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Amerimar Enterprises and Abrams Capital have acquired 401 North Broad Street, the major data center and carrier hotel in Philadelphia, and will partner with telecom industry veteran Hunter Newby to operate the property. MORE
HEI Hotels & Resorts has reported a possible compromise of payment card information at its point-of-sale terminals, the latest in a string of attacks on such systems at hotels, hospitals and retailers. The compromise may have possibly affected the personal information of some hotel customers who made payment card purchases at point-of-sale terminals, such as food and beverage outlets, at certain HEI managed properties. MORE
Trump Hotel Collection has arrived at a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. The hotel chain, one of the businesses of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has agreed to pay US$50,000 in penalties and promised to take measures to beef up its data security practices, according to the attorney general’s office. The chain is one of many hotels and retailers that have been hit recently by malware that skimmed payment card information. MORE
LeFrak, Hidalgo, Atlas to provide space, managed services at 111 Town Square Place in Jersey City. Read More. colocation New York MORE
Find out how analytics offers insights to hotels that want to determine which amenities are mostly likely to attract and delight customers MORE
Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months MORE
A 4-star hotel in the Austrian Alps, the Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt , admitted to bowing to extortion after ransomware locked up the computer running the hotel’s electronic key lock system. This was not the first time that cyber thugs attacked the hotel. During one of the attacks, the hackers reportedly left a backdoor into the system. The third attack occurred during the opening weekend of the winter season. MORE
Guests who stayed at any Prince Hotel location from May to August 2017 could be affected, specifically those who booked rooms through the company’s foreign language website. The post Hotel hackers hijack data of 124K customers appeared first on IT Manager Daily. Business travel may have just gotten a bit more complicated. Hackers exploited a flaw in a FastBooking server to plant malware and steal personal information from 124,963 customers. MORE
Omni Hotels & Resorts has reported that point-of-sale systems at some of its properties were hit by malware targeting payment card information. The attack on the systems of the luxury hotel chain follows similar breaches of point-of-sale systems at various hotels and retailers like Hyatt Hotels, Target, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Hilton Worldwide Holdings. MORE
Kimpton Hotels, operator of boutique hotels across the U.S., If confirmed, it would become the latest in a string of successful attacks on hotel chain operators in the last year. is investigating reports of a possible payment card data breach. The San Francisco-based company said it was "recently made aware of a report of unauthorized charges occurring on cards that were previously used legitimately at Kimpton properties." MORE
Frost & Sullivan recently predicted that, “…every person globally will be impacted by IoT; its emergence will disrupt traditional business models across every industry.” ” Thanks to IP-based communications and the adoption of mobile VoIP technologies, we are more connected than ever. Now we are being connected to our devices and appliances – from smart TVs, to our connected MORE
Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours MORE
Fergus is responsible for this start-up affordable luxury hotel brand's digital strategy and services (web, mobile, social), IT innovation, and all back-end and guest-facing technology. How does Yotel use digital (web, mobile, social) to differentiate itself as a startup hotel brand? Hotels. Digital Transformation Europe Hotels Technology Management Technology Management forum MORE
The first hotel to be completely run by robots opened Friday, July 17th in Japan. The Weird Hotel in Japan where the front desk is staffed by ROBOTS opens (dailymail.co.uk). Japanese equips hotel with dinobots to greet foreigners (vr-zone.com). MORE
In addition, this week it is launching a specialist VoIP division for the hotel industry, Phonesuite DIRECT. PhoneSuite, which specializes in telecoms solutions for the US hospitality industry, has introduced a new VoIP PBX offering, Managed VOICE. PhoneSuite DIRECT will target hoteliers looking to buy and install VoIP platforms on a factory-direct basis, offering its clients MORE
In cryptography, the "man in the middle" is usually an attacker -- but when Keezel wants to get between you and the Wi-Fi connection in your hotel or your home, it's for your own good. One problem Keezel aims to solve is that hotel and other public Wi-Fi services are often unencrypted, leaving your data wide open to eavesdropping by others in the area. MORE
Building strategically important because of carrier density, proximity to Gulf of Mexico and Mexico Read More. colocation Connectivity Deals Houston MORE
Amerimar Enterprises has acquired a data center hub in Chicago, and will own and operate it along with telecom industry veteran Hunter Newby, but this is only the beginning Read More. Chicago Connectivity Featured MORE
Two St. Louis buildings part of four-property portfolio sold for $114.5 million Read More. 365 Data Centers Colocation Connectivity Data Center Strategies Deals Digital Realty Featured Peering Site Selection St. Louis Washington DC Area MORE
InterContinental Hotel Group’s European marketing manager, Charlie Aspey, tells Computer Weekly how the firm has deployed dynamic email marketing across all its hotel brands MORE
Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies MORE
Millions of point-of-sale systems and hotel room locks can be hacked by temporarily placing a small, inexpensive device several inches away from their card readers. The device, due to be presented Sunday at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, is the creation of Weston Hecker, a senior security engineer at Rapid7. It was inspired by MagSpoof, another device created last year by security researcher Samy Kamkar. MORE
