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CISCO APPOINTS DAVID MEADS AS NEW UK & IRELAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
News Highlights from the tech sector.
Cisco has announced the appointment of David Meads to lead its UK & Ireland business. Meads, who recently led the partner organisation for Cisco in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia (EMEAR) will take on the role with immediate effect.
Google moves UK data to US amid worries UK government will fail to reach data deal with EU
Data centre survey from Forbes Insights and Vertiv reveals lack of preparedness ust 29% of data centre decision-makers say their current facilities are meeting their needs, and just 6% say their data centres are updated ahead of their needs. These are among the findings included in a new report from Forbes Insights and Vertiv. The modern data centre: How it is adapting to new technologies and hyperconnectivity examines the results of a survey of 150 data centre executives and engineers from various industries around the world. The survey results indicate a troubling lack of planning and preparation for today’s evolving data ecosystem. A closer examination of the results reveals a stark contrast between executives and engineers: 11% of executives say their data centres are updated ahead of current needs while just 1% of engineers say the same. “As today’s data centre evolves to incorporate enterprise, cloud and edge resources, thorough planning and foresight is needed to meet organisational computing requirements and business objectives,” said Martin Olsen, vice president of Global Edge Systems for Vertiv. “It is clear, however, that many organisations are lagging on that front. With that in mind, we anticipate considerable investment and activity among businesses trying to catch up and get ahead of the changes.”
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Dell offloads cybersecurity firm RSA to consortium of investors for $2 bn A consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG), Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) and AlpInvest Partners has entered into a definitive agreement with Dell Technologies to acquire RSA in an all-cash transaction for $2.075 billion, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction, which includes the purchase of RSA Archer, RSA NetWitness Platform, RSA SecurID, RSA Fraud and Risk Intelligence and RSA Conference, is expected to close in the next six to nine months.
Google is making some big changes to where it stores the data of its UK users, with the firm notifying users through an update to its terms and conditions. While UK data has been stored with the data of other EU countries, post-Brexit, Google now has plans to shift that data over to the US. Some are worried that Google shifting UK data could mean a decrease in privacy protection, although Google denies this. It asserts that UK users will have their data processed in exactly the same way as they’re used to. You may be left wondering why Google feels the need to move the data at all. Well, it turns out Google may be worried that the UK will fail to reach a data equivalency deal with the European Union at the end of the Brexit transition period. Google is asking users to accept the new terms before March 31, so no data has been moved as of yet, but after that date UK users will have their data stored over in the US.
