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cannot peer into the code being executed
by a cloud consumer) will move towards the
mainstream and will allow enterprises to run
their computation in a secure manner.
Data regulation will influence
enterprise IT strategies
Today, many enterprises buy and sell data
in order to get a competitive advantage,
but these enterprises must adhere to
government regulations for personal data
privacy and protection.
What started with the EU’s General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now
transcending into other local regulatory
frameworks such as the California Consumer
Privacy Act (CCPA) among many others and
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THE WORLD
ECONOMIC FORUM
HAS RANKED
BREACHES IN
CYBERSECURITY
AS ONE OF THE
TOP RISKS FACING
OUR GLOBAL
COMMUNITY.
requirements around data privacy’ as a
threat to their company.
Equinix predicts IT strategies will increasingly
focus on data privacy, with continued
application of the secure discovery,
classification and encryption of Personally
Identifiable Information (PII).
Equinix believes HSMs will be an integral
part of a data security architecture and
strategy for encrypting PII and providing
an exceptionally high level of security for
safeguarding data.
Digital Transformation will
provide a foundation for a more
sustainable world
According to an Equinix Survey, 42% of IT
decision-makers agree that the ‘greenness’
of a company’s suppliers has a direct impact
on their buying decisions.
Equinix anticipates that with increasing
pressures on the world’s resources and the
increasing desire by many companies to
cut emissions, Digital Transformation could
begin to set the world’s economy on a
progressively sustainable footing.
Sustainability will likely be an initiative for
world-class organisations as stakeholders
increasingly look to digital businesses to
lead and innovate in areas of environmental
responsibility and sustainability.
Equinix further predicts that digital and
technology innovations will provide
companies with the opportunity to
overcome barriers, such as the geographic
dispersion of supply chains to the complexity
of materials and deconstructing products.
is putting more pressure on enterprises to
ensure data compliance.
In fact, there are 121 countries that have
either already announced or are in the
process of formulating data sovereignty
laws that prevent the movement of
their citizens’ personal data outside the
country’s boundaries.
Equinix believes we will see further
complexity in protecting personal data
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as global trends towards stricter or new
data privacy regulations continue to gain
momentum, making it more difficult for
global companies distributed across multiple
markets to navigate.
In a recent survey commissioned by Equinix
of over 2,450 IT decision-makers across the
world, 69% of the global respondents listed
‘complying with data protection regulations’
as a top priority for their business, while
43% of them reported ‘changing regulatory
Machine-to-machine and data analytics
enable companies to match the supply
and demand for underused assets and
products. The cloud, in combination with
mobile, can dematerialise products or even
entire industries.
Equinix anticipates that as businesses depend
on data centre resources to connect with
customers and run many aspects of their
operations, they will look to vendor-neutral
colocation data centre providers who are
committed, vocal and proven champions for
advancing environmental sustainability. n
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