Frankfurt will overtake London as the European data centre king

Posted on January 18, 2018 by - News

Skyline_Frankfurt_am_MainBeancounters at Research and Markets have named Frankfurt as the Data Centre ruler of Europe.

According to a new report with the catchy title “Europe Data Centre Trends Tracker – 2018” the Frankfurt Data Centre cluster is set for significant extra growth over the next 12 month period.

With 11 Data Centre expansions announced by providers in the Frankfurt area including Colt Telecom, Digital Realty, Equinix, Interxion and Maincube – the Frankfurt cluster will soon overtake the UK’s largest Data Centre cluster to become the largest single city Data Centre cluster in Europe.

The research is based on a survey of Data Centre facilities in the 15 markets including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

This research shows that although long-established as the most substantial Data Centre market in Europe, the London & the Inner M25 cluster region is set to be overtaken by Frankfurt as the largest Data Centre cluster in Europe.

The latest edition of the bi-annual Euro-Data Centre Trends subscription service forecasts that third-party Data Centre raised floor space in the London & Inner M25 and Frankfurt clusters stands at 264,000 m2 of potential space available in each city.

In total Frankfurt area third party Data Centre space is forecast to grow by over 34,0000 m2 of raised floor space – or approximately 60 MW of DCCP (Data Centre Customer Power) – during 2018. Frankfurt will overtake London to become the largest cluster in Europe by the beginning of 2019.

By contrast, the London & Inner M25 area cluster is forecast to add only an additional 10,300 m2 of Data Centre raised floor space with two notable London Data Centre expansions due to take place in 2018 (including VIRTUS London-5 at Stockley Park and Interxion London-3 at Brick Lane).

The report said that Frankfurt is seeing new third-party Data Centre growth because there is new space for expansion around the Frankfurt area. Frankfurt is becoming an international connectivity hub – with the man German Internet Exchange (DE-CIX) reporting daily IP traffic of over 5.9 TB as of September 2017, with the Frankfurt area also becoming a hub for connectivity in Germany and to other countries in the CEE region.

The London & Inner M25 region cluster is seeing a relative shortage of new land for Data Centre development when compared with Frankfurt.

Increasingly, Data Centre development is taking place outside of the London & Inner M25 area with Slough now becoming the most significant Data Centre cluster outside London (including developments made by Cyxtera, Equinix, NTT Com, VIRTUS & Zenium) with over 100,000 m2 of Data Centre raised floor space available in the Slough area.

Tech Data offers partners project funding

Posted on January 17, 2018 by - News

PF-loadsamoney_2177214kDistributor Tech Data is offering Microsoft Partners on its Velocity Azure programme proof-of-concept funding on deals that will be worth over $50,000 a year.

The outfit has also designed a  process that makes it easier for partners to apply.

Basically, this means providing credit on Azure services for a fixed period, allowing customers to try out the cloud platform before going live with specific workloads.

The deal size for which PoC funding may be applicable is half the previous requirement, making it much more suited to smaller and mid-sized opportunities.

Tech Data Azure business development manager John-James Uezzell, said: “We are pleased to be able to offer this new proof-concept proposition. It is something that our Velocity Partners have been keen to explore, and with the new lower threshold, it should help them to win even more new business with Azure.

“The momentum behind Azure is growing, and as our partners improve their sales and technical knowledge on Azure, they are uncovering more opportunities. The new qualifying deal size will make it an option for many more smaller customers, so it’s a very welcome addition to the programme. We will do most of the set-up work, so it will be simple for partners to access and use.”

Tech Data will manage most of the application process for partners. Initially, resellers will need to submit customer details and a business case. Once approved, a new Azure subscription will be set up by Tech Data’s Microsoft CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) programme team.

Tech Data’s Velocity programme is for Microsoft partners that want to start selling or increase their capability to offer Azure-based services. It provides training and support resources that enable them to develop the sales and technical skills needed to construct effective value propositions for Azure. The aim is to get partners to Silver Competency in Microsoft Cloud over a six-month period. The value of the programme to each partner is over £20,000.

