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AU govt echoes HP's recall of potentially fiery laptop batteries
Power / Energy

AU govt echoes HP's recall of potentially fiery laptop batteries

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018
Business confidence in Australia highest in 4 years
IT Industry

Business confidence in Australia highest in 4 years

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Feb 2018

Global Stories

EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant
Data Protection

EU companies least prepared for GDPR with just 26% fully compliant

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

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018
PHOTO GALLERY: Datacloud UK 2018 & Finance and Investment Forum
Hyperscale

PHOTO GALLERY: Datacloud UK 2018 & Finance and Investment Forum

The events brought together enterprise customers and investors with the leading data centre & cloud players and experts in the industry.

By Ashton Young • 1 min read • Mon, 19th Feb 2018
​Huge increase in email-borne attacks requires new thinking
Malware

​Huge increase in email-borne attacks requires new thinking

More than 205 billion emails are sent and received every day with that number increasing every year - something hackers are keenly aware of.

By Ashton Young • 1 min read • Mon, 19th Feb 2018
Google Cloud to snap up LogMeIn's Xively for US$50m
Hyperscale

Google Cloud to snap up LogMeIn's Xively for US$50m

Google indicated in a recent blog post that it means to use Xively as its launch pad into the ballooning IoT market.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 17th Feb 2018
New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data
DataCentre infrastructure

New malicious search engine trawls AWS servers for sensitive data

​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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 17th Feb 2018
Data centre heavyweights team up to prove power of software-defined power
DataCentre infrastructure

Data centre heavyweights team up to prove power of software-defined power

Virtual Power Systems, SAP, and Schneider Electric are working together to validate the use of software-defined power in data centres.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Sat, 17th Feb 2018
Gartner provides 7 steps for dealing with Spectre and Meltdown
Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Gartner provides 7 steps for dealing with Spectre and Meltdown

​No doubt you've heard of Spectre and Meltdown before, given security researchers are calling them 'catastrophic' - here's Gartner's advice.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 16th Feb 2018
New advisory platform finds 41m PDFs part of a cyberattack in last 3 months
Malware

New advisory platform finds 41m PDFs part of a cyberattack in last 3 months

Barracuda announced the availability of its new platform that provides advanced threat trends in real time - along with some shocking findings.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Feb 2018
REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK
Unified Communications

REVEALED: The top data centre hotspots for business in UK

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.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Feb 2018
67% of organisations say they're understaffed to handle cybersecurity
Semiconductors

67% of organisations say they're understaffed to handle cybersecurity

RiskIQ's survey paints a grim picture that forecasts a 'perfect storm' where the problem of staff shortages collides with escalating cybercrime.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Feb 2018
Interview: Vertiv VP says data centre energy usage to triple in next decade
DataCentre infrastructure

Interview: Vertiv VP says data centre energy usage to triple in next decade

Emiliano Cevenini says data centres need to invest in solutions to help them optimise their energy usage or risk falling by the wayside.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Feb 2018
Gartner says just 4% of CIOs have deployed 'meaningful' AI
IT Automation

Gartner says just 4% of CIOs have deployed 'meaningful' AI

While there is a huge level of interest in AI tech, actual implementations are extremely low - here are the obstacles early adopters have faced.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Feb 2018
Winter Olympics hacked: Was it just disruptive or something more sinister?
Cybersecurity

Winter Olympics hacked: Was it just disruptive or something more sinister?

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018
Frankfurt to overtake London with largest data centre cluster in EU
Hyperscale

Frankfurt to overtake London with largest data centre cluster in EU

Frankfurt is preparing for substantial extra growth over the next year, with more than 11 data centre expansions announced by major providers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018
Cryptocurrency exchange says it lost $195m to hackers – but is it a scam?
Crypto

Cryptocurrency exchange says it lost $195m to hackers – but is it a scam?

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018
CASE STUDY: Kelvin Hughes deploys Schneider Electric data centre solutions
Disaster Recovery

CASE STUDY: Kelvin Hughes deploys Schneider Electric data centre solutions

Kelvin Hughes IT manager says if the data centre fails then the company essentially stops trading, making a solution for easy monitoring imperative.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2018