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Vol . 5 | Issue 7 January 2017
SPECIAL FEATURE :
CONNECTIVITY IS KING
DARREN WATKINS OF VIRTUS DATA CENTRES EXPLAINS WHY CONNECTIVITY IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER
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Vol . 5 | Issue 07 | January 2017 |
INSIDE …
SPECIAL FEATURE : STORAGE , SERVERS & HARDWARE
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CASE STUDY : REDSTOR TO THE RESCUE FOLLOWING SCHOOL FIRE |
INDUSTRY NEWS : FEMALE TECH REPRESENTATION YET TO ACHIEVE LIFT OFF |
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challenges of remote and branch offices ? Johan Pellicaan of Scale Computing explains |
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16 Usman Chaudhry of Fujitsu |
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04 Welcome Hitting the target
06 Industry News All the latest news , views and industry information
10 Centre of Attention Terry Greer-King of Cisco looks back at the UK government ’ s recent Autumn Statement
12 Meet Me Room Steve Beber of Trackit outlines the changes he ’ d like to see in the industry , and why he ’ d like to retire before the age of 50
22 Case study Find out how a back up system from Redstor restored all of the student data following a school fire
26 Cooling Bob Cantrell of Ericsson Power Modules discusses some cost cutting measures for data centre cooling
30 Connectivity Darren Watkins of Virtus Data Centres explains why connectivity is more critical than ever
33 Projects & agreements Cloud contracts and successful software
39 Products & innovations A round up of the best new systems and services
44 Final Thought Adam Eaton of Pulsant looks at the future of the UK based IaaS provider
20 Ben Savage of Pure Storage looks at how the cloud is evolving the service provider model
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