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data in the cloud ? Or can the data be adjacent to the cloud ? For example , we ’ re starting to see companies securely putting their data at rest at the centre of the cloud in Equinix but actually use and leverage the tools from a direct connection to the cloud - whether that ’ s Microsoft or Google and the analytics they provide - while their data goes at rest on the edge .”
Looking to the future for data sharing , Lillie suggest a radical rethink . “ If my data is good , and I have a certain amount around a specific area or equipment ( IoT , security etc ),
would it be better if I could share it with like-minded companies using similar equipment and endeavouring to solve similar problems ? There ’ s a theme developing around the notion of secure data sharing in a specific data marketplace .
“ One of the brilliant applications for this approach has been utilised by Palo Alto Networks . They have a product called Wildfire , so if I use Palo Alto ’ s next generation firewall to protect my environment in the US and a company in the US is using Palo Alto , and we both subscribe to the Wildfire service as my environment gets attacked , let ’ s say it ’ s a new signature , that signature is uploaded to the
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