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A group of sophisticated hackers using a mysterious piece of malware known as the 'Luuuk Trojan' hit a well-known European bank this past winter, getting away with more than €500,000. The unidentified bank is believed to be an Italian institution, due to the largest number of victims being Italians and...
So, you thought things were bad the last time the data centre where you work went down? Perhaps things were pretty bad compared to other problems your facility has undergone in the past. Nevertheless, there have been some pretty epic data centre failures that make others look fairly routine. Data...
Twenty years ago, California's Silicon Valley was the place to be if you were in the technology and information sector. The Valley was home to the most important technology companies in the world and, as such, attracted the best talent and the most investment money for new start-ups. How times...
Guest Blog by Michael Bord, Marketing Communications at Raritan Inc. Lots of data center vendors offer transfer switches, but they normally fall into one of only two categories: relay-based Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS) or Static Transfer Switches (STS) that rely on silicon-controlled rectifiers. Although effective in switching between power feeds,...
A controversial development project along the River Lagan in Belfast has won approval from officials after a thorough review of how the project would affect the historical value of the local neighbourhood. Belfast Environment Minister Mark H Durkin announced approval of the plans late last week. Construction on the City...
New SSL Vulnerability Uncovered Could Be 16 Years Old Not too long ago, the Heartbleed SSL vulnerability was all over the news. Software developers and data communications experts warned that the vulnerability could be exploited by creative hackers without leaving any trace behind and, although numerous patches were offered to...
By now, you are probably aware that Google has no interest in just remaining the world's top search engine. It wants to be the world's largest and most comprehensive technology company with operations spanning multiple sectors. Therefore, it is no surprise that the company plans to invest more than US...
In response to the recent landmark European Union Court ruling establishing the 'right to be forgotten' amongst Internet users, Google has rolled out a new service intended to fulfil its legal obligations to the court. The new service ostensibly protects privacy rights by giving Google users the option to have...
Joyent, the California company specialising in cloud computing and virtualisation, witnessed the crash of its US-East-1 data centre earlier this week. The crash had the company scrambling to get all of its servers and VMs up and running as quickly as possible. In the aftermath, CTO Bryan Cantrill stated that...
For the last five or six years, worldwide networking has been all about the cloud. The cloud has been marketed as the ultimate networking solution for businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and even individual users, however all of this cloud activity has been hampered by the very nature of the...
AIT Partnership Group, a leading Raritan reseller in Europe and a trusted advisor on Data Center Management, Secure Network and Broadcast & Control Room Solutions, featured Raritan’s new Dominion KX III KVM-over-IP switch in their Data Centre Blog in April. The post describes the many advancements of the next-generation KX...
A battle is brewing between the government and the Solar Trade Association (STA) over the future of large-scale solar projects in the UK. At the core of the dispute is a recent government decision to reduce some of the funding for large-scale projects in favour of diverting the money to...