contents
Vol. 5 | Issue 1
July 2016
data centre news
SPECIAL FEATURE:
w w w. d a t a c e n t r e n e w s . c o . u k
HIRING PEOPLE THAT FIT
Virtualisation
& cloud services
16 Tony Connor of Datapipe
INSIDE…
Vol. 5 | Issue 01 | July 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE:
BIG DATA &
INTERNET OF THINGS
INTERVIEW:
MEET… JESSICA
CONSTANTINIDIS
OF DIMENSION DATA
OPINION:
KATE BRIMSTED
OF REED SMITH LLP
REVIEWS THE SAFE
HARBOR RULING
explains what you need to
consider when migrating to
the cloud
18 Matthew Finnie of
Interoute looks at the rise
of hyperconvergence and
how it affects the enterprise
cloud transition
36 IT personnel
Owen Ashby of Cognisco highlights the need for experienced people
with great technical skills to manage and work in data centres
4 Welcome
34 Asset management
What to look out for in this issue
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Industry News
Adrian Barker of RF Code discusses the
importance of accurate, real time asset
management in the data centre
All the latest news, views and industry
information
12 Centre of Attention
Steve Martin of the Electrical Contractors’
Association gives his view on the UK’s
data centre industry and assesses the
opportunities open to it
40 Projects & agreements
High profile installations and contract
agreements
45 Products & innovations
The latest and greatest products and
systems designed for the data centre
22 Paul Turner of Cloudian
explains why why S3 is
setting the standard for
cloud storage
24 Richard Blanford of
Fordway discusses
the different ways of
implementing cloud, and
the different sets of risks
and dependencies of each
14 Meet Me Room
Jake Madders of Hyve Managed Hosting
explains to DCN the personal attributes
he believes are needed to start your own
business
30 Data resilience
David Trossell of Bridgeworks explains
in detail why CEOs and CFOs need to
understand the CIO agenda
50 Final Thought
Jon Leppard of Future Facilities discusses
the pros and cons of raising data centre
temperatures
28 Jason O’Conaill of Infinity
SDC looks at how cloud is
shaping business
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