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Becky Pinkard to be inducted into Infosecurity Europe's Hall of Fame
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digital transformation
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cybersecurity
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hall of fame
Diversity advocate and renowned practitioner Becky Pinkard, will be inaugurated into Infosecurity Europe's esteemed Hall of Fame.

Brite extends payouts coverage to central and eastern Europe
Thu, 16th Mar 2023
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fintech
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payment gateways
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secure i.t.
The expansion into Croatia, Romania and Hungary brings Brite’s total market reach to 24 markets across the complex Europe landscape.

The GDPR and NZ: Why this relationship is so important to the future of data privacy in Aotearoa
Mon, 29th Nov 2021
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data protection
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pam
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gdpr
In 2018, a new unprecedented data privacy law took the EU and, by association, the rest of the world by storm.

APAC drives multi-billion dollar growth in private network deployments
Thu, 25th Mar 2021
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5g
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wireless networks
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abi research
The APAC market network opportunity will reach almost US$7 billion by 2025.

O365 a weak point ripe for exploit, say security professionals
Wed, 24th Mar 2021
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ai
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microsoft
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breach prevention
71% of more than 1,000 security professionals have been on the receiving end of a Microsoft 365 account takeover, on average, seven times in the last year alone.

Fortinet achieves 400 integrations of Open Fabric Ecosystem
Thu, 18th Mar 2021
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firewall
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network management
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devops
Fortinet EVP of products and CMO John Maddison says that the ecosystem aims to improve security, reduce complexity, and simplify operations.

Lenovo DCG onboards AMD's new EPYC processors
Wed, 17th Mar 2021
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converged infrastructure
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servers
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amd
Lenovo's new servers and solutions contain AMD’s new EPYC 7003 processors, which were officially launched to market this week.

IDC: cloud computing could prevent 1b tonnes of CO2 emissions
Thu, 11th Mar 2021
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
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idc
The reduction is, in part, due to the theory that aggregated compute resources across enterprise and large data centres are more efficient.

Staff sharing sensitive company data through IM & collaboration tools - Veritas
Thu, 11th Mar 2021
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uc
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wfh
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cybersecurity
Client information, HR issues and business contracts, plans, and COVID-19 test results are commonly exposed.

Tencent Cloud to open internet data centre hub in Bahrain
Thu, 4th Mar 2021
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tencent
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cloud data center
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tencent cloud
“We will launch all necessary steps to set up a brand-new internet data centre in Bahrain to provide better coverage all over the Middle East and North African regions."

Sophos announces collaboration with Qualcomm for PC security
Mon, 1st Mar 2021
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firewall
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pc hardware
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network management
This unification enables a connected, interactive computing environment that combines smartphone and PC technology to deliver security capabilities and opportunities, the company states.

CISOs, don't underestimate the importance of soft skills
Thu, 18th Feb 2021
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cybersecurity
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f-secure
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cisos
There is increasing importance on Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) having and developing the skill of emotional intelligence, a new report states.

DE-CIX: 32 exabytes of data flowed through internet's veins in 2020
Wed, 17th Feb 2021
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colocation
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data center interconnection
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internet
With as much as 32 exabytes of total traffic traversing networks - that’s the equivalent of a video call that lasts eight million years.

Trend Micro expands XDR capabilities through new platform
Tue, 16th Feb 2021
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storage
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endpoint protection
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cybersecurity
Trend Micro has rolled out new extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities through a new platform called Vision One.

Lenovo DCG backs modernisation of Netherlands supercomputer
Fri, 12th Feb 2021
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servers
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lenovo
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supercomputer
The company will become part of an effort to create the ‘largest and most powerful’ supercomputer in the Netherlands - a project worth €20 million.

Frost & Sullivan recognises Tencent Cloud's competitive strategy
Wed, 10th Feb 2021
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cloud services
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iaas
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frost & sullivan
“Although relatively new to the cloud market, Tencent Cloud has become one of the fastest-growing players to penetrate the global industry.”

Cybercriminals leverage remote desktop protocol to brute force attacks
Tue, 9th Feb 2021
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malware
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botnet
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remote desktop services
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks surged during 2020, and their severity should not be underestimated.

Agent Tesla Trojan can evade endpoint protection, Sophos reports
Thu, 4th Feb 2021
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malware
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firewall
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network management
Agent Tesla originally surfaced in 2014. It is widely available on criminal marketplaces, and continues to evolve.

University commits 10 years to uncovering 'data centre of the future'
Thu, 4th Feb 2021
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
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data center planning
Researchers say about 1% of the world’s energy is used to power data centres - but that number will climb to as much as 8% by 2030.

Euro data center & cloud providers commit to climate neutrality by 2030
Wed, 27th Jan 2021
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sustainable it
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
The initiative is called the Climate Neutral Data Centre pact and is entirely self-regulated by its signatories.

DDoS ransom attacks flare up again after brief hiatus
Mon, 25th Jan 2021
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malware
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ddos
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ransomware
The second wave of attacks in December and January targeted organisations that were hit the first time and did not respond or pay the ransom.

Wistron & Kalray unveil data centre storage appliance
Mon, 25th Jan 2021
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storage
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data center management
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all-flash storage
The NVMe-oF-based appliance is designed to increase data centre performance.

OVHcloud, IBM, Atempo Group develop tape-based SaaS for data centres
Thu, 21st Jan 2021
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storage
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ibm
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cloud storage
The offering will be based on IBM’s 3592 enterprise tape technologies and leverage Atempo’s Miria platform, while OVHcloud will host and operate it through data centres in the French territory.

Juniper Networks and Turk Telekom Group work to develop Open RAN 5G ecosystem
Wed, 20th Jan 2021
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5g
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wireless networks
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juniper networks
Juniper Networks and Turk Telekom Group have completed their technology and commercial partnership, designed to support the development of the Open RAN 5G ecosystem.