Google says the issue affects Intel, AMD, and ARM chips, noting that it updated most of its systems and products with protections from attack. AWS said most of its affected servers have already been secured.
A new kind of malware, known as Triton or TRISIS, goes after industrial safety systems that provide emergency shutdown capabilities. Experts say it can also be effective in attacking data center power and cooling systems.
The deal targets large-scale compute workloads running in cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments and comes less than 10 months after Google invested in Avere.
Latest report from Synergy estimates that the total volume of data center M&A deals in 2017 reached $20 billion. Forty-eight transactions closed last year – three more than in 2015 and 2016 combined.
The technology website The Register said a bug lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords. All computers with Intel chips from the past 10 years appear to be affected.
DCK Investor Edge: Once the $442 million transaction closes, CyrusOne will join Equinix and Digital Realty as the third publicly traded US-based data center operator with significant customer offerings in both North America and Europe.
