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Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has released its Guide to Data Center Sustainability , an online resource for data centre owners and operators seeking to reduce the environmental impact of their facilities. According to a report by the International Energy Agency, data centres account for about 1% of global electricity demand. The report notes that the industry was able to limit the impact of capacity growth on total energy consumption prior to 2020 by improving operating efficiency. However, capacity growth figures changed in 2020, when global Internet traffic surged by more than 40%. Market Intelligence projects a 13% CAGR in data centre construction over the next five years. This trend, combined with increased focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption, has led some operators to seek new solutions that increase equipment utilisation and drive out remaining inefficiencies, phase out water-intensive ...

By Alvin Rodrigues, Field Chief Security Officer for Asia Pacific, Infoblox Cybercrime is Sisyphean* in nature – the efforts to battle it is a neverending feat. Cyberthreats are constantly evolving even as technologies that are developed to fight it advance, making cybersecurity a challenging endeavour that leaves no room for complacency. Country leaders are also cognisant of this. In Asia, regulators like the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have collaborated with international banks to hold joint cybercrisis exercises with the aim of testing responses to various cybercrime scenarios and upgrading their financial systems. Cybersecurity professionals now constantly upgrade their skills to keep up with threat actors who tirelessly find new ways to infiltrate defences and retrieve data, echoing once more how organisations cannot afford to drop their guard. Many traditionally office-based workers now work intermittently or completely from home. This means they have to access work d...