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Microsoft Adopts International Standard for Cloud Privacy

Microsoft has adopted ISO/IEC 27018, an international standard for cloud privacy. The standard is meant to assure customers by restricting the processing and handling of personally identifiable information, and establishing transparent data transfer and deletion policies. Continue reading

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Cloud Firm Linode to Add Singapore, Germany Data Centers

Linode is one of those technology success stories that start with Linux and a dream. The company started in 2003, three years before Amazon Web Services hit the scene, and was 100 percent bootstrapped. Now it’s an international hosting and cloud provider expanding into two new markets: Frankfurt and Singapore. Continue reading

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – February 13, 2015

In the week ending Feb. 13, 2015, Herolocity is offering 50 percent of its InstaCloud service, BudgetVM has a special offer on hardware for VPS nodes or storage servers, and Aplus Net is offering 30 percent off its annual hosting packages. Continue reading

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TelecityGroup and Interxion Merge into Major European Data Center Provider

UK-based TelecityGroup and Netherlands-based Interxion are merging in a $2.2 billion deal creating one big European data center provider. Telecity will structure the deal as an offer for Interxion, with London, UK acting as primary home base. Continue reading

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Facebook Launches Program to Encourage Cyberthreat Information Sharing

Facebook launched a cybersecurity threat information sharing platform called ThreatExchange on Wednesday. Continue reading

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