Sep
23
Earlier this month, a European DDoS mitigation service provider became the target of one of the most powerful distributed denial-of-service attacks ever recorded. At its peak, the assault pushed traffic levels to an astonishing 1.5 billion packets per second. Thanks to rapid intervention the attack was detected, analysed and neutralised...
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Sep
16
We take the internet for granted—until it stops working. Earlier this month, reports emerged that a Red Sea Cable had been damaged, causing connectivity disruptions in several regions. With Microsoft reporting at the time that the incident had affected its Azure customers in the region. An Azure status update warned...
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Sep
10
Following our recent look at Alibaba’s bold AI cloud ambitions, attention has now shifted to the West. In just the past week, Google Cloud and Oracle have unveiled eye-catching forecasts and results that highlight how AI infrastructure is transforming from a technical necessity into a financial juggernaut. Together, these developments...
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Sep
03
Alibaba has spent the past week reminding the market, and its rivals, that its future lies in the cloud. In a rare display of technical openness, the company lifted the curtain on how its in-house engineers have quietly reinvented the plumbing that keeps its services online. And just a day...
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Aug
29
In just the past week, headlines have included a data breach said to affect 2.5 billion Gmail users following a massive cyberattack that compromised a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform, a leak involving the Church’s redress scheme for abuse survivors, an incident “involving a third-party application” at TransUnion...
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Aug
21
The UK Environment Agency grabbed headlines recently after suggesting that deleting old emails could help ease the strain on water and energy resources. While the idea drew ridicule, the underlying issue is anything but trivial. Data has a footprint—and ignoring it comes at both an environmental and financial cost. Helen...
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