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Startups owned by women attract less funds – but earn more money
Entrepreneur

Startups owned by women attract less funds – but earn more money

A study has revealed the average women-owned startup receives less than half the funding of their male counterparts, despite earning more revenue.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Jun 2018

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Equinix, EBRC, EvoSwitch, & SAP Cloud ERP among 2018 Datacloud Awards' winners
Hyperscale

Equinix, EBRC, EvoSwitch, & SAP Cloud ERP among 2018 Datacloud Awards' winners

Last night saw the 11th Datacloud Awards take place in Monaco with many companies and individuals gracing the stage - check out the full list here.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 13th Jun 2018
Kao Data to become Europe's first OCP-certified data centre
Hyperscale

Kao Data to become Europe's first OCP-certified data centre

​Kao Data's London One facility has met the requirements for companies looking to harness benefits of Open Compute Project (OCP) equipment.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
Mimecast bets on German growth with two new data centres
Hyperscale

Mimecast bets on German growth with two new data centres

Mimecast has 'invested heavily' into Germany with the opening of two facilities in Munich to capitalise on Germany's migration to the cloud.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
China growth drives rebound in Passive Optical Network market
Optical Networking

China growth drives rebound in Passive Optical Network market

​After a period of continuous decline, a new report has found the Passive Optical Network (PON) market has bounced back - but it could be short-lived.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
HPE seeks to 'redefine' storage networking with new M-series
Storage

HPE seeks to 'redefine' storage networking with new M-series

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled new storage networking innovations to enhance performance and efficiency.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
Ziften marketing SVP talks Europe expansion and future of endpoint security
Endpoint Protection

Ziften marketing SVP talks Europe expansion and future of endpoint security

​At InfoSec Europe in London we were able to sit down with a few members of the team from Ziften, including marketing SVP Roark Pollock.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Jun 2018
Relentless demand drives expansion of Hydro66 data centre
Hyperscale

Relentless demand drives expansion of Hydro66 data centre

Later this year Hydro66 will make available 8 MW and 400 racks over 1,000 square metres of IT space at its colocation data centre in Sweden.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 8th Jun 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Palo Alto analyst unwraps mentality of cybercrime
Malware

EXCLUSIVE: Palo Alto analyst unwraps mentality of cybercrime

Threat intelligence analyst Alex Hinchliffe discusses the constant rise of cybercrime, how it's changing, and the possibility of cyber warfare.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 8th Jun 2018
Aruba goes hyperscale with €300m data centre in Italy
DataCentre infrastructure

Aruba goes hyperscale with €300m data centre in Italy

With a whopping floor space of 52,000 square metres, the new data centre is expected to bring in around 200 new jobs.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Jun 2018
Day 2 of InfoSec EU 18 wraps up – here's some of the main highlights
Cybersecurity

Day 2 of InfoSec EU 18 wraps up – here's some of the main highlights

Some of the features included a keynote from Baroness Martha Lane Fox, the first ever InfoSec Europe Symposium, and various awards.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Jun 2018
Microsoft launches ground-breaking undersea data centre in Scotland
DataCentre infrastructure

Microsoft launches ground-breaking undersea data centre in Scotland

Microsoft has successfully deployed a revolutionary data centre with tech based on a submarine that is now processing workloads on the seafloor.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Thu, 7th Jun 2018
UK IT company wins NHS hospital data centre maintenance contract
DataCentre infrastructure

UK IT company wins NHS hospital data centre maintenance contract

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust has awarded a data centre maintenance contract to Secure I.T. Environments over the next three years.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Jun 2018
Nearly 20,000 gather for 'Europe's biggest cybersecurity event'
Cybersecurity

Nearly 20,000 gather for 'Europe's biggest cybersecurity event'

InfoSec Europe is currently being held in London with a huge number of participants and exhibitors - in addition to invaluable speaker insights.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Jun 2018
Ixcellerate opens doors and reveals tech to largest data hall in Russia
Hyperscale

Ixcellerate opens doors and reveals tech to largest data hall in Russia

​IXcellerate has announced the official opening of the largest data hall in Russia and the third expansion of its Moscow-based data centre campus.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Jun 2018
Gartner: AIM market winners will be those with complementary solutions
Hybrid Cloud

Gartner: AIM market winners will be those with complementary solutions

The application infrastructure and middleware market experienced a surge in spending of 12.1% in 2017, reaching $28.5bn, according to Gartner.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Jun 2018
Denmark wins out as host of 2018 Datacloud Nordic event
Hyperscale

Denmark wins out as host of 2018 Datacloud Nordic event

The event has previously been held in Sweden and Norway so it seems fitting that Denmark would get its turn to host its Nordic neighbours.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Jun 2018
RepKnight adds dark web monitoring to top 3 SIEM vendors
Security Information and Event Management

RepKnight adds dark web monitoring to top 3 SIEM vendors

RepKnight has announced the integration of its BreachAlert dark web monitoring platform with Splunk, IBM QRadar, and LogRhythm.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Jun 2018