Google: Our data centers are now twice as energy-efficient as a typical enterprise facility

Siliconangle | February 27, 2020

Google LLC has revealed that, thanks to innovations such as its Tensor Processing Unit artificial intelligence chips, its data centers are twice as energy-efficient as the typical enterprise data center. Urs Hölzle, the head of engineering for Google Cloud, shared the milestone in a blog post today. The announcement was timed to coincide with a new paper published in the academic journal Science about the power consumption of the world’s information technology infrastructure. The paper, co-authored by Stanford professor Jonathan Koomey, examines data centers’ electricity usage from 2010 to 2018. The key finding is that data centers’ power consumption rose only 6% in the eight-year period even as the amount of computing done in those facilities soared 550%. As a result, IT infrastructure accounts for about 1% of global electricity consumption, roughly the same proportion as in 2010.

Spotlight

Rubrik is a cybersecurity company, and our mission is to secure the world’s data. We pioneered Zero Trust Data Security™ to help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, delivers data protection and cyber resilience in a single platform across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. It helps organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.

Spotlight

Rubrik is a cybersecurity company, and our mission is to secure the world’s data. We pioneered Zero Trust Data Security™ to help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, delivers data protection and cyber resilience in a single platform across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. It helps organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.

Related News

VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

Splashtop Announces Launch of New Antivirus Powered by Bitdefender

Splashtop | February 06, 2023

Splashtop, a leading secure remote IT solutions provider that simplifies and supports the work-anywhere world, recently announced the release of Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender. The award-winning cyber security solution is now available for a number of Splashtop products, allowing MSPs and IT teams to safeguard endpoints against attacks with the advantages of a centralized management experience. Splashtop's newest solution enhances its dedication to protecting customers on several fronts, from securing endpoints to providing secure remote access from any device. Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender offers the antivirus, anti-malware, and other robust security features required to protect today's contemporary corporate endpoints from modern cyber threats. In addition, the integrated functionality available as an add-on to Splashtop subscriptions makes it even easier for businesses of all sizes to consolidate their IT plans, management, and costs with Splashtop. Splashtop Antivirus powered by Bitdefender contributes to the company's goal of creating a 'single pane of glass' solution in which clients can view everything they require right within the Splashtop web console. As a result, it enables clients to boost security capabilities while eliminating the need to access diverse solutions through different websites or consoles, reducing the strain on IT personnel. The following built-in features are all managed in the Splashtop single web console: Anti-malware Scanning: Schedule fast scans, complete scans on demand, and activate on-access scanning for real-time malware protection. Alerts & Logging: View each device's protection status and logged threats, and receive real-time notifications if a threat is discovered or prevented. Web Traffic Security: The use of firewalls, anti-phishing, and traffic scanning to stop unauthorized connection attempts and safeguard users from fake websites or harmful content such as viruses and spyware. Advanced Threat Control: Continuously monitor applications and processes using Bitdefender's heuristic scoring algorithm to identify threats before they are formally identified. Device Scanning: Prevent sensitive data leaks and malware infection from external USB devices and CD/DVD media by scanning them. Policy Assignment: Create antivirus policies that are tailored to specific computers and groups in order to meet the demands of various clients and organizations. About Splashtop Splashtop is a leading secure IT solutions provider that simplifies and streamlines the work-anywhere world. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and provides enterprise, academic and research institutions, government agencies, small companies, MSPs, IT departments, and individuals with next-generation remote access and remote assistance software and services. Splashtop's cloud-based, secure, and easily maintained remote access strategy is rapidly replacing outdated systems such as virtual private networks (VPNs) while receiving an impressive 93 Net Promoter Score (NPS), a criterion for gauging customer satisfaction. Its products are used by over 30 million people worldwide, including those in 85% of Fortune 500 companies.

Read More

VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS,SERVER VIRTUALIZATION,SERVER HYPERVISORS

Identity Orchestration Company, Strata Identity Joins Cloud Security Alliance

Strata Identity | January 04, 2023

Strata Identity, a company that provides identity orchestration services, has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a global organization focused on promoting best practices for secure cloud computing. Strata Identity will work with CSA members on projects related to the open source IDQL Standard and identity orchestration. The open source IDQL Standard and identity orchestration are two ways that Strata Identity is working to make cloud computing safer. Strata Identity's platform allows incompatible cloud identity systems to work together, allowing customers to unify access policies and governance. The company is also a founding member of Hexa, an open source identity federation software, and the IDQL Standard for policy orchestration. Strata Identity wants to make cloud computing safe for its customers by helping them bring their access policies and governance together. "Lack of interoperability between individual cloud identity platforms and their legacy on-premises brethren is holding back app modernization and cloud migration projects. We look forward to collaborating with the CSA’s extensive community of vendors, enterprises, and industry influencers to advance open standards for cloud identity orchestration." Eric Olden, CEO of Strata Identity Eric Olden, CEO of Strata Identity, said the company is looking forward to collaborating with the CSA to advance open standards for cloud identity orchestration. The CEO of the CSA, Jim Reavis, said that Strata Identity's expertise in multi-cloud identity orchestration will help CSA members deal with problems related to app modernization. Strata Identity is going to work with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to help advance open standards for cloud identity orchestration. About Strata Identity Strata Identity has made a name for itself as the leader in identity orchestration for hybrid and multi-cloud environments with its innovative Maverics platform. This recipe-driven solution enables organizations to integrate and manage even the most incompatible identity systems while preserving a consistent user experience. By separating applications from identity, Maverics makes it possible to use modern authentication methods like password-less login and enforce consistent access policies without having to spend a lot of money refactoring source code.

Read More

VIRTUAL DESKTOP TOOLS, VPN

RadioIP and NextNav Introduce Armada VPN Client Powered by Pinnacle Vertical Location Service

NextNav | February 24, 2023

On February 23, 2023, RadioIP, a leader in secure mobile communications, and NextNav, the leader in vertical location positioning, launched the newest Armada VPN Client and Synopsis Control Center, which now feature precision z-axis vertical location intelligence enabled by NextNav's Pinnacle technology. Safety and secure situation at both horizontal and vertical levels of employees are now ensured by first responder and security agency users of the Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting Metrics Platform. The command has the connection and situational awareness needed without compromising their mission. RadioIP created Armada Mobile VPN to guard against malicious actors who interrupt communications, undermine public safety, and generate phony locations. Armada uses a secured VPN tunnel to protect first responders' and law enforcement's data. Ambroise Popper, VP and General Manager of NextNav reported "Location intelligence is a critical component in first responder safety and situational awareness – enabling safer interactions and positive outcomes." He further added "As advances in mobile technology continue to provide critical capabilities for public safety and security operations, NextNav is committed to helping organizations better meet current trends, while maintaining the privacy and security necessary for sensitive operations. We're proud to partner with RadioIP to provide the public safety community with the precise 3D location technology needed to protect and save lives." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) The Pinnacle network accurately locates 90% of buildings greater than three-story structures in 4,400 US cities and municipalities. In addition, NextNav Pinnacle powers public safety applications to improve first responder situational awareness. This year, a tier-one cellular carrier chose NextNav Pinnacle to add z-axis capabilities to wireless 9-1-1 calls to improve caller geolocation and emergency response. About NextNav Geolocation expands with NextNav, founded in 2008. NextNav leads next-generation GPS, enabling a new ecosystem of vertical location and resilient geolocation applications and services. Pinnacle's very accurate vertical positioning transforms location services to reflect the 3D environment and enable new capabilities. NextNav's TerraPoiNT network provides accurate, dependable, and resilient 3D positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services to serve critical infrastructure and other GPS-reliant systems without GPS.

Read More