ROUGH WINTER WEATHER, SMOOTH DATA CENTER OPERATION

BY MARK GAYDOS, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, NLYTE SOFTWARE

Depending on where you are and what you enjoy, this winter’s weather forecast for the United States contains good news or bad news. If you are a skier or snowboarder, you’re in luck. If you love shoveling snow, you’ll be happy as well. But if you don’t care for frigid temperatures and higher-than-average snowfall, this winter might be a challenge for you.

WHY GOING GREEN DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN FEELING BLUE

BY ALEX LESSER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT PSSC LABS

If you’ve ever purchased an off-the-shelf laptop, you’ll likely be slammed with bloatware. It’s the glut of mostly useless software that comes pre-installed on every machine, hogging resources and slowing down your cool new purchase. On a similar note, and more insidious to your company’s bottom line is the excessive hardware that often comes with buying traditionally manufactured server platforms.

TRACKING THE GROWTH OF EUROPE’S NEW DATA CENTER HUB, AMSTERDAM

TELECOMNEWSROOM INTERVIEW WITH MITUL PATEL, HEAD OF EMEA DATA CENTER RESEARCH, CBRE

Mitul Patel is the Head of EMEA Data Center Research at CBRE. CBRE’s EMEA Data Center Solutions team is the world’s largest data center real estate advisory group. Mitul’s key responsibilities include producing CBRE’s European research insights, which includes the flagship European Data Centers MarketView quarterly report, as well as bespoke consulting projects for a range of clients.

5 STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS DATA FROM RANSOMWARE

BY IAN MCCLARTY, CEO AND PRESIDENT OF PHOENIXNAP GLOBAL IT SERVICES

Ransomware attacks are making their way into the news more often than ever before. Cybercriminals continue to explore progressively shrewd and harder-to-prevent avenues of profitable cyber-attacks. For companies who fall prey to them, the results can be devastating.

SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES COULD IMPACT GROWTH OF IRISH DATA HOSTING MARKET

Analysts are now looking ahead and trying to predict where Ireland’s burgeoning data hosting industry is headed. To that end, Host In Ireland has released a new report in conjunction with Bitpower titled “Ireland’s Data Hosting Industry 2017.” The study, which was partially funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), closely examines the numerous challenges and opportunities that are being created in Ireland’s digital asset hosting industry.