| Time |
Event |
| 1:27a |
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure is a Mixed Bag for Cybersecurity (FB)
Data centers are increasingly moving to hyper-converged infrastructure to reduce costs and streamline maintenance. But there are also security disadvantages of moving to hyper-converged infrastructure, experts interviewed by Data Center Knowledge warn. The risks include vulnerabilities due to security policy misconfigurations, moving access and administration up the stack along with security controls, blind spots in existing security tools not designed with HCI in mind, and more difficult forensics. For more on this story, head over to datacenterknowledge.com. |
| 1:34a |
GTT Paying $2.3 Billion for Interoute's Europe Fiber Network, Data Centers (FB)
GTT Communications agreed to acquire Interoute Communications for 1.9 billion euros in cash to gain control of one of the largest independent fiber and cloud-networking platforms in Europe. The acquisition gives McLean, Virginia-based GTT about 72,000 fiber-route kilometers, spanning 29 countries. GTT also picks up 15 data centers, boosting its cloud storage and data-exchange holdings in Europe. The purchase price tops the 1.65 billion-euro value that insiders estimated Interoute could be worth in October. |
| 1:38a |
Tech Takes on Trump as Supreme Court Looks at Data Stored Abroad (FB)
The tech industry takes on the Trump administration at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday in a high-stakes clash over digital privacy and government access to information stored on overseas servers. At issue is whether federal and state law enforcement officials can use a decades-old law to demand user emails and other data held abroad by domestic companies including Alphabet's Google and Microsoft. The case calls on the justices to decide how a law older than the World Wide Web itself applies in the era of cloud computing. What they say could have sweeping consequences -- that is, unless Congress acts on pending proposals to overhaul the law and set out a more nuanced approach. |
| 1:05p |
Different Folks: Selling Google to the CIO
At home in the CMO’s office, Google finds selling its cloud services to enterprise IT an uphill battle. |
| 4:00p |
This Robot Monitors Data Center Cooling Behind Closed Cabinet Doors
Data center provider designs robotic sensor for heat-mapping inside customer cabinets. |
| 4:30p |
HP-Autonomy Fraud Trial Is Spun for Jury as $9 Billion Whodunit
U.S. says accounting tricks disguised company as a ‘Cadillac’; U.K. firm’s ex-CFO depicted by defense lawyer as a scapegoat |
| 11:13p |
Why the Data Center Industry Urgently Needs More Women
By acting now and arming more women with the skills to succeed in the data center, the current talent gap can be significantly reduced. |