To better understand why colocation as part of a hybrid cloud strategy is a better alternative to developing and delivering new technologies and services, Chris Huggett, Senior Vice President, EMEA and India at Sungard AS, looks at five key benefits. In a bid to remain competitive, reliance on new on-demand technology services continues to increase, […]
We ‘Deep Dive’ with Moshe Benjo, VP of EMEA Sales, Nlyte, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? I remember answering several RFPs when Nlyte competed against competitors who offered their licence free of charge (usually upgrades to […]
For this month’s Editor’s Question we have put the focus on Edge Computing, following research carried out by Business Critical Solutions (BCS), which found that half of respondents said they believed that Edge Computing would be the biggest driver of new data centres. The Summer Report, now in its 10th year, was undertaken by independent […]
We ‘Deep Dive’ with Daniel Pope, CEO, Submer Technologies, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. Submer Technologies was born out of hands-on data centre design, build and day-to-day operations. The company helps HPC, data centres and hyperscalers to be responsible world citizens, by delivering unrivalled PUE and densities. What would you […]
The data centre industry is continuing to explore innovative ways to reduce its carbon footprint, amid pressure from various authorities. Robbert Hoeffnagel of Green IT Amsterdam talks us through the findings of an energy storage project which took place at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam and the implications of this for the future of […]
We ‘Deep Dive’ with Peter Westwood, UK Data Centre Director, SPIE, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? I have been very fortunate in my career to have worked on some of the largest data centre projects in […]
We ‘Deep Dive’ with Steve Bowes-Phipps, Senior Consultant in the data centre practice at PTS Consulting, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. He also sits on the DCA Board and is chairman of the DCA’s Workforce Capability & Development SIG. In his current role, Bowes-Phipps is involved with all elements of the […]
UAE-based MDC Business Management Services, a Mubadala company, deployed Pure Storage’s FlashArray//X which now serves as the backbone of the company’s data centre infrastructure. It has enabled Mubadala’s MDC BMS to make faster, better decisions which ultimately allows the company to grow its asset base and maintain its global leadership position. MDC Business Management Services […]
Etix Everywhere, a Luxembourg-based modular data centre specialist, has announced plans to open a €120 million (~£110m) data centre campus outside Frankfurt. As investment in Frankfurt continues to increase, the city is on track to strip London of its crown and become Europe’s data centre capital. According to the Europe Data Centre Trends Tracker 2018, […]
