Five arguments for virtual data rooms: The secure way to exchange business information in B2B environments
16 April 2026
Dropbox for design drawings, OneDrive for contracts and WhatsApp for research data? That may be all well and good for private use but can quickly turn into a security nightmare, states netfiles.
Anyone sharing sensitive company data via popular American cloud services is throwing the gates wide open to hackers and competitors, says netfiles, the German provider of data rooms. In this article, the company sets out to show a better and more secure way: the virtual data room.
Vertiv acquires BMarko Structures to expand capacity for manufactured and converged infrastructure solutions
16 April 2026
Vertiv, provider of critical digital infrastructure, has acquired BMarko Structures LLC (‘BMarko’), a US-based provider of custom-engineered structural fabrication.
As AI data centre deployments accelerate, the infrastructure layer is under growing pressure to deliver faster and at scale. This acquisition vertically integrates a critical structural fabrication specialisation into Vertiv’s Infrastructure Solutions business in North America, which is expected to strengthen supply capability, rapidly expand engineering and manufacturing capacity and enhance Vertiv’s ability to deliver scalable manufactured, prefabricated and converged infrastructure with greater speed, control, customisation and executional discipline.
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ZincFive unveils Nickel-Zinc retrofit kit to modernise existing UPS energy storage infrastructure
09 April 2026
ZincFive, provider of nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery-based solutions for immediate power applications, has launched the NiZn Retrofit Kit, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) energy storage solution designed to bring the benefits of modern battery chemistry to existing UPS battery systems in mission-critical environments.
The NiZn Retrofit Kit will enable data centre operators and service providers to replace legacy valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries with ZincFive’s long-life, high-performance nickel-zinc technology without requiring cabinet enclosure replacement, system re-design or operational disruption.
Comment on International Data Centre Day – How can data centres serve society?
26 March 2026
By Dave Philp, Chief Value Officer, Bentley Systems.
International Data Centre Day is a moment to recognise the often-unseen critical infrastructure that underpins modern life. Like healthcare, transport and energy systems, data centres have become essential civic infrastructure in an increasingly connected world.
