagen Economics - but change is needed.
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Netwise Hosting launches workplace recovery at its data centre

Sat, 24th Feb 2018
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Workplace recovery allows businesses to protect their operations from a systems and IT infrastructure perspective as well as their physical work area.
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Not-for-profit Bug Bounty project surpasses major milestone

Fri, 23rd Feb 2018
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​The Open Bug Bounty project has reached 100,000 fixed vulnerabilities and is showing no signs of slowing down with changes on the horizon.
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Are UK councils prioritising data collection over security?

Fri, 23rd Feb 2018
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A slamming report found 1 in 4 UK councils experienced a security breach in the last 5 years and more than half didn't even report the incident.
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Expert discusses HPC and benefits of moving data storage out of the city

Fri, 23rd Feb 2018
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For those looking to cut costs, moving non-critical IT requirements outside of their existing Tier 1 location could be an extremely effective measure.
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Check Point releases January's 'most wanted' malware

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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23% of organisations around the world were affected by Check Point's 'most wanted' malware in January, a 'lucrative' revenue stream for criminals.
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Expert says smart cities will require significant data centre infrastructure

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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London was recently named as one of the smart city leaders, but there is still a long way to go as it requires huge amounts of computing power.
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Apple or Android? Smartphone sales surge 11% in AU

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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9.2m smartphones were sold in 2017, a big increase from last year that was largely driven by a 'replacement cycle' from one of the major OS.
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INTERVIEW: What Google's decision to distrust Symantec certificates means

Wed, 21st Feb 2018
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Last year Chrome announced a formal plan to remove trust from Symantec-issued certificates - Venafi's Walter Goulet discusses the implications.
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INTERVIEW: Kao Data celebrates new London data centre and chairman

Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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After launching a data centre campus in London and hiring a new chairman, we spoke to Kao's COO about some of the technical aspects of the facility.
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EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant

Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.