Nov 28, 2024
Data centers: Technology giants that uphold AI
Colombia, November 2024.- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining multiple sectors, though its impact would be unfeasible without its support infrastructure. Data centers are at the core of this infrastructure, technology giants that store, process and distribute the huge amount of data feeding this tool. These data centers are the key foundation that supports AI’s daily operations, making everything possible, from industrial process automation to online service customization.
Based on a research by Aritzon, the data centers market in LatAm is expected to grow from US$5,51 billion registered in 2022 to US$8,81 billion by 2028. This demonstrates the importance of this sector, which in addition to being the driving force behind AI performance, is driven by the demand for cloud services, edge computing and cybersecurity, among other factors that companies pursue.
“AI requires a highly available and resilient infrastructure capable of handling intensive workloads, ensuring low latency and high security. Data centers are the cornerstone of this ecosystem,” said Pablo García, regional data center manager at Cirion Technologies, highlighting the crucial role of this infrastructure in the Artificial Intelligence Era.
Not just data storage
Data centers’ role goes way beyond, as they are responsible for processing complex algorithms and maintaining data integrity and security. AI would not be able to analyze large information volumes at the required speed without them. This is why data storage and processing infrastructures are constantly evolving, adapting to the growing market demands.
On the other hand, sustainability is one of the most important challenges for data centers. The enormous amount of energy they consume poses environmental challenges, and technology companies are taking steps to reduce their ecological impact. According to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report, energy efficiency improvements have helped control energy demand growth from data centers and data transmission networks, which currently demand around 1.0% to 1.5% of global electricity use.
The use of renewable energy sources and more efficient cooling systems are some of the solutions that are being implemented. In addition, AI is helping to streamline the operation of data centers themselves, improving energy efficiency through real-time monitoring and process automation. Accordingly, Gartner predicts that 50% of data center operators will adopt this technology, bots and machine learning to improve energy and operational efficiency by 2025.
The volume of data managed by Artificial Intelligence is constantly increasing, and with it, the need for robust infrastructures. As this technology becomes integrated into more aspects of our daily lives, from homes to smart cities, the ability of data centers to manage this information is of the essence. Edge computing is gaining momentum as a trend, allowing data to be processed closer to its source, reducing latency and improving critical applications speed.
Data security is another fundamental aspect of the infrastructure’s underlying tool. Due to data centers increasing storage of sensitive information, they have become attractive targets for cyberattacks as well. Here, this technology plays a role in strengthening security by detecting unusual patterns and anticipating threats.
The future of Artificial Intelligence primarily depends on innovating its support infrastructure. The ability to scale operations, process information in record times, and do so in a sustainable and secure manner is what will enable the ongoing evolution of this tool. Therefore, advances in the efficiency, sustainability and security of data centers are essential for the continued development of this technology.
“At Cirion Technologies, our infrastructure in Colombia and Latin America is designed to support the highest standards of availability and efficiency, driving digital transformation in the region. With a network of 18 strategically located carrier-neutral data centers, we are prepared to face the challenges that AI brings and guarantee the operational continuity of our clients,” concluded García.
About Cirion
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology pan-regional provider, offering a comprehensive suite of colocation services, cloud infrastructure and terrestrial and subsea fiber networks. Cirion serves over 5,500 Latin American and multinational customers headquartered in Latin America, including enterprises, government Agencies, cloud Service Providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a portfolio of owned networks and data centers, with extensive coverage throughout the Latin American region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Jun 26, 2024
Atento adopts Cirion Technologies Services and Technology to become Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) Leader in Colombia
Strategy to migrate their Data Center infrastructure represents a technology investment meant to transforming the operational model, increasing scalability, flexibility and improving customer experience.
Colombia, June 2024. Atento, one of the greatest global providers of customer relationship management and business transformational outsourcing (CRM/BTO) and industry leader in Latin America, announced a strategic agreement with Cirion Technologies, digital infrastructure and technology provider, to migrate their Data Center Infrastructure in Colombia.
