Every hour of downtime costs an enterprise US$324,793, according to the annual Virtualization Data Protection Report by Veeam Software. The independent survey of 500 chief information officers (CIOs) across the US and Europe shows several ...
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Enterprise data protection capabilities have actually diminished since late 2011. A study by Veeam reveals that businesses in the U.S and Europe are still not reaping the benefits that virtualisation offers to data protection. Veeam ...
Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu and Oracle in a tie for fourth place, according to research firm IDC. It’s a symbolic victory for Cisco that comes four ...
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According to research firm Gartner, the Middle East and Africa IT infrastructure market is set to reach $3.9 billion in 2013, marking a four percent increase from 2012. The market is up made up of servers, storage and networking ...
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Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE last week added two low-end models to its line of Vblock pre-configured, cloud-computing systems. VCE also announced that it is teaming with SAP to add the SAP HANA database to its ...
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du announced on Wednesday that it will deploy the foundation layer for its virtualised infrastructure based on Cisco’s Unified Computing Systems (UCS) and Data Centre Switches. The move is aimed at bolstering du’s position as ...
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Over 200 delegates have already signed up to join global cloud experts at the third annual Cloud World Forum MENA, event organisers said this week. The forum will take place from March 19 to 20 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai. ...
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Virgin Media Business has today signed a contract to deliver a public services network (PSN) to councils and other public-sector bodies in Yorkshire and Humberside. Essex County Council awards 81m PSN contract PSN contracts need to be ...
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Companies using virtual servers have been warned to be vigilant, following a survey conducted by data security firm Varonis. 48% of respondents either reported or suspected unauthorised access to files on their virtualised servers. ...
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VMware said Monday it will cut 900 jobs in a move to focus more on high potential businesses, as profits remained strong but growth slowed. The company said the job cuts, revealed as part of its earnings release for last year, will come ...
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VMware has bucked recent hiring trends in the tech sector by announcing 900 job losses, despite unveiling a three per cent rise in 2012 income to $746m (£475m), while revenue rose 22 per cent to $4.61bn (£2.94bn). The ...
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Cloud hosting company FireHost has claimed that cross-site scripting attacks increased by an estimated 160 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. The company claims that it has detected a spike in what it calls a "superfecta" of attempted ...
BYOD is a misnomer, while current MDM solutions are "stop-gap technologies" preceding full understanding of mobile data management. This is according to Joe Baguley, chief technologist for EMEA at virtualisation firm VMware, speaking to ...
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Cambridgeshire County Council workers won't get a penny extra for joining the council's new BYOD scheme because the authority is worried about being "pilloried in the local press" if they did. Staff signing up to the scheme, which began ...
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Under the helm of its new CEO, Steve Bennett, Symantec last week outlined a re-organisation intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and back-up services and products. These products would be built primarily on ...
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