 

Countries differ on cloud data protection

Posted on January 17, 2018 by - News

56f884651f7b35416b9b4ca955d350b3--pom-pom-mobile-cloud-mobileA new study penned by the Gemalto and Ponemon Institute shows that significant gaps are emerging between countries on attitudes towards data protection in the cloud

The study reveals regional disparities in adoption of cloud security: German businesses almost twice as likely to secure confidential or sensitive information in the cloud (61 percent) than British (35 percent), Brazilian (34 percent) and Japanese (31 percent) organisations.

Half of the global outfits believe that payment information (54 percent) and customer data (49 percent) is at risk in the cloud.

Over half (57 percent) think using the cloud increases compliance risk.

The report said that while the vast majority of global companies (95 percent) have adopted cloud services, there is a wide gap in the level of security precautions applied by firms in different markets. Organisations admitted that on average, only two-fifths (40 percent) of the data stored in the cloud is secured with encryption and key management solutions.

The findings organisations in the UK (35 percent), Brazil (34 percent) and Japan (31 percent) are less cautious than those in Germany (61 percent) when sharing sensitive and confidential information stored in the cloud with third parties. The study surveyed more than 3,200 IT and IT security practitioners worldwide to gain a better understanding of the key trends in data governance and security practices for cloud-based services.

Germany’s lead in cloud security extends to its application of controls such as encryption and tokenisation. The majority (61 percent) of German organisations revealed they secure sensitive or confidential information while being stored in the cloud environment, ahead of the US (51 percent) and Japan (50 percent). The level of security applied increases further still when data is sent and received by the business, rising to 67 percent for Germany, with Japan (62 percent) and India (61 percent) the next highest.

Crucially, however, over three quarters (77 percent) of organisations across the globe recognise the importance of having the ability to implement cryptologic solutions, such as encryption. This is only set to increase, with nine in 10 (91 percent) believing this capability will become more critical over the next two years – an increase from 86 percent last year.

Despite the growing adoption of cloud computing and the benefits that it brings, it seems that global organisations are still wary. Worryingly, half report that payment information (54 percent) and customer data (49 percent) are at risk when stored in the cloud. Over half (57 percent) of global organisations also believe that using the cloud makes them more likely to fall foul of privacy and data protection regulations, slightly down from 62 percent in 2016.

Due to this perceived risk, almost all (88 percent) believe that the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will require changes in cloud governance, with two in five (37 percent) stating it would require significant changes. As well as difficulty in meeting regulatory requirements, three-quarters of global respondents (75 percent) reported that it is more complicated to manage privacy and data protection regulations in a cloud environment than on-premise networks. France (97 percent) and the US (87 percent) finding this the most complex, just ahead of India (83 percent).

The study found that there is a gap in awareness within businesses about the services being used. Only a quarter (25 percent) of IT and IT security practitioners revealed they are very confident they know all the cloud services their business is using, with a third (31 percent) confident they know.

Gemalto Data Protection CTO Jason Hart said: “While it’s good to see some countries like Germany taking the issue of cloud security seriously, there is a worrying attitude emerging elsewhere. This may be down to nearly half believing the cloud makes it more difficult to protect data when the opposite is true.

“The benefit of the cloud is its convenience, scalability and cost control in offering options to businesses that they would not be able to access or afford on their own, particularly when it comes to security.

“However, while securing data is easier, there should never be an assumption that cloud adoption means information is automatically secure. Just look at the recent Accenture and Uber breaches as examples of data in the cloud that has been left exposed. No matter where data is, the appropriate controls like encryption and tokenisation need to be placed at the source of the data. Once these are in place, any issues of compliance should be resolved.”

 

 

 

Midwich goes cuckoo over market valuation

Posted on January 17, 2018 by - News

the-midwich-cuckoos-770Print and audiovisual distributor Midwich has seen its market valuation cross the £500 million threshold.

The share price has been growing after the outfit indicated that profits for 2017 would come in “comfortably ahead of its previous expectations”. Yesterday saw it up 17 percent.

Crossing the £500 million milestone puts it onto the radar of a broader range of institutional investors.

Midwich has been making a lot of acquisitions, including Iberian Earpro, Dutch Gebroeders van Domburg and UK-based Sound Technology.

In a pre-close trading update for its year ended 31 December 2017, Midiwch said this morning that it had enjoyed “encouraging growth” across all its divisions in its second half, adding that all of its 2017 acquisitions performed on a par with or ahead of expectations.