Deiby Fandiño, Global IT Operation and Infrastructure Director in Atento, underscored the importance of this decision: “Migration of our Data Center in Colombia is a key investment for the future of Atento. This step not only optimizes our technological infrastructure, but our stance to tackle the market’s dynamic demands and to continue delivering exceptional services to our customers.”
This strategy will allow Atento focus on its core business, further improving operational efficiency and the ability to respond to their clients’ needs, ensuring greater continuity and quality of service. Customers will benefit from more agile and scalable solutions, resulting in a continually improved user experience.
“We are excited to work in tandem with Atento on this strategic project,” said María Claudia Rey, President of Cirion Colombia. “Our cutting-edge infrastructure will provide the necessary technological foundation so that Atento continues to innovate on the path to leading the BTO industry.”
In addition to the operational benefits, the Data Center migration strategy is aligned with Atento’s sustainability objectives. The new Data Center operated by Cirion is designed to be highly efficient in terms of energy, complying with the highest ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) certifications and standards.
Thus, not only the environmental impact is lessened; it also contributes to Atento’s corporate social responsibility, strengthening its commitment to a more sustainable future. Atento’s Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) model is focused on offering innovative and customized solutions that optimize customer relationship management and transform business processes. This is how they are reaffirming their commitment to digital transformation and operational excellence, maintaining their path towards innovation and continuous improvement to accompany clients into the new CX era.
About Cirion:
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of promoting Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves more than 5,500 Latin American and multinational clients, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, operators, ISPs, and other leading companies. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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About Atento
Atento is the greatest Customer Relationship Management and Business Transformation Outsourcing (“CRM BTO”) provider in Latin America and one of the main global providers. Atento is also one of the main CRM BTO nearshoring service providers for companies operating in the United States. Since 1999, the Company has developed its business model in 16 countries, employing approximately 110,000 people. Atento has more than 400 clients, offering a wide range of CRM BTO services through multiple channels. Atento’s clients are mostly leading multinational companies in telecommunications, banking and financial services, healthcare, retail and public administration sectors. For more information visit www.atento.com
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Feb 26, 2024
Infrastructure as a Service: Cirion extends coverage of its Bare Metal Cloud product to Colombia
Minimum latency, provisioning speed, autonomy of use, and management are a few of the main benefits
Miami, February 26, 2024 – To offer computing capacity in different regions, with minimal latency and integrated into zones, Cirion Technologies, a leading provider of digital infrastructure and technology, continues to expand its technological infrastructure in Latin America with the implementation of a new region of its Bare Metal Cloud service, a computing alternative for hybrid environments.
Bare Metal Cloud is a computing platform that offers dedicated, high-performance hardware, with self-management and pay-per-use, to host strategic applications. Bare Metal Cloud makes it possible to assign dedicated servers to any of the platform’s customers automatically, providing minimal latency, provisioning speed, flexibility of use, and management. Deployed in Cirion’s main data centers, it guarantees proximity to users and high levels of security.
During 2023, this technology was provided to Cirion’s customers in Brazil in São Paulo (SP), Fortaleza (CE), and the Northeast region, as well as in the cities of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Curitiba (PR).
Cirion is now expanding its Bare Metal Cloud coverage with a new region in its Data Center in Bogotá, Colombia. Throughout 2024, the company plans to continue its expansion to the cities of Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico, and Santiago.
“Bare Metal Cloud is a service that offers automated computing capacity and is located close to large centers, so its solutions have very low latency. Additionally, the solution allows for absolute agility, as it is ready to use,” comments Alejandro Girardotti, Senior Director of Products, Innovation and Strategic Alliances at Cirion Technologies.
Other key benefits are:
- Reduces IT solutions’ time to market, with on-demand, real-time, dedicated access to customer servers.
- Offers high-performance computing combined with the flexibility of the cloud.