More than 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen as part of the Marriott data breach last year, according to an update from the hotel giant. based hotel chain revealed in an online […]. The information accessed in the breach, which was first disclosed on Nov. 30th, also includes approximately 20.3 million encrypted passport numbers, the Bethesda, Md.-based Cyber Security News MORE
Using data and analytics from several sources helped the company better understand customers, which led to significantly more direct reservations MORE
A Slack group and a workshop day helped Trivago deploy Dropbox for Business to 1300 users MORE
Ongoing data breaches through point of sale malware highlights the need for security standards and central support for franchisees in the hotel industry, say security experts MORE
By Bob Gourley DC seems to have a cyber security related event every week. No kidding. You have to pick and chose and only go to the best or you will never get any work done. How do you pick the right events? MORE
I am honored to announce that I will be a speaker at the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum , April 8-10, 2013, being held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa, in Manama, Bahrain. Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson. MORE
A Russian cyber espionage group is targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks to carry out malware infections and potentially steal credentials, researchers warn MORE
Hotel group implements centralised security management to proactively protect endpoints and achieve accurate security information MORE
The many moving parts of hotels and resorts must work in sync every day to ensure that the business operates at its optimum level. In the hospitality industry, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a vital tool for ensuring the best possible experience for guests. The hospitality industry has a specific focus: Offer guests the best services possible. This task can be complicated MORE
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JULY 20, 2015
The first hotel to be completely run by robots opened Friday, July 17th in Japan. The Weird Hotel in Japan where the front desk is staffed by ROBOTS opens (dailymail.co.uk). Japanese equips hotel with dinobots to greet foreigners (vr-zone.com).
Computer Weekly
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours
Computer Weekly
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
InterContinental Hotel Group’s European marketing manager, Charlie Aspey, tells Computer Weekly how the firm has deployed dynamic email marketing across all its hotel brands
Computer Weekly
AUGUST 11, 2017
A Russian cyber espionage group is targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks to carry out malware infections and potentially steal credentials, researchers warn
Computer Weekly
JULY 12, 2016
Hotel group implements centralised security management to proactively protect endpoints and achieve accurate security information
Computer Weekly
APRIL 20, 2017
Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months
Data Center Knowledge
JANUARY 16, 2015
With four carrier hotels under its belt, Netrality Properties eyeing Houston as next stop Read More. colocation Connectivity Peering
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 6, 2014
Amerimar Enterprises and Abrams Capital have acquired 401 North Broad Street, the major data center and carrier hotel in Philadelphia, and will partner with telecom industry veteran Hunter Newby to operate the property.
Computer Weekly
JULY 24, 2017
Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies
Computer Weekly
MAY 9, 2017
A Slack group and a workshop day helped Trivago deploy Dropbox for Business to 1300 users
IT Toolbox
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Frost & Sullivan recently predicted that, “…every person globally will be impacted by IoT; its emergence will disrupt traditional business models across every industry.” ” Thanks to IP-based communications and the adoption of mobile VoIP technologies, we are more connected than ever. Now we are being connected to our devices and appliances – from smart TVs, to our connected
IT Toolbox
APRIL 19, 2017
The many moving parts of hotels and resorts must work in sync every day to ensure that the business operates at its optimum level. In the hospitality industry, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a vital tool for ensuring the best possible experience for guests. The hospitality industry has a specific focus: Offer guests the best services possible. This task can be complicated
Tech Republic Big Data
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Find out how analytics offers insights to hotels that want to determine which amenities are mostly likely to attract and delight customers
Eric D. Brown
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
This is another capture of hte main buildings at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs CO after a storm passed through. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 17-40 L. See more photos in my flickr photostream and/or my Zenfolio portfolio (where you can buy images).
Data Center Knowledge
JANUARY 20, 2015
Adds space at 60 Hudson and 32 Avenue of the Americas Read More. colocation New York Telx
IT Manager Daily
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Guests who stayed at any Prince Hotel location from May to August 2017 could be affected, specifically those who booked rooms through the company’s foreign language website. The post Hotel hackers hijack data of 124K customers appeared first on IT Manager Daily. Business travel may have just gotten a bit more complicated. Hackers exploited a flaw in a FastBooking server to plant malware and steal personal information from 124,963 customers.
Network World
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
Trump Hotel Collection has arrived at a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. The hotel chain, one of the businesses of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has agreed to pay US$50,000 in penalties and promised to take measures to beef up its data security practices, according to the attorney general’s office. The chain is one of many hotels and retailers that have been hit recently by malware that skimmed payment card information.
