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Is web3 data storage ushering in a new era of privacy?

Dataconomy

The Cambridge Analytica affair saw the eponymous British consulting firm harvest the data of up to 87 million Facebook profiles without their knowledge, misconduct that later saw CEO Mark Zuckerberg hauled in front of Congress and the social media firm fined $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission. In the past two years alone, 2.6

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Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app built on promise of user privacy

GeekWire

Former VMware CEO and longtime Microsoft executive Paul Maritz is a major investor in True, a social app that vows not to sell or monetize user data. True shows it’s possible to build a social app “not predicated on a business model that requires you to abuse people’s information,” Maritz said.

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At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud. By: John Rath July 10th, 2013. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. July 2013 (144). June 2013 (164). May 2013 (165). April 2013 (179). March 2013 (167).

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Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Big Data » Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. By: John Rath July 12th, 2013. Storage provider Scality announced it has closed its series C funding round for $22 million, bringing the total invested capital since company inception to $35 million.

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Video: A Cloud Conversation with Interxion » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

By: Colleen Miller July 10th, 2013. In this video recorded at GigaOm Structure 2013, Jelle Frank van der Zwet, cloud marketing manager at carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion , speaks about cloud migration in Europe and Interxion’s footprint in Europe. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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VMworld 2013 Day 1 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote for VMworld 2013. This leads to a talk about VMware’s 10 years of innovation, with products and features like ESX, vMotion, DRS, Storage vMotion, and more. As we are moving into the mobile/cloud era, Pat thinks that four trends are shaping this era: social, mobile, cloud, and big data.

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Friday Funny: Everybody in the Pool! » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

By: Colleen Miller July 26th, 2013. About Colleen Miller Colleen Miller is a journalist and social media specialist. Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data. Posted July 26th, 2013. Posted July 26th, 2013. Posted July 27th, 2013. July 2013 (144).