The outfit has 700 staff across the UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Iberia and Australasia, and consequently expects 2017 revenues to rise 28 percent to about £470 million. This includes a three per cent increase from favourable exchange rate movements.

Midwich group managing director Stephen Fenby said: “2017 was another year of substantial growth for Midwich, with strong performances from the Group’s existing businesses and significant contributions from the acquisitions made through the year.

“We have been pleased with the integration of all the businesses we acquired, and they are all trading in line or ahead of management’s expectations. Through 2018, management will continue to explore cross-selling opportunities in the current portfolio while also evaluating the healthy pipeline of potential acquisitions both in the Group’s existing markets and in new territories.”

 

Banks make digital transformation a priority

Posted on January 16, 2018 by - News

Bank CrisisMore than 85 percent of banks cite implementation of a digital transformation program as a business priority for 2018, according to the EY Global Banking Outlook 2018.

Investment in technology to drive efficiency, manage evolving risks and benefit from growth opportunities is seen by banks as “critical for sustainable success”.

Addressing cybersecurity is the top priority for global banks (89 percent ) in 2018, replacing last year’s top priority of managing reputational, conduct and culture risks, which falls to sixth place in this year’s report. Recruiting, developing and retaining key talent (83percent also garners significant attention as banks strive to integrate cyber experts into their organizations amidst a skillset shortage.

The survey of senior executives at 221 institutions across Europe, North America, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific shows that banks are seeking to become digitally mature, completing the transition from regulatory-driven transformation to innovation-led change in order to insulate themselves from future downturns. Respondents indicate that few banks (19 percent ) currently consider themselves as either digitally maturing or a digital leader, but more than half (62 percent) aspire to be one of the two by 2020.

Jan Bellens, EY Global Banking & Capital Markets Deputy Sector Leader, said: “In order for banks to weather the performance challenges that lie ahead, they must prepare for a future led by innovation and technology. The pace of innovation continues to accelerate, and banks must have a strategy in place to ensure their implementation of new technology is effective.”

More than 59 percent of banks surveyed anticipate that their technology investment budgets will rise by more than 10  percent in 2018.

For banks that are beginning to invest or increasing their investment in new technologies 44 percent plan to buy the technology from a third party, while only 17 percent plan to acquire an “entity to onboard” the technology.

More than 70 percent of banks cite strengthening their competitive positioning as a key reason for investing in technology by 2020.

Enhancing cyber and data security is the number one priority for banks, with 73 percent of banks planning to invest in technology to mitigate cybersecurity threats, supporting enhanced cyber and data security as a business priority.

Bill Schlich, EY Global Banking & Capital Markets Leader, said: “Ten years after the global financial crisis, banks continue to experience increased competition from a range of new market entrants and evolving risks that challenge their ability to deliver sustainable profitability. To perform at the highest level, institutions must emerge from an era of regulatory driven transformation and develop strategies to tackle the new evolving risks that are preoccupying the C-suite.”

KBR’s defence project unaffected by Carillion liquidation

Posted on January 16, 2018 by - News

FILE PHOTO: A Carillion sign in Manchester, Britain July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo - RC1FB056E500KBR announced today that it expects no disruption to its project being executed through a joint venture with Carillion as a result of Carillion’s announced liquidation yesterday.

 KBR operates a stand-alone Joint Venture with Carillion on Project Allenby Connaught through its Aspire Defence entities, providing design, construction and maintenance services to the British Army for living and working accommodation. The Joint Venture has been performing services for the Ministry of Defence since 2006, and the management and workforce are “mature and stable”. whatever that means.

In a statement, the company said it had been undergoing contingency planning for the last three months and was well placed to continue operating this contract.

” We do not expect any disruption to the delivery of services, the performance of the contract or the cash-flow from the contract because of Carillion’s liquidation.”

KBR President and CEO Stuart Bradie said: “We’ve been aware of Carillion’s challenges for some time and have taken necessary steps to facilitate a seamless transition and we are operating business as usual. We will continue to work closely with the Ministry of Defence, and the administrator to explore options to ensure the continued long-term success of MoD programmes.”

