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Vol. 5 | Issue 6
December 2016
data centre news
SPECIAL FEATURE:
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Modular systems
19” CABINETS,
RACKS &
ENCLOSURES
Quality…
Reliability…
16 Clive Partridge of Rittal
Affordability…
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INSIDE…
Vol. 5 | Issue 06 | December 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE:
MODULAR SYSTEMS
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OPINION:
ATTITUDES TOWARDS
SECURITY COULD
BE PUTTING
ORGANISATIONS AT RISK
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PRODUCTS &
INNOVATIONS:
100G TECHNOLOGY
FOR HYPERSCALE
DATA CENTRES
explains why making
the switch to a modular
facility doesn’t necessarily
mean disruption
20 Laurence Baker of
Keysource discusses the
rise of the modular solution
and the benefits it can bring
04 Welcome
32 Cooling
Martin Passingham of Daikin UK looks at
the benefits of a two-step cooling system
Looking back, looking forward
06 Industry News
All the latest news, views and industry
information
12 Centre of Attention
Owen Ashby of Cognisco discusses at an
organisation’s security can be put at risk
by employees’ behavior
14 Meet Me Room
Tate Cantrell of Verne Global talks
about his excitement at the prospects
of Artificial Intelligence and High
Performance Computing
34 Backup-as-a-service
Rob Garbutt of LDeX Group discusses
critical back up solutions and why he
believes companies are losing sight of
the basics
36 Projects & agreements
Who’s been doing what, where, and
with whom
42 Products & innovations
The latest and greatest products and
systems designed for the data centre
30 2017 predictions
48 Final Thought
Seven industry experts give us their
thoughts on what’s going to be big in 2017
Adrian Barker of RF Code highlights the
need for a reliable data centre
22 Wendy Torell of Schneider
Electric looks to find
a balance between
redundancy, cost and speed
of deployment
26 Lex Coors of Interxion
explains why an adjustable
design philosophy is crucial
to the future of IT innovation
28 Chris Wellfair of Secure IT
Environments examines
the dilemma of building or
cohosting a data centre
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