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Implementing Disaster Recovery as a Service to avoid losing your business

By Peter Hannah, Regional Director of UK, Ireland and Nordics, NETGEAR.

Heightened security risks from lack of skills in hybrid cloud

Recent research from The Bunker has found that while a majority of organisations are implementing a hybrid cloud infrastructure, 31 per cent have reported a stalled or failed cloud migration due to a lack of in-house skills. This is a particular concern as hybrid cloud models carry a unique set of security risks that IT leaders must address if they are to keep their data secure.

Equinix joins the Cloud Security Alliance

Reinforces its commitment to providing secure, direct and high-performance connections to multiple cloud providers.

Cloud connectivity for research and education

G?ANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on network and related infrastructure for research and education, has signed a partnership agreement with Microsoft to act as network connectivity provider for Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoutes service. This will connect Microsoft’s cloud services directly to Europe’s vital research and education community, and represents further growth in the portfolio of above-the-net services offered by G?ANT and its National Research and Education...

Optimising Hybrid Cloud infrastructures

Xangati has introduced its next-generation service assurance analytics and performance control platform for hybrid cloud infrastructures. Xangati ESP for Cloud Workspace and Cloud Infrastructure features self-healing support for new compute environments, new storage and networking data sources and enhanced visibility into end-user metrics, spanning a range of software-dashboard modules for Virtual Infrastructure (VI), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Virtual Applications.