Digitalisation World

The data centre sector is one of the best protected in the current downturn. The fundamentals of being in lockdown at home, for both work and personal life, mean that this digital infrastructure is more crucial than ever.

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Equinix expands Canadian operations

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Hosting + Colocation

Equinix, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a portfolio of 13 data centers across Canada from BCE Inc. (“Bell”) for US$750 million (CA$1,041 million) in an all-cash transaction.

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Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) appoints APAC head to drive hyperscale growth in the region

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Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has appointed Hiroshige Sugihara as Vice President, Head of Asia-Pacific. This announcement comes as Colt DCS continues its commitment to hyperscale builds and expansion within the region; including the scheduled completion of Tokyo’s Inzai 3 data centre later this year.

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Data democratisation: a centre of excellence, the cloud, and culture

Published in Cloud + MS Platform

It’s becoming more and more challenging to visualise the amount of data that we’re amassing in the present day. Visual Capitalist has suggested that we’ll reach 44 zettabytes in 2020 – that would mean that there are 40 times more bytes than there are stars in the observable universe.[CGG1] By Helena Schwenk, Market Intelligence Lead, Exasol.

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The cloud is incredible – but also incredibly dangerous

Published in Cloud Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure Platform Security Storage

An increasing amount of organizations choose to rely on the many cloud solutions on the market today. In most cases, however, they forget to protect themselves against data loss, and the cloud giants won’t have your back when data go missing. By Keepit’ CEO, Frederik Schouboe.

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