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SPECIAL FEATURE:
Soft ware &
applications
OPINION:
INDUSTRY NEWS:
UK tech sector
still attractive
despite Brexit
How to
avoid service
interruptions
and become IT
resilient
04 Welcome 32 Demand response
Tackling terror Dr Alastair Martin of Flexitricity
discusses the importance of demand
response within the data centre
06 Industry News
All the latest news, views and
industry information 36 Security
14 Centre of Attention Matt Walmsley of Vectra Networks
discusses the vulnerability of UK
data centres
Mufassira Fathima of Allied Analytics
LLP takes a look at hyperscale data
centres and how they are making
computing solutions more scalable
39 Projects & agreements
Colt adds to its London capacity
16 Meet Me Room 44 Products & innovations
Gaurav Dhillon of SnapLogic
explains how his childhood interest
in technology led him on the path
to entrepreneurship Nexsan announces Unity Active Archive
30 IT resiliency
Peter Godden of Zerto explains how to
avoid service interruptions and become
IT resilient
SPECIAL FEATURE:
SOFTWARE &
APPLICATIONS
Are you monitoring
18
your applications?, asks
Arun Balachandran of
ManageEngine
20 Eduard Meelhuysen of
48 Final Thought
Clive Partridge of Rittal casts his eye over
three current industry trends
Bitglass explains why
businesses need robust
visibility and control
capabilities in order to keep
sensitive corporate data safe
22 Bruce Gray of World Wide
Technology looks at the role
software can play in data
centre energy efficiency
26 Richard Jenkins of Romonet
explains why it’s important
to make sure your data is
validated, certified and clean
28 Matthias Pfuetzner of Red Hat
explains why orchestration,
not just containers, is the
key to future enterprise
applications
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