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Stories by Ashton - Page 44

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SAP releases new cloud tool to better connect resellers and customers
Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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sap
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channel infrastructure
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channel ecosystem
Sales organisations are now 'supercharging' their professionals with the SAP Hybris Sales Cloud solution that is built to maximise sales productivity.
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NSW govt backs Sydney software company to create 95 jobs
Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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edutech
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software
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it industry
NSW for Jobs has allocated a loan to Momentum Cloud with the software company aiming to create nearly 100 jobs in Australia over the next five years.
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AU govt echoes HP's recall of potentially fiery laptop batteries
Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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power / energy
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personal computing devices
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hp
The ACCC has reiterated HP’s recall with one of its own in an attempt to get Aussie consumers to check and replace their batteries if needed.
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EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant
Tue, 20th Feb 2018
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data protection
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breach prevention
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data privacy
Despite the low level of compliance, Forrester Research says these numbers are in fact 'encouraging' for a number of reasons.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Datacloud UK 2018 & Finance and Investment Forum
Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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hyperscale
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fintech
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dc
The events brought together enterprise customers and investors with the leading data centre & cloud players and experts in the industry.
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​Huge increase in email-borne attacks requires new thinking
Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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email security
More than 205 billion emails are sent and received every day with that number increasing every year - something hackers are keenly aware of.
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Google Cloud to snap up LogMeIn’s Xively for US$50m
Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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iot
Google indicated in a recent blog post that it means to use Xively as its launch pad into the ballooning IoT market.
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New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data
Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
​As if it wasn’t easy enough already, the lives for hackers has just been made a lot easier with a tool that lays bare AWS S3 servers.
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Data centre heavyweights team up to prove power of software-defined power
Sat, 17th Feb 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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multi-cloud
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power / energy
Virtual Power Systems, SAP, and Schneider Electric are working together to validate the use of software-defined power in data centres.
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Business confidence in Australia highest in 4 years
Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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it industry
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roy morgan research
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business confidence
The IT industry is one of the major drivers of confident businesses in Australia that are more likely to invest in growing their businesses this year.
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Gartner provides 7 steps for dealing with Spectre and Meltdown
Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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iaas
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
​No doubt you’ve heard of Spectre and Meltdown before, given security researchers are calling them ‘catastrophic’ - here's Gartner's advice.
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New advisory platform finds 41m PDFs part of a cyberattack in last 3 months
Fri, 16th Feb 2018
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malware
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firewalls
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ransomware
Barracuda announced the availability of its new platform that provides advanced threat trends in real time - along with some shocking findings.
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REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK
Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Bidwells has released a report that delves into the UK data centre market, the hot locations and whether data centres should go rural or city.
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67% of organisations say they're understaffed to handle cybersecurity
Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
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managed services
RiskIQ's survey paints a grim picture that forecasts a 'perfect storm' where the problem of staff shortages collides with escalating cybercrime.
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Interview: Vertiv VP says data centre energy usage to triple in next decade
Thu, 15th Feb 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Emiliano Cevenini says data centres need to invest in solutions to help them optimise their energy usage or risk falling by the wayside.
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Gartner says just 4% of CIOs have deployed ‘meaningful’ AI
Wed, 14th Feb 2018
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it automation
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ai
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analyst report
While there is a huge level of interest in AI tech, actual implementations are extremely low - here are the obstacles early adopters have faced.
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Winter Olympics hacked: Was it just disruptive or something more sinister?
Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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cybersecurity
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cisco
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cybercrime
The Winter Olympics recently fell victim to a cyberattack which seemed to be just a disruption, but this expert says there could be more behind it.
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Frankfurt to overtake London with largest data centre cluster in EU
Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Frankfurt is preparing for substantial extra growth over the next year, with more than 11 data centre expansions announced by major providers.
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Cryptocurrency exchange says it lost $195m to hackers – but is it a scam?
Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
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cybersecurity
BitGrail wasn't known to many until last week when it announced it had been hacked, but many experts believe all is not as it seems.
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CASE STUDY: Kelvin Hughes deploys Schneider Electric data centre solutions
Tue, 13th Feb 2018
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dr
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Kelvin Hughes IT manager says if the data centre fails then the company essentially stops trading, making a solution for easy monitoring imperative.