NEWS
Aviation
network inflight
broadband
wins German
Innovation
Award
Mimecast opens German
data centres to address cyber
resilience for email
D
eutsche Telekom, a leading integrated
telecommunications company, and
Inmarsat, a leading provider of global
mobile satellite communications, have
been awarded the prestigious German
Innovation Award for their highly
successful joint venture, the European
Aviation Network (EAN). EAN, the world’s
first inflight broadband solution that
combines dedicated satellite coverage
with a complementary LTE-based ground
network, was announced as the winner in
the Aviation and Maritime Technologies
category, during a ceremony in Berlin. The
German Innovation Award was founded
by the esteemed German Design Council
and launched by the German Parliament.
Entries undergo a comprehensive evaluation
that considers factors such as user benefits,
economic feasibility, sustainability, technical
quality and durability. Winners are therefore
considered to be the ‘best-of-the-best’ in
their categories.
Judged by a panel of high-profile experts
from various German industries, EAN was
c ommended for its exceptional performance
and the potential of the network to positively
influence the future of air travel. The win
follows EAN also recently being named ‘Best
Inflight Connectivity Innovation’ by the Airline
Passenger Experience Association (APEX).
EAN is available to both commercial airlines
and business aviation aircraft across all 28 EU
States, in addition to Norway and Switzerland.
With the solution, passengers will experience
high-quality broadband in the skies and the
increasingly congested European aviation
industry can meet the accelerating demand
of new data-hungry generations.
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imecast Limited, a leading email
and data security company, has
announced that its German data centres
are open for business.
Mimecast confirmed that the services
are live and the first customers had
begun their onboarding. Two new
replicated data centres are in separate
co-located facilities in Frankfurt am
Main and operate on Mimecast’s
own proprietary cloud infrastructure
and MimeOS software architecture.
Mimecast’s advanced security, business
continuity and archiving services are
designed to operate in accordance
with GDPR (DSGVO) and German data
protection laws.
“Germany’s cautious yet pragmatic
approach to cloud is exactly why
Mimecast is planning for rapid growth
in the region,” said Mimecast CEO, Peter
Bauer. “Concerns remain over where
data is stored and what happens when
critical services like email fail, creating
security risks and disrupting workplace
productivity. Our new German data
centres will allow us to help organisations
adopt a cyber resilience strategy to
secure, preserve and continue the flow of
information via email.”
International audit, tax and advisory
firm Mazars is migrating services to
the German data centre. Group CISO,
Jayson Dudley, commented: “Protecting
client confidentiality and data security
is paramount to our business and
guaranteed data sovereignty in
Germany helps us meet our European
compliance objectives. Mimecast is our
first line of defence against growing
volumes of ransomware and phishing
attacks by email.”
Michael Heuer, Country Manager –
Central Europe, said: “Our German
research shows disruptive email attacks
are on the rise, still most enterprises are
yet to respond with an appropriate cyber
resilience posture,” he added.
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