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NORDIC MARKETS POSITIONING AS
EUROPEAN DATA HUB WITH MASSIVE
RENEWABLE POWER RESOURCES
UK Flash adoption strongest
among Legal, Finance and
Manufacturing industries
New research from BroadGroup
suggests that the Nordic markets
are positioning as a giant European
Data Hub based on the abundance
of green power available supported
by low energy taxation, increased
connectivity and a stable
economic environment.
In the new report, Datacentre
Nordic II, the research consultancy
reviewed current data centre
developments revealing a changing
picture over the past 12 months
and suggests that m2 space
across the region will increase by
more than 34 per cent by the end
of this year. Available power – all
based on renewable resources
– will increase by a similar level
across the period.
Norway in particular
promises several very large
scale developments, one of
which includes potential access
Research carried out by NetApp’s has found that Flash
adoption is strong among industries such as Finance
(46 per cent) and Manufacturing (46 per cent), while
Architecture and Sales, Marketing and Media offer
fruitful ground for further growth within the flash market.
The survey of over 1,000 UK IT decision makers also
identified areas of slow growth, with 45 per cent of
Healthcare decision makers claiming they have no plans
to invest in flash.
Within the UK’s Legal industry one in two (50 per
cent) survey participants have already adopted flash.
Along with Manufacturing and Finance, Education
featured in the top five industries supported with
flash technologies, with 42 per cent saying they’ve
already adopted flash – followed closely by IT and
Telecommunications (40 per cent).
The survey also uncovered signs of imminent growth
within the flash market. Within the next 12 months, 27
per cent of participants from Architecture, Engineering
and Building, 22 per cent from Sales, Marketing and
Media, and 22 per cent from the Travel and Transport
industries plan to adopt flash. Meanwhile, 15 per cent of
Healthcare decision makers plan on adopting flash in the
following 12 months.
to 2.2GW of power, although
the country still requires more
investment in international
connectivity to take a competitive
lead. Data centre facilities in
the Nordic region are able to
make use of the low average
temperatures to provide external
‘free’ cooling.
Users are also attracted by
the capability to provision a typical
request for 1MW of power in a
matter of days – where ‘power
rich’ regions such as Iceland,
Norway and the Node Pole region
of Sweden – have an abundance
of power which can be made
available quickly.
Sweden remains the largest
market in installed capacity with
more than 35 per cent of m2
space, but new build in Norway
will challenge this position in the
coming years.
Spiceworks: Fewer than 1/2 of businesses audit security regularly
Eighty per cent of IT pros said their end users have gone behind their back to set up unapproved cloud services, according to the latest
report from Spiceworks.
Aside from losing control and oversight, IT pros are unable to evaluate and implement the cloud service’s security features, putting
companies at significant risk.
In addition, only 47 per cent of IT pros say that their company regularly conducts security audits.
Here are some other key findings of the report:
0 per cent of IT pros believe the organisation’s data is more vulnerable now compared to five years ago due to users adopting cloud
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services without IT approval
35 per cent said cloud storage services are most vulnerable to being hacked, followed by webmail services at 27 per cent
Most larger organisations are adequately investing in data security (72 per cent) and data privacy (68 per cent)
50 per cent of medium sized businesses prioritise data security and only 56 per cent adequately invest in keeping their data secure
Less than half of IT pros across businesses of all sizes say their company regularly conducts security audits and less than one third are
working to improve their data privacy practices
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