Among the top three incident types companies have faced in the cloud this past year were phishing (40%), ransomware (24%), and accidental data leakage (17%).

The demand for data took center stage during the pandemic and underscored the critical importance of the data center.

Examples of cloud computing use can be found practically everywhere, from messaging apps, social networking, and streaming services to business processes, office tools, lending platforms, or chatbots.

With the past year defined by remote workforces, virtual collaboration, and unprecedented change, it’s not surprising that more companies are finally making the move to public clouds to improve efficiencies and accelerate digital transformation.

In this episode of Data Center Minute, Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical, talks with Uptime Institute's vice president of research, Rhonda Ascierto, and executive director of research, Andy Lawrence. Watch the interview to hear what they predict for the data center industry in 2021.

True network slicing will enable multiple operators to share a common distributed cloud infrastructure with each entity enjoying full isolation down to the hardware level for better security and a better quality of experience.

Overcome security gaps by following these five steps.

Among the European cloud providers, Deutsche Telekom is the leader, accounting for 2% of the European market, followed by OVHcloud, Orange, and a long list of national telcos and regional cloud and hosting specialists.

Users generally evaluate colo candidates on capacity, reliability, efficiency, telecom, risk avoidance, managed services, financial stability, expertise, costs, and a few other attributes.

The departing year saw an increase in criminal activity online despite the fact that share of IT budgets dedicated to cybersecurity grew by up to 29%.