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As we can see from the global WannaCry ransomware attack, the risk of being hit by this type of malware is not a matter of “if”; it’s a matter of “when,” According to SonicWall research, ransomware attacks spiked 16,700% in just one year, from 4 million in 2015 to staggering 638 million in 2016. The good news is that there are ways to spot ransomware at an early stage and stop it from spreading through your environment.

Data centers are an essential part of the modern economy. From banking to telecoms to gaming, data centers are vital for most industries. But there’s a problem. For a data center to make sense, it must be continuously improved in terms of economics, performance, efficiency, and flexibility. As the world becomes increasingly reliant on a digital economy, data centers must innovate to meet the needs of tomorrow.

Confused (or curious) on how to determine the true cost of moving your data center workloads to the cloud? In this on-demand event, Microsoft and Interlink Cloud Advisors walk you through our key methodology for evaluating which workloads you should move, their dependencies, and how to price out workloads for Azure.

Last week I had a speech at a small workshop in Italy around hyper-convergence. It was a group of more than 20 end users, mid-to-large sized companies that were evaluating if hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) makes sense for their projects. In fact, only a few of them are already utilizing hyper-convergence, and some have special use cases for which solutions they have evaluated so far are too expensive or not flexible enough for their needs. Edge computing, for example, is pretty challenging for most HCI solutions. That was an interesting discussion and I’m trying to take advantage of it for the slide deck I’m preparing for a webinar I’ll host next week here on GigaOm: “Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Maximizing TCO and ROI” I’m focusing the presentation on a few aspects that I consider fundamental to choose the right HCI solution: One-size-fits-all does not exist when it comes to IT infrastructures. It is important to understand your real needs and proceed accordingly.