Bitcoin Mining Consumes 8-Times More Electricity than Google and Facebook Combined
According to the recent data acquired and calculated by Finbold, bitcoin’s estimated annual electricity consumption of 143 TWh (Tera Watt Hours) as of May 5, 2021, is at least eight times higher than Facebook and Google’s combined consumption of 17 TWh. The Facebook’s consumption stands at 12 TWh while Google’s annual energy usage is at 5 TWh.
The bitcoin’s consumption also accounts for about 69 percent of all the energy used by world data centers at 205 TWh.
Veeam Reports 25 Percent Growth in Q1’ 2021
Veeam Software, one of the leaders in Backup solutions, has announced another quarter of double-digit growth with an annual recurring revenue (ARR) increase of 25 percent year-over-year (YoY) for Q1’2021. Veeam kicked off 2021 with its expansion of public cloud support with the general availability of new Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform — complementing Veeam Backup solutions for AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Veeam Backup & Replication v11 was also released in Q1’21 with an additional 200 new and powerful backup, cloud, DR, security and automation enhancements. The most advanced data protection solution for Cloud, virtual, SaaS, Kubernetes and physical workloads has already been downloaded by more than 130,000 users.
Additionally, in the most recent IDC Semi-Annual Software Tracker for Data Replication & Protection H2 of 2020, Veeam had the fastest revenue growth, both sequentially (21.5%) and YoY (17.9%) among the top five vendors. In this period, Veeam became the #2 provider worldwide in terms of overall revenue with YoY growth in the second half of 2020 with more than 17.5 percentage points above the market average.
Kaspersky Launches New Edition of Industrial Network Visibility and Security Platform
Kaspersky has launched the new edition of its industrial network visibility and security platform, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security for Networks. In addition to operational technology (OT) traffic monitoring, which reveals unauthorized activity, Kaspersky Industrial Cyber Security for Networks now flags vulnerabilities in equipment and gives recommendations for their mitigation. Added support for the BAC net protocol allows the product to effectively protect smart building systems. Automated learning mode for traffic monitoring, seamless protocol updates, and the new web console also simplify management and improve efficiency in fighting industrial threats.