Ingram Micro denies it is to be sold to Synnex

Posted on January 16, 2018 by - News

ingram-mico-hqIngram Micro’s Chinese parent company has denied it is flogging the distributor to US-based Synnex.

The rumors started after one of Tianhai Investments’s subsidiaries suspended the trading of its shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange pending a “major announcement”.

A statement sent to the SSE yesterday claimed:  “Ingram Micro is an important, strategic investment project to the company and is a key cornerstone and asset to the company’s transformation and development.”

Ingram Micro said: “We have spoken with executives at HNA Group and Tianhai Investment who have confirmed that the trading halt in Tianhai Investment shares is not related to any plan to sell Ingram Micro.

“Per the HNA executives, Ingram Micro is a major strategic investment for HNA Group and a cornerstone in Tianhai Investment’s development and technology transformation.”

HNA acquired Ingram Micro for $6 billion in 2016.

 

IDC and Gartner fight over half empty glass

Posted on January 15, 2018 by - News

half-emptyBeancounters at IDC and Gartner seem to be disagreeing on the state of the PC market during the last quarter of last year.

IDC tells us that it was the first fourth quarter growth in six years while Gartner claims the PC market is getting worse.

IDC claims that global PC shipments were up 0.7 per cent to 70.6 million, but  Gartner thinks that shipments dropped two per cent to 71.6 million.

It looks like the problem might be one of defining what a PC is.  IDC thinks that Chromebooks are real PCs and includes them in the figures and Gartner thinks they are not and doesn’t.

But both seem to have different views of the PC industry in general.

IDC said the figures “further validate the view of a steadying, albeit still weak” PC market, but Gartner said its own figures prove that the PC market is still in transition and will weaken further as buyers switch their attention from budget computers to high end machines.

IDC thought that  market demand was driven by a desire from PC suppliers to snap up machines before components shortages drive up prices further. It claimed that organisations were shifting their attention back to notebooks, with the tablet market in a state of flux.

Big G sees it all as a epic tale of struggle for the market.  Its principal analyst Mikako Kitagawa believes that the PC will become a more specialised, purpose-driven device.

“PC buyers will look for quality and functionality rather than looking for the lowest price, which will increase PC average selling prices and improve profitability in the long run. However, until this point is reached, the market will have to go through a shrinking phase caused by fewer PC users.”

At least both beancounters agreed on the rankings of the PC market’s key players, with HP ranked first by shipments with a market share of around 23 percent, slightly ahead of Lenovo.

HP also saw the greatest quarterly growth (8.3 percent according to Gartner and 6.6 percent according to IDC), while Asus suffered the biggest year-on-year decline at around 11 percent.

In Europe, Gartner blamed the UK for contributing to a year-on-year shipment decline of 1.4 percent, down to 21.8 million.

Gartner said that the UK market was “ailing”, while shipments in Germany were lower than expected in the quarter.

Intel’s patch release creates more problems for customers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by - News

wintel_blimp_featureSome punters who rushed to install an Intel patch to address massive CPU security flaws are probably regretting it as there are reports of it causing reboot problems for some of its customers.

The patch causes systems to reboot more often than normal, particularly if you are running older Broadwell and Haswell CPUs.

According to the  Wall Street Journal, the firm is advising some of its customers to hold off installing patches for the processor security flaw, which was revealed at the beginning of the month.

General manager of Intel’s data centre group Navin Shenoy said in a statement: “We are working quickly with these customers to understand, diagnose and address this reboot issue. If this requires a revised firmware update from Intel, we will distribute that update through the normal channels. We are also working directly with datacentre customers to discuss the issue. End users should continue to apply updates recommended by their system and operating system providers.”

For those who came in late, Intel’s processors contain security flaws, later named Meltdown and Spectre.

Even if you don’t experience crashes, the security fixes are likely to cause significant slowdowns and a decrease in system performance, according to Microsoft.

Julian Niman dies

Posted on January 15, 2018 by - News

C_71_article_1491185_image_list_image_list_item_0_imageJulian Niman, the founder and chairman of the Nycomm communications group has died at his Manchester home, he was 64.

Niman was the Group Chairman and Managing Director at Rocom. He founded Nimans in 1985 and serves as its Chairman.

His first job after college was as a radio engineer for the Met Police in London. After the Met worked for Sharp Electronics in Manchester for a while. One of his proudest archievements was getting his radio operators exam in 1972.

