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Use of database monitoring tools rises to record high, monitoring survey reveals

Over three quarters (79%) of database professionals are now using either a paid-for or in-house monitoring tool, a survey from Redgate Software has shown. This is an increase of 10 percentage points from the same survey last year and, at the same time, the 86% satisfaction rate with paid-for monitoring tools is also an all-time high, up 18 percentage points on the previous year.

The increase is partly down to the ongoing growth and complexity of database estates, with IDC predicting the installed base of storage capacity will increase by 240% between 2021 and 2025, and virtually every business sector seeing a big shift to the cloud.

Enterprise Software M&A Rides ‘Post-Pandemic’ Wave With 751 Deals And A Record $124 Billion In Transaction Value, Says Hampleton Partners’ Report

  • Private equity buyers’ share rises to 44 per cent of all deals

 

London, UK – 5 October 2021. The latest Enterprise Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, reveals that with 751 deals signed and a record $124 billion in transaction value achieved in the first six-months of 2021, the sector is riding a ‘post-pandemic’ wave of activity.

 

oneM2M publishes whitepaper on IoT and sustainability to promote responsible design principles

Sophia Antipolis, France, 30 September 2021: oneM2M has today announced the release of its first whitepaper on IoT sustainability. Co-written by diverse industrial stakeholders, it describes the sustainability landscape, surveys potential demand for sustainability solutions and shows how different organizations are pursuing sustainability objectives. It illustrates the potential of IoT systems, while identifying a set of design principles for achieving sustainability goals more consistently across different industries. These principles emphasize the value of designing for interoperability, modularity, re-use, and scalability.

Logicalis UK officially named a 2021 UK’s Best Workplace™ in Tech

London, 30th September 2021: Logicalis UK, today announces it has been named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech for 2021. This news follows the recent recognition of its ranking of 61 in the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ list in the Medium (50-250) category published by Great Place to Work®.

The 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech list was released this morning by Great Place to Work® UK, recognising Logicalis UK among 98 ranked organisations and coming 40th in the medium category. Great Place to Work® UK administered its research-backed Trust Index© employee survey and analysed the responses of UK-based tech employees to determine their Best Workplaces™ list.

WatchGuard Threat Lab Reports 91.5% of Malware Arrived over Encrypted Connections in Q2 2021

30 September 2021 – WatchGuard® Technologies today released its latest quarterly Internet Security Report, detailing the top malware trends and network security threats analyzed by WatchGuard Threat Lab researchers during Q2 2021. The report also includes new insights based on endpoint threat intelligence detected throughout the first half of 2021. Top findings from the research uncovered an astonishing 91.5% of malware arriving over HTTPS-encrypted connections, alarming surges across fileless malware threats, dramatic growth in ransomware, a big increase in network attacks, and much more.