- Minimizes latency and optimizes security with dedicated servers hosted in Cirion Data Centers close to users and complying with the highest standards of international certifications (TIER III, ISO, ISAE, PCI).
- Complete and remote control of computing environment’s logical configuration.
According to the international consultancy firm IDC, by 2026 40% of infrastructure, security, data, and network offerings will require cloud-based control platforms that enable extensive automation and promise significant reductions in ongoing operational costs.
With Bare Metal Cloud, Cirion offers greater cloud agility for the computing infrastructure through an innovative capacity as a service.
About Cirion
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber networks, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communications and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America’s progress through technology. Cirion serves over 5,500 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a portfolio of networks and data centers, with extensive coverage throughout the Latin American region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Jan 11, 2024
5 Recommendations on Cloud Migration that Companies should know
Bogotá, January 2024. – In an always changing technological world, cloud migration has become an essential support for businesses, a key process for efficiency and digital transformation. The technological breakthroughs achieved in Colombia so far have enabled tool consolidation, such as the public cloud. However, some challenges still get in the way to allow the country to fully leverage this tool in the next decade.
Based on a study designed by the School of Engineering and Telecommunications of Santo Tomás University, more than 70% of companies have already migrated their loads to public clouds, benefiting from the flexible implementations in these environments, thus reducing deployment times.
According to Juan José Calderón, Data Centers and Cloud Director for the Andean Region at Cirion Technologies, the concept of hybrid cloud has currently gained great relevance. “Companies operating a hybrid cloud need a centralized dashboard to monitor all activity in their environments, allowing them to both identify and respond to threats more quickly,” he added.
Due to this cloud migration journey of companies, Calderón shared five recommendations for a successful adoption of this service:
- Have a strategic plan in place: Understanding how the cloud tackles your business needs is key. Good information management not only offers security and ensures customer trust; it also provides companies with a legal framework to shield themselves and avoid reputational damage. Planning what will be migrated while being aligned with the company’s long-term vision brings transformation and data security perspectives.
- Cloud Service Vendor Selection: Companies should research and compare different options, considering security, support, cost and consumption factors. Bearing in mind the benefits of the different types of cloud according to each organization’s features will be essential to make the most of them.
- Cloud Security: Implementing robust security measures and looking at the response types in the clouds is of the essence, considering the near and far clouds for the specific service to be executed in the company. In addition, deploy appropriate authentication measures, data encryption, and access policies.
- Resource Optimization: Resource monitoring to prevent unnecessary expenses and cost overruns is key. Have financial practices in place to avoid spending more than planned and use data analytics to understand consumption patterns. This will favor more effective processes.
- Cloud Adoption and Training: Make sure the company’s team is well trained in cloud-related tools and processes. This is why you need to foster an adjustment and adoption culture in the different areas involved.
How to choose a suitable system in the cloud transformation journey
The best cloud adoption scheme would be an entangled one, which allows the most efficient use of the cloud based on customer proximity and security. Precisely, these hybrid cloud schemes are the ones that enterprises find most appealing.
Hybrid cloud security is the multifaceted process of protecting infrastructure, data, and applications across multiple IT environments, including private clouds, public clouds, and on-premises hardware. This complex methodology is a defense against cyberattacks and malicious intruders and is often managed through third-party companies and vendors.
According to Calderón, “The first thing to bear in mind when we talk about security in the digital world is that there is no complete security. Therefore, we must focus on reducing risks. For example, in the automotive sector, cars may have thousands of insurances and preventions, but if the user does not wear the seatbelt properly, it represents a risk. This is the case with network security; all necessary precautions must be taken no matter how basic they are to protect the information”.
Using these recommendations can ensure a successful transition to the cloud, improving agility and competitiveness in today’s market. Cloud migration is significant to improve our future and computer security, Calderón pointed out.
