Stories by Ashton - Page 9
Supermicro, Apple, & Amazon vs crippling scandal – who's lying?
Sat, 6th Oct 2018
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semiconductors
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
A Bloomberg report claims that Supermicro sold motherboards with Chinese spy chips to Apple and Amazon, causing Supermicro's stock to plummet by 40%.
Iron Mountain affirms commitment to APAC with new acquisition
Fri, 5th Oct 2018
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storage
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enterprise storage
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m&a
American information management company Iron Mountain has made clear where in the world it's placing its bets.
VMware dips into IBM's stocks to poach new APJ vice president
Fri, 5th Oct 2018
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virtualisation
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it automation
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multi-cloud
VMware has appointed David Bate as the new vice president for its Cloud business in Asia Pacific and Japan, luring him from IBM to drive growth and innovation.
Huge vulnerabilities in software supply chain being exploited
Thu, 4th Oct 2018
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devops
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supply chain
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apm
A very exposing report has revealed breaches are rising and response times are falling, largely due to shoddy software development practices.
DDN makes 'old' appointment with Tintri co-founder designated CTO
Thu, 4th Oct 2018
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tintri
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m&a
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ddn
The revival story of IT company Tintri continues as DDN today announced a new executive appointment - with potentially a 100 more to come.
Hawaiki cable connecting the US and the Pacific gets turbo boost
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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hawaiki cable
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ciena
The Hawaiki subsea cable, linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and the US, will boost speed to 67 terabits per second with Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme.
Azure used to 'learn' when epilepsy patients will have a seizure
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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data analytics
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public cloud
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martech
A new project is using data analytics and machine learning to predict when a patient will have a seizure and warn them in advance.
Brewery breach: Not even beer is safe from ransomware
Sat, 22nd Sep 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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breach prevention
There were no pints enjoyed at this Scottish brewery this week as it fell victim to a crippling ransomware attack.
Intel and Alibaba Cloud look to the edge with new partnership
Fri, 21st Sep 2018
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edge computing
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iot
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ai
The two companies have released an aptly named 'Joint Edge Computing Platform' in the hopes to encourage the concept among enterprises.
Equinix: Interconnection between businesses to grow 10x the internet
Tue, 18th Sep 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
There are a number of reasons for the meteoric growth of private connectivity between businesses, all of which Equinix has highlighted in its latest study.
90% of organisations to demand IaaS & PaaS from same provider
Sat, 15th Sep 2018
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paas
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public cloud
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iaas
Gartner predicts 90% of organisations will seek integrated IaaS and PaaS by 2022, driving substantial growth in the cloud services market.
Open for business: 4,600km cable connecting AU & SG goes live
Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
It's taken months of gruelling work and no shortage of investment, but the ASC is now live to present huge opportunities in APAC.
ANZ market to benefit from HID Global's new access control solution
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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firewalls
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network security
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physical security
SMBs are 4x more likely to be victims of crime than homes are, a statistic HID Global is looking to tackle with its latest security solution.
Data centre infrastructure revenue at all-time high – hybrid cloud the driver
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
Dell EMC, Microsoft, HPE, and Cisco (among others) are all profiting from a burgeoning market that has no signs of slowing.
Charles Meyers takes the reigns at Equinix – effective immediately
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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equinix
Charles Meyers steps in as the new President and CEO of Equinix, succeeding interim CEO Peter Van Camp, to lead the company's next growth phase.
Survey: Rising role of IT in physical security provides opportunities
Mon, 10th Sep 2018
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physical security
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cybersecurity
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whitepaper
In addition to taking care of cybersecurity, IT departments are having to adapt to spearhead issues set forth by the physical security dept.
$38m later and KiwiNet is still going strong with new appointments
Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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kiwinet
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investment
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startups
Since 2011 KiwiNet has been investing into new ideas and innovations in New Zealand with the aim to facilitate commercial success.
Downtime a crippling issue in APAC State of Wi-Fi Study
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
Ruckus has released findings from its study of 1200 organizations in APAC who collectively have lost US$53m from downtime in the last 12 months.
VR headset market going nowhere fast, but IDC confident in revival
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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ar, vr & metaverse
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headsets
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shipments
While VR headset shipments have fallen 33.7% since last year, IDC says there is set to be a u-turn as the commercial sector gains traction.
Xero 'brings small business platform to life' with string of updates
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Xero says the major new products and features are intended to enable owners and their advisors to build more efficient and profitable operations.