Then he worked for his dad who had a jewellery wholesalers in Derby Street, Cheetham Hill. Working for him gave Niman experience in how to run a business.

The 1980s saw the deregulation of the UK telecoms industry and he saw this as a big start to buy and sell phones as the GPO (British Telecom as it is now known) no longer had the monopoly.

“I started by selling a few phones from a corner of my dad’s showroom. I also bought a van, fitted it out myself and went on the road while I took someone on to mind the office. I guess the business started and grew from there”, he later said.

He said that the biggest challenge he had to overcome was his shyness as he was not naturally chatty.

“I knew that for my business to grow I had to be more outgoing. If your name is over the door, you are your own PR and need to have a friendly and professional image”, he said.

Fellow Director and friend David Bennett said Julian regarded all his staff as family.

He said it was a huge shock but stressed the board of directors will continue to run the Manchester-based company as ‘Julian would want us to continue his legacy’.

David told his workforce: “Julian saw all of us here as his family and he would want us to carry on serving the customer and running the business in his memory.

“Many of us have known Julian for many years and we will have to support one another through this difficult time.”

 

Lenovo’s channel moves backfiring

Posted on January 12, 2018 by - News

sammykinlaw-lenovo-3-580x358Lenovo US channel chief Sammy Kinlaw’s  surprise move to exit the outfit might be a sign that the outfit is in trouble with its channel.

Sammy Kinlaw is departing as vice president and channel chief for Lenovo’s North America PC business from January 19, several months after making what he called a “drastic change” in Lenovo’s channel programme to make conditions more equitable for reseller partners.

Over the pond, the channel felt that Kinlaw was put in an untenable situation by channel changes rolled out October 1. The changes included the elimination of some backend rebates slashed partner profit margins by as much as 30 percent to 50 percent. In some cases, the changes are making some multi-year enterprise contract deals unprofitable.

Some enterprise partners feel that Lenovo has negatively impacted the ability for channel partners to make money on enterprise-level accounts, which is a huge chunk of business.

The theory is that Kinlaw worked out that he would be damaging the relationships with his contacts if he stuck around working with the company that made him do them.  He cleared his desk and moved to Lexmark.

The Lenovo moves to slash back-end payments, spiffs and programme discounts in its $30 billion PC business are forcing some to look at shifting business to HP and Dell.

Securitas breaks into France

Posted on January 12, 2018 by - News

1072046-1898728147Securitas has acquired all shares in the electronic security company Automatic Alarm in France.

Automatic Alarm is a nation-wide system integrator and installer of electronic security solutions, including intruder systems, video surveillance and access control, with multiyear maintenance contracts. The company, with 250 employees.

Securitas President and CEO, Alf Göransson said: “The acquisition is in line with our Group strategy to integrate electronic security into our on-site and mobile security solutions offerings. This major acquisition positions Securitas as a significant player within electronic security and it strengthens us as the market leader in France.”

It has been a busy month for Securitas. The outfit acquired all shares in the security solutions company Süddeutsche Bewachung in Germany a couple of weeks ago

Süddeutsche Bewachung  offers on-site, mobile and remote guarding in the Rhein-Neckar area in the south-west of Germany, with headquarter located in Mannheim. The company has a very solid customer portfolio, comprising many customer segments. With this acquisition, Securitas strengthens its position in this area of Germany.

It has also been hitting the headlines for firing Muslim security guards at Orly airport after the 2015 Paris terror attacks for refusing orders to trim their beards.

 

VMware lets staff go

Posted on January 12, 2018 by - News

vmware-partner-link-bg-w-logoVMware has confirmed it is laying off “a small percentage” of its employees.

VMware CEO “kicking” Pat Gelsinger is refusing to say who is being let go, but we don’t think it will be him. A VMware spokesperson said the cuts were made this week but did not offer any further details as to which areas of the business will be affected.

“Workforce rebalancing is a continual activity across VMware’s businesses and geographies to ensure that resources are aligned with business objectives and customer needs. We continue to recruit in areas of strategic importance for the company.”

