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Deep Dive: Eugene Bergen, President EMEA, Equinix

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry?  There have been quite a few significant milestones as Equinix is, and has been doing,  exceptionally well. Apart from the uninterrupted strong performance of the region, one that comes to mind is successfully landing in a new and most promising continent […]


Deep Dive: Sascha Giese, Tech Evangelist, SolarWinds

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? One of my most memorable moments was seeing myself on the cover of a print magazine for the first time. I could see the spark in my mother’s eyes as that made her really proud. However, taking up new jobs and […]


Deep Dive: Karsten Winther, President of EMEA, Vertiv

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? One of the things I am most proud of is Vertiv’s role during the pandemic when the data centre industry was key to keeping businesses running and societies functioning. The sudden shift to remote working put a huge strain on connectivity […]


Deep Dive: Wendy Shearer, Smart Cities and Ecosystems Director, Pulsant

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry?  I’ve spent most of my career focusing on what’s inside the data centre, rather than on the data centre itself. That began with moving companies off mainframes and into UNIX; then the next trend was virtualisation and saving space and power in […]


Deep Dive: Giuliano Di Vitantonio, CEO, AtlasEdge

We ‘Deep Dive’ with Giuliano Di Vitantonio, CEO, AtlasEdge, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. What first made you think of a career in technology/data centres? I was 18 years old when I made the decision to study Electrical Engineering (with a specialisation in Telecommunications) at the University of Bologna. Since […]


Deep Dive: Darren Watkins, Managing Director, VIRTUS Data Centres

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? There have been many, but one that stands out was the opening of our second data centre. The first was built to standard designs of the time so we could build credibility with our customers. But from the beginning VIRTUS had […]


Deep Dive: Takayo Takamuro, Managing Director, Telehouse Europe

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Successfully coordinating and completing an upgrade of our fifth facility in London Docklands last year, in less than 12 months. The 32-year-old historic building, now known as Telehouse South, will forever be classed as one of the biggest undertakings and milestones […]


Deep Dive: Simon Bearne, Senior Director, Vantage Data Centers

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Clinching the contract for an entire and sizeable data centre with a single customer for the first time, when all we had was a chunk of land and a promise of power and then to see it come up out of […]


Deep Dive: Ed Bissell, Sales Director, Stellium Data Centres

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? I would have to reflect on my time as Sales Manager at NGD (now Vantage). My previous experience working for telecom providers, such as euNetworks and Verizon, really came into play. In the early days of NGD, we had a few […]


Deep Dive: Gary Woollard, Senior Consultant, BCS

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? It may be a cliché of a response, but each successful delivery of a project is an achievement as each one comes with its own unique challenges – be that commercially with budgets constraints, out-of-control changes or with delivery and management […]


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