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UK's silicon photonics consortium welcomes £4.8 million boost to R&D

Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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energy efficient
Silicon photonics is seen as one of the key technologies to solve the surging volumes of IP traffic using astronomic volumes of energy.
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Burgeoning data centre colocation market to double its size by 2022

Thu, 13th Jul 2017
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​New research from MarketsandMarkets has revealed a very positive forecast for the data centre colocation market.
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OVH raises €400 million to accelerate global data centre growth

Wed, 12th Jul 2017
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​OVH has signalled its intentions for the future with a huge funding round to support its strategic developments & continued growth around the world.
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Rittal joins industry heavyweights to promote standardisation

Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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The rack producer has joined global vendors like HPE and GE Digital in the Open19 Foundation to help cut costs, save power and increase flexibility.
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Ivanti completes tenth acquisition in five years - RES Software

Fri, 7th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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it automation
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res software
Ivanti further bolsters IT arsenal, acquiring RES Software as its tenth notch in a rapid five-year expansion drive.
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Khonology: Competition or collaboration between fintech and banks?

Thu, 6th Jul 2017
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fintech
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payment technologies
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crowdfunding
Fintech firms are posing competition to traditional financial institutions after the 2008 financial crisis, says crowdfunding provider WLCF.
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Organisations should test-drive business plans for continuity and cyber-resilience

Wed, 5th Jul 2017
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dr
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cloud services
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business continuity
Testing, and particularly crisis simulations and penetration testing, help identify weaknesses and also help to refine the business continuity plan.
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Report: Cyber Europe event forged strong EU cooperation in face of simulated cyber attacks

Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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education, learning & training
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computer simulations
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cyber attacks
The digital age could boost Europe's economy by EUR 415bn/year, but how does a cyber attack affect the global economy? #CyberSecurity.
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ADVA Optical Networking acquires MRV Communications

Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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Germany's ADVA Optical Networking set to acquire US-based MRV Communications, expanding its reach in the network solutions market.
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Zadara Storage launches third Europe AWS region, headquartered in London

Fri, 30th Jun 2017
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public cloud
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Zadara Storage expands its Storage as a Service platform in Europe, launching a new AWS region in London to meet growing demand, in partnership with Equinix.
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Ovum says security industry 'finally' coming round to automation

Fri, 23rd Jun 2017
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Ovum analyst, Rik Turner says the security industry may at last be waking up to automation, probably at its' customers behest.
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Lenovo launches largest data centre portfolio in its history

Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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Lenovo recently unveiled its largest ever and most comprehensive portfolio of server, storage, networking, software and data centre services.
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The malware that brought down Ukraine – is it really that sophisticated?

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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cybersecurity
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hackers
Tenable director says the significance of this malware as a stand-alone event is in fact quite small - but vendors have some catching up to do.
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IBM opens new data centre in Poland with cognitive capabilities

Tue, 20th Jun 2017
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IBM Security recently announced the launch of its new European IBM X-Force Command Centre to bolster data security in Europe.
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Case Study: How Volta and Next Connex's partnership has progressed one year on

Fri, 16th Jun 2017
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colocation
In January 2016, Volta and Next Connex entered a partnership- now the companies have released a case study on how things have progressed.
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Best of the best: Award winners of 10th Datacloud Europe announced

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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martech
BroadGroup recently announced the winners of this year's Datacloud Awards, highlighting innovation, inspiration and excellence in data centre & cloud.
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The 5 essential pillars of big data GDPR compliance

Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Almost exactly one year from today, on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the European Union.
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GCHQ deputy director - 'Cybersecurity vendors need to quit their scaremongering'

Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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Cybersecurity experts warn that the industry is far behind where it needs to be, making it too easy for cybercriminals to operate.
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Photo Gallery: NetEvents European Spotlight - a meeting of global vendors

Tue, 6th Jun 2017
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We were in London for a recent conference where vendors convened to discuss the state of IT and where it is going next - check out the photos.
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Global trendsetters & innovators convene at NetEvents to chew over what's next

Mon, 5th Jun 2017
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We're currently in London at the NetEvents conference where innovators in cloud, IoT, AI & security have congregated to discuss the future.