Latest Newsletter Editorials
Are we being mind-fracked?
Editor's Pick Newsletter Editorial August 27, 2021
When I say, ’we’, I don’t mean ‘we’ as in our mobile phones, our laptops, Alexa, or the other myriad of connected devices currently consuming our consciousness. I mean ‘we’ as in us,…
Big p*ss Techers
Newsletter Editorial August 20, 2021
Big Tech companies really do think they can get away with anything don’t they? With sanctions for selling off people’s data and generally poking around in your personal business considering nothing more than…
Check yow privilege
Newsletter Editorial August 13, 2021
We have buzz words, but I have decided to coin the phrase buzz burdens. A buzz burden, by my humble definition, is a problem that has always been present in the world of…
Following the leader
Newsletter Editorial August 6, 2021
Whack out the vegetable oil, summer is here. But, this isn’t for tanning, oh no. Kao Data has finally become the first European data centre to transition all its back up generators to…
Public service announcement
Editor's Pick Newsletter Editorial July 30, 2021
So, the UK government is at it again. But, this is fairly important, particularly for those that care about the privacy of their medical data anyway, so, if you’re one of those people,…
AI in a flash
Newsletter Editorial July 23, 2021
According to a new survey from Scality, a massive majority (90%) of British, French and German IT decision makers reckon flash-based object storage is going to be the tool of choice helping to…
What is it good for?
Newsletter Editorial July 16, 2021
Absolutely nothing, unless you class establishing supremacy as a good thing? This week, I am referring to the current tech war raging on between Facebook and Apple, two tech titans whose models are…
A lost cause
Editor's Pick Newsletter Editorial July 9, 2021
Quite literally. Apparently, staff in Parliament have lost almost 100 devices over the course of the last two years. Laptops and tablets containing confidential data have been “misplaced” on trains, busses, taxis, hotels…
Ireland: An unsustainable strain?
Newsletter Editorial July 2, 2021
With Covid-19 only serving to catalyse the ever-snowballing demand for data centres, you’d think this booming sector would be jumping for joy. And that is the case for much of the industry, unless…
Failing to bring sexy back
Editor's Pick Newsletter Editorial June 25, 2021
There are a lot of things in this world that are deemed “sexy”, I’d list some but each very much to their own on that one; although I’m sure we can all agree…