Operations & Systems

CNet CEO on understanding the CDCAP program

This month, Andrew Stevens, CEO, CNet Training, outlines the Certified Data Centre Audit Professional (CDCAP) program and its benefits for learners. The demand for a data centre to run at its optimum capability in both an effective and efficient manner is an essential requirement for a business....

Nlyte Software CTO on the next steps for DCIM – a new future

Technologies such as Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence have the potential to add huge value to data centre teams. But it’s important that these technologies are properly understood ahead of making big investments. Robert Neave, CTO and Co-founder, Nlyte Software, tells us how AR...

The next step for AI: Make it smarter with Edge Computing and HCI

As the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) market continues to grow exponentially, the next big frontier for HCI now sits at the Edge of the network. Phil White, CTO, Scale Computing tells us why it’s time for HCI to embrace and include Edge Computing to enable the growth of AI. It is...

People, applications and IT: The trifecta of modernisation resilience planning

Data centre modernisation strategies should be built around three key aspects: people, applications and infrastructure. John Young, Solution Architecture and Engineering, Sungard Availability Services, tells us about the potential risks large-scale modernisation strategies pose to these three...