IT Toolbox
JUNE 22, 2016
In addition, this week it is launching a specialist VoIP division for the hotel industry, Phonesuite DIRECT. PhoneSuite, which specializes in telecoms solutions for the US hospitality industry, has introduced a new VoIP PBX offering, Managed VOICE. PhoneSuite DIRECT will target hoteliers looking to buy and install VoIP platforms on a factory-direct basis, offering its clients
CTOvision
DECEMBER 11, 2013
By Bob Gourley DC seems to have a cyber security related event every week. No kidding. You have to pick and chose and only go to the best or you will never get any work done. How do you pick the right events?
Data Center Knowledge
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
CEO says pent-up demand for well-connected space on island means time is right Read More. colocation Featured New York Telx
Data Center Knowledge
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
Amerimar Enterprises has acquired a data center hub in Chicago, and will own and operate it along with telecom industry veteran Hunter Newby, but this is only the beginning Read More. Chicago Connectivity Featured
Data Center Knowledge
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
LeFrak, Hidalgo, Atlas to provide space, managed services at 111 Town Square Place in Jersey City. Read More. colocation New York
Network World
JANUARY 29, 2017
A 4-star hotel in the Austrian Alps, the Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt , admitted to bowing to extortion after ransomware locked up the computer running the hotel’s electronic key lock system. This was not the first time that cyber thugs attacked the hotel. During one of the attacks, the hackers reportedly left a backdoor into the system. The third attack occurred during the opening weekend of the winter season.
Network World
JULY 10, 2016
Omni Hotels & Resorts has reported that point-of-sale systems at some of its properties were hit by malware targeting payment card information. The attack on the systems of the luxury hotel chain follows similar breaches of point-of-sale systems at various hotels and retailers like Hyatt Hotels, Target, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Hilton Worldwide Holdings.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 19, 2016
Two St. Louis buildings part of four-property portfolio sold for $114.5 million Read More. 365 Data Centers Colocation Connectivity Data Center Strategies Deals Digital Realty Featured Peering Site Selection St. Louis Washington DC Area
Network World
AUGUST 14, 2016
HEI Hotels & Resorts has reported a possible compromise of payment card information at its point-of-sale terminals, the latest in a string of attacks on such systems at hotels, hospitals and retailers. The compromise may have possibly affected the personal information of some hotel customers who made payment card purchases at point-of-sale terminals, such as food and beverage outlets, at certain HEI managed properties.
Network World
JULY 26, 2016
Kimpton Hotels, operator of boutique hotels across the U.S., If confirmed, it would become the latest in a string of successful attacks on hotel chain operators in the last year. is investigating reports of a possible payment card data breach. The San Francisco-based company said it was "recently made aware of a report of unauthorized charges occurring on cards that were previously used legitimately at Kimpton properties."
Network World
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
In cryptography, the "man in the middle" is usually an attacker -- but when Keezel wants to get between you and the Wi-Fi connection in your hotel or your home, it's for your own good. One problem Keezel aims to solve is that hotel and other public Wi-Fi services are often unencrypted, leaving your data wide open to eavesdropping by others in the area.
Data Center Knowledge
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Building strategically important because of carrier density, proximity to Gulf of Mexico and Mexico Read More. colocation Connectivity Deals Houston
Forrester IT
JUNE 5, 2016
Fergus is responsible for this start-up affordable luxury hotel brand's digital strategy and services (web, mobile, social), IT innovation, and all back-end and guest-facing technology. How does Yotel use digital (web, mobile, social) to differentiate itself as a startup hotel brand? Hotels. Digital Transformation Europe Hotels Technology Management Technology Management forum
Tech Republic Big Data
JUNE 26, 2017
Using data and analytics from several sources helped the company better understand customers, which led to significantly more direct reservations
Network World
AUGUST 2, 2016
Millions of point-of-sale systems and hotel room locks can be hacked by temporarily placing a small, inexpensive device several inches away from their card readers. The device, due to be presented Sunday at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, is the creation of Weston Hecker, a senior security engineer at Rapid7. It was inspired by MagSpoof, another device created last year by security researcher Samy Kamkar.
CTOvision
JANUARY 10, 2019
More than 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen as part of the Marriott data breach last year, according to an update from the hotel giant. based hotel chain revealed in an online […]. The information accessed in the breach, which was first disclosed on Nov. 30th, also includes approximately 20.3 million encrypted passport numbers, the Bethesda, Md.-based Cyber Security News
Tech Republic Cloud
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Wynn Las Vegas is deploying Amazon Echo in its guest rooms. Initial features will include lighting and temperature control and eventually personal concierge functions will be added
Cloud Musings
FEBRUARY 23, 2013
I am honored to announce that I will be a speaker at the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum , April 8-10, 2013, being held at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa, in Manama, Bahrain. Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson.
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