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Vol. 4 | Issue 10
April 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE:
data centre news
INDUSTRY NEWS:
LEADING
THE WAY
London reclaims top spot for best
performing European data centre market
Cabling
16 Valerie Maguire of Siemon
INTERVIEW
MEET…
Allan Paton of Riverbed Technologies
Vol. 4 | Issue 10 | April 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE: CABLING
DATA CENTRE WORLD
Why choice shouldn’t be an obstacle to
your data centre evolution
A LOOK AHEAD TO THE LONDON SHOW
w w w. d a t a c e n t r e n e w s . c o . u k
explains how data centre
cabling can meet the
demands of Big Data and
the Internet of Things
21 Lee Stokes of Draka UC
Connect explains why
the launch of Category
8.2 cable systems is set
to transform data centre
infrastructures
44 Projects & agreements
High profile installations and contract agreements
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Welcome
What to look out for in this issue
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Industry News
All the latest news, views and industry
information
10 Centre of Attention
Jason O'Conaill of Infinity SDC explains
why London is the business capital of
Europe
13 Meet Me Room
Former RAF apprentice Allan Paton of
Riverbed Technologies reveals his dream
dinner guests
28 Data Centre World
& Cloud Expo Europe
A look ahead at the big industry events
36 Service continuity
Claire Buchanan of Bridgeworks explains
why IT service continuity is your best
insurance policy against national disasters
40 Structured testing
Dave Wolfenden of Heatload explains
how thorough testing of the data
centre will ensure a new facility meets
up to expectations
24 Tony Robinson of Corning
Optical Communications
says choice should not be
an obstacle to your data
centre evolution
52 Products & innovations
The latest and greatest products and
systems designed for the data centre
58 Final Thought
Paul Todd of Outsourcery says cloud
providers must do more to highlight cloud
benefits for the public sector
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