IANA Transition: The Debate Around Who Controls the Internet

IANA Transition: The Debate Around Who Controls the Internet

At a hearing this week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Oversight subcommittee, “raised the possibility of adding a policy rider to the funding bill to require NTIA to extend the IANA contract for another year.” Many stakeholders, including the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, have weighed in in support of a […]

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ASHRAE’s New Data Center Efficiency Standard is Out: Here’s What You Need to Know

ASHRAE’s New Data Center Efficiency Standard is Out: Here’s What You Need to Know

Brought to you by Data Center Knowledge ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) has published the final version of its data center efficiency standard, recognizing that data centers’ unique characteristics mean that it’s difficult to measure them by the same set of standards as other building types, as they have been until […]

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Rackspace Brings Managed Application Services to Azure

Rackspace Brings Managed Application Services to Azure

Rackspace has extended Managed Application Services for Microsoft Azure to enhance companies’ app performance. The release will be available beginning in October to help businesses architect and manage their critical applications for maximum performance and provide monitoring and troubleshooting for problems in the network, infrastructure, and application layers. The release brings Fanatical Support to customers […]

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Public Cloud Services to Hit $208.6B in Revenue by Year-End: Gartner

Public Cloud Services to Hit $208.6B in Revenue by Year-End: Gartner

By the end of 2016 the public cloud services market will reach $208.6 billion in revenue, up 17.2 percent from $178 billion in 2015, Gartner said this week. Cost savings and benefits to innovation and agility are causes for public cloud adoption, but Gartner notes that IT modernization is the top driver of growth. IaaS is projected to grow […]

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Average Security Incident Costs SMBs More Than $85,000: Report

Average Security Incident Costs SMBs More Than $85,000: Report

The average cost of a security incident for large businesses is $861,000, and for SMBs is $86,500, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab. The report, Measuring the Financial Impact of IT Security on Businesses, released this week, details the financial impact of security breaches and what companies around the world are doing about it. The […]

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HP Drops Salesforce for Microsoft Dynamics in New Deal

HP Drops Salesforce for Microsoft Dynamics in New Deal

HP Inc. has switched CRM providers from Salesforce to Microsoft, seeking “enhanced” sales, marketing, and service collaborations, Microsoft said this week. HP was already using Azure, Office 365, and other Microsoft cloud services in-house, and the six-year agreement will bring Microsoft Dynamics to thousands of HP employees. “We have chosen Microsoft Dynamics as our CRM […]

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EU Says Plan to Boost Bandwidth Could Raise GDP by $1 Trillion

EU Says Plan to Boost Bandwidth Could Raise GDP by $1 Trillion

(Bloomberg) — The European Commission proposed new regulations that would speed telecommunications networks across the EU and trigger investments that it says could boost economic output by 910 billion euros ($1 trillion) and create 1.3 million new jobs by 2025. Getting there is expected to cost 500 billion euros over the coming decade, funds that will […]

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