About Cirion:
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves more than 5500 Latin America-based and multinational clients, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, carriers, ISPs, and other leading companies. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Apr 4, 2023
Why is a robust infrastructure so important in hosting enterprise applications and data?
Bogotá, April 2023. In addition to implementing digital technology in each area, companies need to prioritize where to host their data. Hence the interest in data centers, which are infrastructures that store, serve and process all data.
Given the importance of hosting critical applications and extremely sensitive data, the trend in large companies is to rely on outsourced data centers, i.e., implemented and managed by other companies. The reason: due to the investment required, it is practically unfeasible to have a privately owned data center.
These are robust, million-dollar investment infrastructures, which must be extremely reliable. Their environment is designed to concentrate all the computing, processing, and data storage equipment, as well as network asset systems. Data centers are the central nervous system of organizations, explained Felipe Gómez, Regional Business Director for Data Center, Security and Cloud at Cirion Technologies.
Security offered by data centers includes, among other things, the racks, metal cabinets where the cooling systems for temperature control are located the mechanisms that supply extra power, and the fire protection devices. In addition, being surrounded by qualified personnel diminishes threat gaps.
We have multiple rings or multiple layers to filter out any risks that may arise. The state-of-the-art technology also ensures that these issues are managed in the best way possible; the processes and specialized personnel lending credibility to these security issues are just as important,” commented the Cirion Technologies expert.
However, the data center service provided by these companies is not only about setting up a robust structure, but also about how it is managed.
Besides providing the customer with a secure data center, it also provides 24/7 service that responds to their needs faster than ever before and uses state-of-the-art technology.
The pandemic has transformed companies’ ability to define priorities to address digital transformation. One of them is how to support organizations business continuity, which is why a data center with high storage capacity, providing nearly one hundred percent of information resources is critical,” he added.
About Cirion
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves more than 6,400 Latin American and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, carriers, ISPs, and other leading companies. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com
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Aug 17, 2021
Potential attack surface is growing as criminals look to disrupt, profit off DDoS and Ransom DDoS attacks
DENVER, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The second quarter of 2021 was particularly active for cybercriminals, and many high-profile events dominated the headlines. To help businesses, government, clients and the industry better understand the security landscape, Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today released its quarterly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) report for Q2 2021.
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“We are witnessing a rise in ransom DDoS attacks, where cybercriminals threaten to execute a DDoS attack unless a ransom is paid,” said Mike Benjamin, Lumen vice president of security and Black Lotus Labs. “The threat actors aren’t just looking to disrupt they are frequently running criminal campaigns looking to make a profit. Some businesses are purely digital, and that makes them more vulnerable, because when the potential attack surface increases, this also increases the opportunity for threat actors. The best defense is a DDoS mitigation service that stops these attacks before they happen.”
Key Findings from the Lumen 2Q 2021 DDoS Report:
IoT Botnets By the Numbers
22
.. Percentage increase in unique C2s tracked across Gafgyt and Mirai
11
.. Average increase in Gafgyt lifespan (in days)
18
.. Average increase in Mirai lifespan (in days)
431
.. The most C2s hosted in a single country (U.S.)
131
.. The most C2s issuing commands from a single country (U.S.)
173
.. Percentage increase in the number of botnets hosted in Brazil
DDoS Attack Trends By the Numbers
14
.. Percentage increase in attacks mitigated in Q2 over Q1
419
.. Largest attack by bandwidth (Gbps)
132
.. Largest attack by packet rate (Mpps)
10
.. Longest attack we mitigated for an individual customer (in days)
38
.. Percent of all DDoS mitigations that were multi-vector
The security team at Lumen analyzed intelligence from Black Lotus Labs the company’s threat research arm and attack trends from the Lumen DDoS Mitigation Service platform. The Lumen platform integrates countermeasures directly into the company’s extensive and deeply peered global network.
To learn more about Lumen’s methodology and the detailed data used to create this report, please see the full Lumen Quarterly DDoS Report for 2Q 2021.
