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Remote work, Europe, hyperscale, security

  • March 16, 2020
  • Analyst: Philbert Shih

The COVID-19 virus continues to shake the global economy. The impact on the Internet infrastructure sector is of keen interest here and we took a closer look at the implications in our recent report (clients only). There are plenty of viewpoints and we look at some arguments that seem to have flaws.

While Europe seems to be taking a very big hit from the virus, there was no shortage of activity. Equinix opened another data centre in PolandMicrosoft partnered for its coming expansion for Azure into SpainDigital Realty opened a data centre in Dublin and VIRTUS opened expansions. Europe has always been strict about data sovereignty and privacy and is trying to counter the dominance of US-based hyperscale providers with another new initiative. We take a closer look.

Meanwhile, there were security partnership of note from Radware and Alert Logic along with some notable appointments from with targeted mandates.

Earning season is drawing to a close and we had some detailed insights into QTS at their first annual Analyst Day.

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