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Get to know: Alex Brew, Regional Director, Northern Europe at Vertiv

On the lighter side of things, we ask Alex Brew, Regional Director, Northern Europe at Vertiv, what makes him tick.  What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? I would say landing the role of sales director for the UK and Ireland – which at the time was Vertiv’s largest region in EMEA – […]


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: 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 […]


Datacentre managers require solutions to migrate from 10Gb to 400Gb Ethernet says Prem Rodrigues at Siemon

Describe your current job role and a summary of the business model of your organisation? Prem Rodrigues is the Director for the India, SAARC, Middle East, Africa region at Siemon, which is a global network infrastructure specialist. Prem’s role involves a close focus on profitability across the region and he is instrumental in spawning new […]


Deep Dive with Brendan Press, CCO Gulf Bridge International

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Having worked in the telecoms for over 20 years, I have witnessed a dramatic change in the industry, due to the year-on-year increases in demand for data across the world. In terms of data centres specifically though, I am – and […]


Deep Dive, John Hall, Managing Director, Colocation – Proximity Data Centres

What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Setting up Proximity two years ago to focus on the Edge colocation market and seeing it scale rapidly and successfully. It’s a really exciting time to be developing and cornering a new area of the data centre market – low latency, […]


Deep Dive: Amy Young, Sales Director, Custodian Data Centres

We ‘deep dive’ with Amy Young, Sales Director, Custodian Data Centres, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement? It would certainly be my time at Custodian, being promoted to Sales Director and a serving board member. It’s certainly something I am incredibly proud […]


Deep Dive: Simon Bennett, CTO for EMEA, Rackspace Technology

Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology solutions company. As CTO for EMEA, Simon Bennett discusses his role at the company and tells us how he likes to relax and unwind outside the office. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? Many years ago in a previous […]


Deep Dive: Lee Myall, Chief Executive Officer, Kao Data

Kao Data develop and operate advanced data centres for high performance colocation. Lee Myall, Chief Executive Officer, Kao Data, talks about what first made him think about a career in technology and what he believes is the current hot talking point in the data centre space. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in […]


Deep Dive: Simon Ford, AVP EMEA, CyrusOne

CyrusOne is one of the largest data centre providers in the US, providing enterprise colocation solutions. Simon Ford, AVP EMEA, CyrusOne tells Intelligent Data Centres about his most memorable achievement in his career and about his style of management. What would you describe as your most memorable achievement in the data centre industry? I’ve spent my […]


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