How do I select a data storage solution for my business?

We live in the age of data. We are constantly producing it, analyzing it, figuring out how to store and protect it, and, hopefully, using it to refine business practices. Unfortunately, 58% of organizations make decisions based on outdated data. While … Continue reading How do I select a data storage solution for my business?

NUVIA raises $240M from Mithril to make climate-ready enterprise chips

Climate change is on everyone’s minds these days, what with the outer Bay Area on fire, orange skies above San Francisco, and a hurricane season that is bearing down on the East Coast with alacrity (and that’s just the United States in the past two weeks). A major — and growing — source of those […] Continue reading NUVIA raises $240M from Mithril to make climate-ready enterprise chips

Underwater Datacenter Proves To Be A Success

Back in 2018, Microsoft began Project Natick, deploying a custom-designed data center to the sea floor off the coast of Scotland. Aiming to determine whether the underwater environment would bring benefits to energy efficiency, reliability, and performance, the project was spawned during ThinkWeek in 2014, an event designed to share …read more

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Microsoft retrieves its experimental underwater data center

Data centers are fast becoming one of the most power-hungry industries, since they require such heavy-duty cooling and maintenance. Microsoft has now finished a two-year test of an unconventional solution – dropping a data center to the bottom of the s… Continue reading Microsoft retrieves its experimental underwater data center

Netwalker Ransomware Operators Want $4.5 Million from Data Center Giant Equinix

The infamous Netwalker hacking group this week breached the security layers of data center giant Equinix and encrypted the data of its clients. A source shared the Netwalker ransom note with BleepingComputer, revealing that the attack occurred over the… Continue reading Netwalker Ransomware Operators Want $4.5 Million from Data Center Giant Equinix

Data center ethernet switches deployment increasing 12% year-over-year

Despite COVID-related supply and demand disruptions, customers deployed more data center ethernet switches in the first half of 2020 than they did in the same year-ago period, according to Crehan Research. Port shipments increased by 12% year-over-year… Continue reading Data center ethernet switches deployment increasing 12% year-over-year

Attackers are exploiting two zero-day flaws in Cisco enterprise-grade routers

A technical support intervention has revealed two zero-day vulnerabilities in the OS running on Cisco enterprise-grade routers that attackers are trying to actively exploit. Cisco plans to release software updates to plug these security holes, but in t… Continue reading Attackers are exploiting two zero-day flaws in Cisco enterprise-grade routers

Stop Treating Your Data Center Like a Block Tower

Today, data centers are taking on new shapes and sizes and are existing in all-new locations, from traditional on-site operations to subsea locations with special cooling mechanisms. But one simple fact remains: Securing data centers is vital to any n… Continue reading Stop Treating Your Data Center Like a Block Tower

ERP security: Dispelling common misconceptions

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are an indispensable tool for most businesses. They allow them to track business resources and commitments in real time and to manage day-to-day business processes (e.g., procurement, project management, manuf… Continue reading ERP security: Dispelling common misconceptions