Five Minute Briefing - Data Center
June 1, 2021
Five Minute Briefing - Data Center: June 1, 2021. Published in conjunction with SHARE Inc., a bi-weekly report geared to the needs of data center professionals.
News Flashes
Blancco Technology Group has integrated with ServiceNow to provide data sanitization capabilities directly from the Now Platform. The Blancco Secure Data Erasure app empowers IT teams to remotely trigger and monitor erasure of servers, loose drives, PCs, laptops and other drive-dependent devices—capturing results with audit-ready reports to prove compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and others.
IBM recently announced a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world's first chip with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Semiconductors play critical roles in everything from computing, to appliances, to communication devices, transportation systems, and critical infrastructure. IBM says the new 2 nm chip technology helps advance the state-of-the-art in the semiconductor industry, addressing growing demand for increased chip performance and energy efficiency.
BM has announced plans to acquire Waeg, a Salesforce consulting partner in Europe. "Trust is the new currency of customer and employment engagement, and every touchpoint is an opportunity to personalize the relationship," said Mark Foster, senior vice president, IBM Services and Global Business Services.
News From SHARE
Like all conferences over the last year, SHARE events have shifted to a virtual platform in 2021 so we can best continue to serve our attendees by providing high-quality enterprise technology education while also striving to include peer networking and industry influence.
Think About It
Today's data environments are becoming more flexible and portable than their more rigid, siloed predecessors, thanks to emerging approaches. Strategies that are the building blocks of portability, adaptability, and rapid delivery—containers, microservices, DevOps, and DataOps—are transforming the way data is managed.