Equinix, a leading global interconnection and data centre company, has announced the findings of an independent survey of more than 1,200 senior IT professionals from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Results show that more than seven in 10 (71%) organisations are likely to move more of their business functions to the cloud in the coming years. […]

Check Point has introduced Check Point Maestro, which it says is the industry’s first truly hyperscale network security solution. Check Point Maestro is a revolutionary new architecture that enables businesses of any size to enjoy the power of flexible cloud-level security platforms and to seamlessly expand their existing security gateways to hyperscale capacity. “Today’s threat […]

Felix Rosbach, Product Manager at comforte AG, discusses how data centre owners can best ensure cyber-resilience. With an ever-increasing attack surface, security is a constant struggle for data centres. While IoT enables us to analyse data like never before, every device represents a potential attack vector. Aside from DDoS attacks and other methods of sabotage, the most painful type of cyberattacks are the ones involving theft of sensitive data. Stolen data is […]

Cyxtera Technologies, the secure infrastructure company, has announced the integration of AppGate SDP, its software-defined perimeter solution, across its 50+ best-in-class data centres to deliver zero-trust capabilities to customers. AppGate SDP leverages micro-segmentation to apply the principle of least-privileged access to the network, which reduces the attack surface. Providing an on-demand, free edition of AppGate […]

Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, has announced it is expanding its delivery footprint for access management-as-a-service solutions across the European Union with additional data centres in the region. These newly added facilities will help the company respond to rising demand for its cloud-based authentication and access management solutions while also helping EU customers […]

Oman Data Park (ODP) and Cisco have announced that ODP has deployed Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) as part of its ODP Managed Security Services for endpoint protection. Oman Data Park is the first managed service provider in Oman, offering managed cloud services, public cloud, co-location and managed security services to both large and small […]

Infoblox Inc., the network control company that provides Actionable Network Intelligence, has announced new updates to its Network Identity Operating System (NIOS) platform enabling organisations to automate core services and data centres such as Red Hat Ansible in order to rapidly deploy network and security services via the cloud. Connecting your on-premise NIOS based solutions […]

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity technology company protecting 500 million users worldwide, has appointed Michael Gable as Vice President of its Data Center Group, a new division focused solely on cloud and data centre security. The move is part of Bitdefender’s wider strategy to leverage its unique technologies to secure server and virtual desktop workloads […]

Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced that its German data centres are open for business. Mimecast confirmed that the services are live and the first customers had begun their onboarding. Two new replicated data centres are in separate co-located facilities in Frankfurt am Main and operate on Mimecast’s own proprietary […]

The draft Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill in South Africa, the successor to the National Key Points Act of 1980, has elicited heated debate from several quarters. However, Gregg Petersen, Regional Vice President at Veeam, says it remains focused on improving security measures in critical infrastructure organisations, safeguarding the welfare of essential services in the process. […]