Federal and State Agencies recently received a C- from U.S. Senate investigators on the Homeland Security Committee, failing to implement basic safeguards against cyberattacks and putting millions of Americans’ personal information at risk.

To achieve the scalability and flexibility that is needed by modern data centers, closed-loop automation is the key to network resources becoming as consumable as compute and storage.

Because resources are burdened with the day-to-day management of IT, some more strategic initiatives, such as business continuity planning, do not get the attention they deserve.

According to The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Cybersecurity Framework says businesses faced with disaster should identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.

The partnership enables additional edge-based cloud solutions for enterprises across the EdgeConneX global footprint.

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.