Data Center

Dependability in the Cloud

- Adrienne Hall - General Manager, Trustworthy Computing

What does it take to build a large-scale data center? In addition to arrays of servers, storage and network devices, a data center requires multiple systems to provide a reliable source of power, suitable environmental conditions, plus operations management to provision, monitor and secure the facilities. As cloud computing adoption continues to rise, and customers demand 24/7 access to their services and data, reliability remains a challenge for cloud service … Read more »

Microsoft Offers Security Assessment Service for Country-Code Top-Level Domain Registries (ccTLD)

- Pete Boden - General Manager, Online Services Security & Compliance

The exploitation of vulnerabilities specific to country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries has become an increasingly common problem, especially in relatively small markets around the world. A ccTLD is an internet domain registry generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory, such as .co.uk (for United Kingdom) or .fr (for France). This allows web sites to be associated with their specific country, territory or geographic … Read more »