Stories by Ashton - Page 33

Trump cancelling North Korea summit will have 'cyber-retaliation'
Mon, 28th May 2018
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cybersecurity
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cybercrime
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trump
Trump cancels historic North Korea summit, sparking fears of cyber-retaliation. Experts warn of potential US cyberattacks targeting government and corporations.

Riverbed appoints former Zscaler ANZ country manager
Sat, 26th May 2018
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breach prevention
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symantec
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riverbed
Riverbed Technology says the appointment of Sean Kopelke couldn't be better timed as he holds many valuable attributes.

RETN in plans to deploy PoP in Datacenter.com’s Amsterdam facility
Sat, 26th May 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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nsp
News has emerged that international network service provider RETN is in talks with Datacenter.com to establish a new Point-of-Presence in Amsterdam.

AWS funding bursary course to support local data centre workforce
Fri, 25th May 2018
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edutech
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hyperscale
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public cloud
The global giant has partnered with the Institute of Technology Tallaght in Ireland to help local talent pursue a career in technology.

It’s G-Day: GDPR now operational so what do the experts think?
Fri, 25th May 2018
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
GDPR is now officially live and the hype is reaching manic levels with the term beating 'Beyoncé' on Google this week - here's what the experts think.

Wearables market showing no wear as smartwatches drive growth
Thu, 24th May 2018
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wearables
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healthtech
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personal computing devices
Canalys says wearable band shipments grew 35 percent from the year before with a two horse race at the front & fierce competition behind.

Tech Data invests in ANZ with new partner program & cloud marketplace
Thu, 24th May 2018
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iaas
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partner programmes
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microsoft
Tech Data has shared the details of two major announcements designed to enable ANZ partners to build or grow their cloud offering.

Mobile app fraud transactions have skyrocketed 680% since 2015
Thu, 24th May 2018
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endpoint protection
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edr
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cybersecurity
Mobile app fraud has risen by 680% since 2015, as hackers target mobile channels for fraud, according to RSA Security's Q1 2018 Fraud Report.

PHOTO GALLERY: Empower MSP takes off in Amsterdam
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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solarwinds
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solar power
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photo gallery
Hundreds came for the two day conference held by SolarWinds MSP to listen to expert speakers and grow their technical knowledge - here's some photos.

Big 5 fuel ‘staggering’ growth of capex in hyperscale data centres
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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iaas
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook continue to balloon in the hyperscale data centre market with spending reaching an all-time high.

Fines for UK data privacy issues surged 29% in 2017 - what will GDPR bring?
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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data protection
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data privacy
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healthtech
Fines increased almost £1m last year and now with the biggest change to data privacy for more than 20 years, PwC says they will leap again.

Investor says agritech is a cash cow that ‘NZ can do better’
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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it automation
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ai
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agritech
Agriculture as the very bones of NZ has seen an uprising in the number of startups in the agritech space - but this expert says we can do better.

“Cream of the crop” – NZ CIO Awards finalists named
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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network infrastructure
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healthtech
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auckland university
The annual CIO Awards that celebrate excellence in NZ's IT industry is approaching in June with the finalists now officially announced.

Microsoft NZ targets surging public cloud market with new CSPs
Wed, 23rd May 2018
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public cloud
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microsoft
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cloud services
Rhipe & Umbrellar will be joining Dicker Data, Exeed, and Ingram Micro as CSPs following 'rapid adoption' of public cloud platforms in NZ.

Data from app that enables parents to monitor teen’s phone activity leaked
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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cybersecurity
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data leak
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winmagic
How ironic! Tens of thousands of user accounts of an app used by parents to monitor their children’s phone activity has been leaked.

Microsoft says it's time to bin the on-prem data centre
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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data analytics
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Microsoft released a report revealing the environmental benefits of ditching the on-prem data centre in favour of Microsoft Cloud.

Kiwi agritech startup flourishes with homegrown legal marketplace
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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fintech
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agritech
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legal
Looking to disrupt the kiwifruit industry, Acuris Systems employed the services of a fellow Kiwi startup's online legal marketplace.

Founded in an Auckland garage, acquired by global colossus
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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path of exile
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grinding gear games
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game developers
A Kiwi video game developer known worldwide for 'Path of Exile' has announced a majority acquisition from Chinese giant Tencent.

Exclusive: 'Bad guys aren't so bad' as cryptomining is a sign of conscience
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
Cryptomining is now a more popular method of cybercrime than ransomware but expert Tim Brown says this isn't a bad thing as it causes less harm.

Study finds effective cooling improves data centre energy efficiency by 64%
Mon, 21st May 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
A study from Schneider Electric gathered data from two data centres in very different climates (Frankfurt & Germany) with some interesting results.