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New research shows Australia ’ s shift to remote work has intensified data protection challenges
past year what with the accelerated shift to remote work and the increasing reliance on SharePoint , OneDrive and Teams ,” said Andrew Huntley , ANZ Regional Sales Director , Barracuda .
“ That ’ s why organizations are assessing what additional steps they need to take to ensure the staff , the devices they are using and the resources they are accessing are secure at all times .
Barracuda , a leading provider of cloudenabled security solutions , has released findings from a report entitled The State of Office 365 Backup .
Commissioned by Barracuda , the research surveyed global decision makers , including 201 Australian IT leaders , to capture their opinions and perspectives about Office
365 , data security , backup and recovery and SaaS solutions . Overall , the findings indicate that the shift to remote work during the pandemic has intensified the challenges associated with protecting Office 365 data .
“ For many Australian organizations , protecting Office 365 data has become more critical and more challenging over the
“ Key features include easy-to-use backup solutions that are fast to get up and running and have core capabilities like granular retention that aren ’ t included in Microsoft ’ s native functionality .”
The survey , conducted by independent market researcher Censuswide , includes responses from 1,828 executives , individual contributors and team managers with responsibility for their organization ’ s cloud infrastructure .
Colt completes 600G wavelength testing in a live long-haul network trial in Japan
Colt Technology Services has successfully provisioned 600G wavelengths , making Colt the first and only provider with a capability to transport 600G wavelengths in a long-haul live network in Japan .
This announcement follows the successful completion of a customer-facing 400G wave live network trial in December 2020 and now in partnership with Ciena , Colt was able to leverage the latest flex grid technology to provision 600G connectivity across its longdistance network in Japan .
The live network trial was conducted between two Colt data centers and was made possible with Ciena ’ s market-leading WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optics , delivering scalability , intelligence and programmability into Colt ’ s IQ Network .
Masato Hoshino , Colt Technology Services President and Head of Asia , said : “ The fact that Colt has succeeded with this 600G wavelength trial shows we are now ready to provide the highest bandwidth solutions available in the market .
“ Colt and Ciena have a strategic relationship based on mutual trust and joint innovation , and we couldn ’ t be more excited to continue on our journey together to keep raising the standard of the industry .
“ We know the requirement for ultra-high bandwidth services is not going to slow down , and with Ciena ’ s technology , we can keep transforming the way our customers do business .”
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