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Vol. 4 | Issue 12
June 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
Big Data &
Internet of Things
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INSIDE…
Vol. 4 | Issue 12 | June 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE:
BIG DATA &
INTERNET OF THINGS
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INTERVIEW:
MEET… JESSICA
CONSTANTINIDIS
OF DIMENSION DATA
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OPINION:
KATE BRIMSTED
OF REED SMITH LLP
REVIEWS THE SAFE
HARBOR RULING
examines how the IoT
is transforming the
technology landscape
20 Ricky Cooper of Digital
Realty explains why, when
it comes to the Internet of
Things, no piece of data
should be siloed
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Projects & agreements
High profile installations and contract agreements
4 Welcome
32 Edge computing
What to look out for in this issue
7
Industry News
Dr Peter Koch of Emerson Network
Power analyses the factors that are
moving network services away from the
central data centres and out to the edge
of the network
All the latest news, views and industry
information
12 Centre of Attention
Kate Brimsted of Reed Smith LLP asks
whether the rules on data transfers between
the EU and the US are any clearer
14 Meet Me Room
Yachting enthusiastic Jessica
Constantinidis of Dimension Data tells
DCN why she wishes she had a built-in
‘Beam me up’ function
30 High performance computing
Greg McCulloch of Aegis Data discusses
the importance of future proofing your
colocation facility
22 Andy Graham of
SolutionsPT looks at the
role of automation software
and data analytics in
unlocking hidden energy
savings and increasing
efficiency for manufacturers
34 Automation tools
Tom Rowley of Savvius looks at some of
the challenges in collecting packet data
and how to overcome them
43 Products & innovations
The latest and greatest products and
systems designed for the data centre
25 Martyn Williams of Copa
Data takes a detailed look
at the Industrial Internet of
Things.
48 Final Thought
Paul Scarrott of Nimble Storage explains
how to overcome the app-data gap
28 Tom Griffin of SevOne
discusses some ways to get
smart with IoT and Big Data
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