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Data Centres Ireland announce speaker lineup

DataCentres Ireland features an exhibition and conference which focuses on the complex issues relating to the opportunities, needs and developments within data centre infrastructure to create effective, efficient, safe, secure data centres that can address an organisations needs now and

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Lenovo acquires US software firm

PC maker Lenovo has acquired software company Stoneware Inc in a move to enhance and expand its cloud computing solutions. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. With the acquisition, Lenovo will add new technologies and boost its

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Is Your Data Center SSAE 16 Certified?

Never does plain English seem more beautiful than when you run up against a bunch of industry jargon—particularly when that jargon focuses on compliance with legislation or regulations. So, put your thinking cap on and ignore everything George Orwell said;

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Big Data Working Group

The Cloud Security Alliance and Fujitsu Laboratories have formed the Big Data Working Group to develop test data sets from different industry verticals such as e-commerce and healthcare. Chaired by Sreeranga Rajan of Fujitsu Laboratories of America with co-chairs Neel

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BT signs €850,000 cloud computing deal with Tourism Ireland

Tourism Ireland has moved the majority of its IT operations to a private cloud based in BT’s Dublin data centre. The five-year deal worth €850,000 will reduce the tourism agency’s data centre footprint by nearly half, reducing energy and hosting

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Certification Europe presents Energy Savings Seminar at IT Decisions 2012

Dublin, 27 June 2012 – ISO Accredited Certification Body Certification Europe, hosted a seminar entitled ‘Achieving Energy Savings and Carbon Reductions’ at IT Decisions 2012, which takes place on 26 and 27 June at The Barbican, London. The IT Decisions

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€890bn annual cost of data puts focus on securing information

Organisations are being urged to improve the security of their information, rather than focusing on devices or infrastructure, after a survey estimated the total annual cost of digital data at €890bn. Symantec’s first ever State of Information Survey, which polled

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University College Cork builds cloud incubator for SMBs with Dell and VMware

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find an easier route to cloud computing via a new cloud incubator designed to avoid large upfront costs and complexities that can come with migrating to hosted platforms. The UCC Cloud Incubator, the result

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Cloud usage now mainstream as benefits and barriers evolve – a third of businesses now see cloud as ‘critical’

Co. Dublin, Ireland — IT decision makers say cloud has exceeded expectations and forecast further growth, according to the second instalment of Cisco’s annual CloudWatch report Dublin, 27 June 2012 – New research published today by Cisco shows a dramatic

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Netwatch to secure stg£7.7m London Data Exchange

Carlow-based remote digital security player Netwatch has won a prestigious contract to provide security for the new purpose-built North London Data Centre, LDeX1. LDeX1 is the new 22,000 sq-foot data centre facility of the London Data Exchange (LDeX), which provides

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