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Chief Information Officer (CIO) stories - Page 6

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Veeam completes its US$5 billion acquisition, in huge month for US M&As

Tue, 3rd Mar 2020
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Veeam is now officially a US-based company, with the company's headquarters soon to be relocated from Switzerland to the United States.
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Equinix taps Oracle Exadata to bolster performance improvement

Fri, 14th Feb 2020
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According to Equinix, it has experienced major improvements in transaction processing and data warehouse analytics.
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CyrusOne turns to internal promotion for CIO role

Tue, 30th Jul 2019
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CyrusOne promotes Bill Williams to CIO, recognising his pivotal role in shaping the firm's technology and connectivity offerings since 2012.
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Orange business services to transform Sony's global network

Tue, 9th Jul 2019
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The SD-WAN future-proof platform will enable Sony to share IT talent and have complete end-to-end visibility for improved global service agility.
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Okta announces security layer for on-prem apps

Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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Okta debuts Okta Access Gateway at Oktane19, enhancing secure single sign-on for on-premises applications. Set for release later this year.
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Broadcom's board of directors nab former Google Cloud COO

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Broadcom appoints former Google Cloud COO Diane Bryant to its board of directors, leveraging her three-decade IT career to enhance its strategic growth.
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Digital Realty nabs new executive appointment from Equinix

Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer could be the game plan that Digital Realty is currently following.
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Eccellente! AWS building new data centres in Italy

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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The new infrastructure region is expected to be complete in early 2020 to enable customers to run workloads and store data in Italy with even lower latency.
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New open data initiative from Microsoft, Adobe & SAP

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The three tech titans have made a major announcement reflecting their view of data inter-operability in the future.
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Digital Realty lures in two new senior exec job appointments

Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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In another game of tech company musical chairs, Digital Realty has poached execs from Microsoft and Blue Shield to fill in its CIO and CISO roles.
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Former Cisco CEO joins Rubrik as advisor to the Board

Sat, 25th Aug 2018
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The tech industry is a bit like musical chairs with executives seemingly being poached left, right and centre.
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Hurricane Electric strengthens APAC influence with new Hong Kong location

Thu, 16th Aug 2018
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The company says the opening of its third location in Hong Kong represents its commitment to the bustling APAC market.
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WhiteHawk hires top cyber talent to develop online security marketplace

Fri, 23rd Feb 2018
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WhiteHawk has expanded its team, hiring top cyber talent and promoting Antonio Crespo to chief information officer.
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CASE STUDY: From constant downtime to seamless connectivity

Mon, 6th Nov 2017
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This SMB retail store was experiencing many challenges with maintaining reliable and secure Internet connections before meeting Cradlepoint.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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Aura InfoSec appoints former U.S. Defense specialist in NZ cybersecurity role

Wed, 7th Sep 2016
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Paul W Poteete's extensive background working with the US Department of Defense will bring a wealth of knowledge to his new cybersecurity role.
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HP to acquire 3Com

Thu, 12th Nov 2009
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In a move that will disrupt the networking industry, Hewlett-Packard has entered into an agreement to buy network, switching, routing and security.