After completing its acquisition of EMC, Dell was rumoured to be axing up to 3,000 jobs in 2016. VMware contributed $2 billion to Dell’s bottom line in Q3, after seeing its own revenue jump 52 percent. We guess the reward for those figures is getting rid of the winning team.

However the dark satanic rumour mill suggests that it is all part of VMWare’s war on Veeam. Product releases expected from Dell in early 2018 will have a stronger connection between VMware and Dell EMC’s data protection suite that will close the gap between Dell and Veeam.

VMware was built so it becomes an industry standard and, therefore, it has to be able to work with everybody. Veeam CEO Peter McKay came from VMware, so he knows where all the bodies are buried. A leaner and meaning VMWare might help KickingPat kick some bottom lines.

 

Box-shifter’s rebellion – top Western brands overrun by the Chinese

Posted on January 11, 2018 by - News

1900-intl-forces-including-us-marines-enter-beijing-to-put-down-boxer-rebellion-which-was-aimed-at-ridding-china-of-foreigners-When IDG announced its list of the top brands for 2017-you could not help but notice that most of them are Chinese.

While there were lots of brands from elsewhere collecting gongs many were Chinese brands, such as Haier, Changhong, Hisense, TCL, Huawei, BOE, Lenovo, Midea, Gree, Skyworth, Coolpad, iFlytek and Sharp.

IDG works with the beancounters at IDC to conduct professional and comprehensive evaluation of the performance of global electronic brands in the past year by combining the third-party data, network voting and evaluation by jury, consisting of experts from famous global manufacturers or institutions. The evaluated aspects include the industrial status, international strategy and deployment, brand image, market scale and operating profits of global electronic brands.

But this year saw the domination of the Chinese. Among “2017-2018 Top 10 CE Brands”, Chinese brands include Haier, Changhong, Hisense, TCL, Huawei, BOE, Lenovo, Midea, Gree and Skyworth. Furthermore, TCL, Changhong, iFlytek, Hisense, Coolpad, Sharp, MEITU and iQIYI also won various special awards for their products.

TCL C6 won “Global Smart TV of Audio-Visual Experience Award of the Year”, Hisense U9 won “Global Best Display Tech Gold Award of the Year”, CHANGHONG CHiQ-Q5R won “The Best Designed Television of the Year”, CHANGHONG CHiQ-Q5T won “The Best Frame-Integrated Television of the Year”, SHARP LCD-70SX970A won “8K Innovation Technology Contribution Award”, iFlytek won “The Excellent Leader of Artificial Intelligence Industry of the Year”, SHARP AQUOS S2 won “The Best Full Screen Smartphone Innovation Award”, BlackBerry KEYone won “Global Business Security Mobile Phone of the Year”, Coolpad COOL M7 won “The Best Fashion ID Design Award”, MEITU V6 won “The Best Photography Smartphone of the Year” and Coolpad Dynobot won “The Best Kid’s Smart Watch Innovation Award of Technology”.

Citrix announces new partner plan

Posted on January 11, 2018 by - News

1_Citrix-SignCitrix has been showing off its new incentives programme, dubbed Citrix Ultimate Rewards, to its channel partners.

During the Citrix Summit in Anaheim, California, Paul Fecteau, managing director of partner programs and operations at Citrix, told the assorted throngs that the goal behind the new incentives program is to increase simplification in doing business with Citrix and to drive partner profit in the cloud market.

Currently, Citrix’s incentives programme has five different elements, which were all built at different times in Citrix’s channel evolution. Each programme element has its own rules, which makes it rather complicated for players to know the rules.

“We recognise that that is a challenge, especially for newer partners who aren’t familiar with Citrix. But even our existing partners have been challenged on occasion”, said Fecteau.

Starting 10 February, Citrix will offer two discount elements – Spark and Drive – and one quarterly rebate element – Accelerate. It doesn’t have an element called Challenge, as far as we can tell.

Spark serves as a replacement for Citrix’s Net New Partner Source program and will reward partners for identifying and registering opportunities Citrix doesn’t know about.

Drive is akin to the current Citrix Advisor Rewards programme and will pay into partners’ Accelerate rebate, plus offer partners a discount for delivering “value-selling activities”.

Fecteau noted that after the launch of the Citrix Ultimate Rewards programme, a new system will ask partners questions about its customer and deal and then automatically identify the incentives the partner can receive.