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June 2017
data centre news
June 2017
Panduit
Product
Portfolio
RWL Advanced Solutions outlines
the advantages of a unified
infrastructure approach.
inside...
CASE STUDY
SPECIAL FEATURE
Big Data &
Internet of Things
Fujitsu:
Revolutionising
healthcare
in Spain
OPINION
The importance
of disaster
recovery plans
04 Welcome 34 Case study
Weak and wobbly A detailed look at the impact of artificial
intelligence on healthcare in Spain
06 Industry News
Colocation sees 27 per cent
year–on-year growth
12 Centre of Attention
A day in the life of a data centre manager,
with Mike Tamblingson of Digital Realty
14 Meet Me Room
Marianne Calder of Puppet talks skiing,
tennis and individual integrity
32 Information security
Lloyd Williams of Shredall SDS
Group discusses the evolution of the
information security industry over the
last two decades
38 Projects & agreements
Telia Carrier launches new Internet
backbone PoP in Berlin
42 Products & innovations
New high speed migration platform
from Commscope
48 Final Thought
Robert Williams of Custodian Data
Centres highlights the importance of
disaster recovery plans
SPECIAL FEATURE:
Big Data &
Internet of Things
16 Simon Bearne of Next
Generation Data explains why
IoT fuelled Big Data demands
HPC ready data centres
20 Louis-James Davis of VST
Enterprises examines the use
of Big Data in elite sport and
how it’s helping to push the
limits of human performance
24 Andy Bowker of ebb3 explains
how the success of connected
cities will rely on how Big Data
is handled and managed
26 Valerie Maguire of Siemon
looks at the cabling and
connectivity options that
will enable data centre
infrastructure to meet the
need for increased data speed
and throughput driven by the
IoT and Big Data
30 Joy Gardham of Brocade
discusses the network
infrastructure required to
support our future smart cities
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