Skilled Data Scientists in demand as job posts grow 1000%, says Rackspace

Rackspace, the managed cloud company, has thrown its weight behind the first ever Science to Data Science (S2DS) summer school. The summer school is aimed at PhD students from diverse science and mathematics backgrounds and will put their analytical skills through the paces with expert tuition from industry leaders, including Rackspace, and real-life big data projects.

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OpenStack Summit heads to Europe

For the first time, the OpenStack® Summit is coming to Europe. The 10th OpenStack Summit will be held November 3-7, 2014 at the Palais de Congrès and the Le Meridien in Paris. This week-long event brings together users, developers, telco leaders and enterprise CIOs from across the industry to collaborate on the future of cloud computing.

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The European General Data Protection Regulation – a major opportunity for cloud providers

New AIIM whitepaper highlights the potential to deliver EU-wide services under a single operations model, but also the risk if organisations do not comply. The forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a single law for organisations to follow, but increases fines up to 100 million Euros if found guilty of a ‘negligent breach’ of privacy or loss of data.

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Consumer confusion around Cloud technology

U.K. research released by Juniper Networks reveals that nearly one quarter of respondents (21.8 percent) said they don’t use cloud technology or don’t know what it is, yet the same respondents spend large amounts of time using digital, cloud-based applications such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Spotify. The findings highlight a large disparity between consumers’ digital behaviour and their understanding of the technology that powers it.

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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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