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Digital Realty announces build of its third Singapore data centre

Wed, 30th Jan 2019
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The company has acquired land adjacent to its existing Singapore data centre and intends to build a 50 MW monster.
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Datto names new CEO as founder steps back

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Datto appoints Tim Weller as new CEO, succeeding founder Austin McChord, who will remain on the board. Weller has been pivotal in Datto's growth.
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CUJO AI and Cylance partner to secure connected homes

Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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63% of providers still use DNS blacklisting for end-user protection, and 45% do not feel confident they are ready to manage internet of things (IoT) security.
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Cloudera completes Hortonworks merger

Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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Cloudera has finalised its merger with Hortonworks to pioneer an enterprise data cloud, promising unprecedented data insights and analytics flexibility.
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STT GDC makes first foray into Thailand with new data centre

Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced they have finalised a joint venture partnership with TICON Industrial Connection PCL (TICON).
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Digital Realty nabs new executive appointment from Equinix

Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer could be the game plan that Digital Realty is currently following.
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Marriott sets up call centres to answer questions on data breach

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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Marriott has released an update on the breach of the Starwood guest reservation data breach which affected 500 million guests.
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Fujitsu's WA data centre undergoing efficiency upgrade

Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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Fujitsu's Malaga data centre in Perth has hit a four-star rating from National Australia Built Environment Rating System (NABERS).
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Singtel integrates cybersecurity capabilities under Trustwave banner

Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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Singtel has unified its cybersecurity capabilities under the Trustwave brand, creating one of the industry's most comprehensive global cybersecurity entities.
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500 million impacted by Marriott database breach

Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
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A root cause of the breach is currently unknown, but Marriott indicated that the intruders encrypted the information before exfiltrating the data.
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Digital Realty's not yet complete Osaka data centre lands big cloud provider

Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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Digital Realty secures a major deal with an anonymous global cloud provider for its forthcoming Digital Osaka 2 data centre, set to launch mid-2019.
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Digital Realty appoints new CIO and APAC MD

Wed, 28th Nov 2018
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Digital Realty names Gregory Wright as CIO and Mark Smith as MD for APAC, strengthening its global expansion strategy under CEO William Stein's leadership.
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Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.
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NEXTDC adds 9MW customer contracts at new Sydney data centre

Tue, 13th Nov 2018
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NEXTDC's Sydney S2 data center has increased its contracted commitment by 9MW, taking up 47% of total planned capacity.
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IBM targets hybrid cloud with VMware partnership

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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IBM and VMware partner at VMworld Europe to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption, offering tools to migrate-critical workloads and integrate modern applications.
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Hitachi Vantara bolsters analytics with REAN Cloud acquisition

Thu, 1st Nov 2018
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After revealing its intent in July this year, Hitachi Vantara has announced the completion of its acquisition of REAN Cloud.
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CyrusOne to develop hyperscale campus in Netherlands

Wed, 31st Oct 2018
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The company has entered a strategic partnership with the goal to develop the largest master planned data centre campus in Europe for its hyperscale customers.
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Interxion launching new data centres in Frankfurt & Marseille

Wed, 31st Oct 2018
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Relentless demand has given rise to further investment from Interxion, with the total price tag for the new facilities coming in at €315m.
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IBM to spend $34b to acquire Red Hat

Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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IBM is set to acquire Red Hat for USD $34 billion, marking a transformative move in the cloud market, positioning IBM as the leading hybrid cloud provider.
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Details of 9mil compromised in Cathay Pacific data leak

Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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Twenty-seven credit card numbers with no CVV were accessed, and the combination of data accessed varies for each affected passenger.