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Building a Smarter, Brighter, and More Secure Data Center

By Voices of the Industry - October 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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There is no better time to focus on data center solutions, connectivity, and ensuring our organizations stay secure than today. Timothy Miscovich, Chief Commercial Officer at WTEC, shares strategies and solutions to keep your data center safe.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, data center strategies, IOT, wtec

Equinix Reports Ransomware Incident, Says Customers Unaffected

By Rich Miller - September 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Inside an Equinix colocation center. (Image: Equinix)

Colocation provider Equinix says it discovered a ransomware attack on some of its internal systems, and took “immediate and decisive action” in response. The company said customer operations were not impacted by the incident.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, Equinix, Security

Switch Developing Security Robots to Patrol Edge Data Centers

By Rich Miller - August 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Switch has developed Switch Sentry security robots to deploy at future edge data centers and enterprise sites. Robots could be an important tool to solve challenges in data center management, as well as contactless commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tagged With: DartPoints, Data Center Security, Robotics, Security, switch, TMGcore

Adapting Network Security for a Distributed Workforce

By Kayla Matthews - April 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

With the COVID-19 pandemic, securing IT networks is more challenging and more essential than ever, as social distancing lockdowns add to an explosion of end users and connected devices.

Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Center Security, Security

New Report Explores Why Expert Security Protocols Work to Maintain Protection and Uptime

By Sarah Rubenoff - June 17, 2019 Leave a Comment

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We are in an age of vulnerability, where corporate security is not optional. Threats range from a physical attack to an information leak. But according to Stream Data Centers, many businesses don’t understand the full range of environmental and organizational policies to mitigate risk. A new report from Stream Data Centers explores why expert security protocols are key to maintaining protection and uptime.

Tagged With: Data Center Security, Stream Data Centers

IT Perspectives: Top 5 Network Challenges of 2019

By Voices of the Industry - March 18, 2019 1 Comment

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The IT industry is ever changing, and today’s network engineers and architects face an ongoing list of challenges. Iron Mountain Data Centers’ Frank Scalzo highlights the top network challenges facing engineers and architects in today’s data center market. 

Tagged With: cloud computing, Compliance, Data Center Network, Data Center Security, Iron Mountain, Networking

Why Security and Compliance Are Essential When Adopting a Hybrid IT Strategy

By Voices of the Industry - January 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Although the commercial and operational advantages of hybrid IT are compelling, for financial services and healthcare organizations as well as enterprises that market their services to the government sector, security and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. Mark Houpt, Chief Information Security Officer at DataBank, takes a look at key security and compliance factors when adopting a hybrid IT strategy for your business. 

Tagged With: Cloud, Compliance, Data Center Security, DataBank, hybrid IT

50 Percent of Firms Still Not GDPR Compliant: How About Your Data Center?

By Kayla Matthews - December 26, 2018 1 Comment

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has had broad implications for data privacy policies. (Image: Pixabay)

In security and privacy, the big event of 2018 was the arrival of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). So why are so many reporting that they’re still not compliant -and may never be?

Tagged With: Data Center Security, GDPR, Privacy, Security

Executive Roundtable: The State of Data Center Security

By Rich Miller - December 20, 2018 Leave a Comment

IT security will be front and center again in 2019. (Source: OnePixel)

IT security will once again be a key issue in the data center industry in 2019, according to the four thought leaders in the DCF Executive Roundtable.

Tagged With: Cyxtera, Data Center Security, Intel, Intel DCM, Iron Mountain, RagingWire Data Centers, Security

Executive Roundtable: Is the Cloud More Secure Than the Enterprise?

By Rich Miller - June 18, 2018 1 Comment

In our quarterly Executive Roundtable, five data center thought leaders discuss the security of cloud platforms and service provider facilities versus on-premises data centers.

Tagged With: BASELAYER, Cyxtera, Data Center Security, Iron Mountain, RagingWire Data Centers, Stream Data Centers

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Digitization Driving Increasing Requirements for Enterprise IT

Digitization Driving Increasing Requirements for Enterprise IT Sean Baillie, Executive Vice President, Connectivity at QTS Data Centers explains how digital transformation is putting more pressure on data center providers to provide a flawless experience for a variety of end users in a constantly scaling environment.

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The COVID-19 Crisis and the Data Center Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic presents strategic challenges for the data center and cloud computing sectors. Data Center Frontier provides a one-stop resource for the latest news and analysis for decision-makers navigating this complex new landscape.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Distributed and Centralized Bypass Architectures Compared

When designing a power protection scheme for data centers, IT and facility managers must ask themselves whether a distributed or centralized backup strategy makes more sense. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to that question. Download the new white paper from Vertiv that explores the principle of centralized versus distributed bypass and applies it equally to standalone monolithic and integrated-modular UPS architectures.

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