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CIO OPINION
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80% OF
ENTERPRISES WILL
HAVE SHUT DOWN THEIR
TRADITIONAL DATA
CENTRE BY 2025.
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Chris Fielding, CIO, Sungard Availability Services
CIO discusses factors
driving global colocation
data centre market
The eruption of data in the
current state of innovation
means CIOs are having
to make responsible
decisions about how and
where to store their data
to most benefit their
enterprise. Chris Fielding,
CIO, Sungard Availability
Services, talks about the
predicted evolution of the
data centre landscape and
the benefits of turning
to colocation.
F
or many organisations, it’s just
not feasible to fund, build and
staff a state-of-the-art data
centre facility, complete with heating,
cooling, power and network connectivity.
For one, a data centre needs to be as
flexible as the demand for the services
which run upon it, making it difficult
to forecast how much physical space
should be set aside for IT footprint. On
top of the cost of building or expanding
the physical space required for a data
centre, organisations must dedicate
more capital outlay to ensuring the
resilience of IT infrastructure – through
backups, disaster recovery, security and
Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS), as
well as protection from natural disasters,
fire or flooding.
To meet the demands of end-users,
avoid disruption hindering productivity,
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ensure business resilience and align
with industry standards of high
availability, a data centre needs to be
operational 24/7. At the same time,
these imperatives need to be met within
predictable and affordable pricing
structures. Furthermore, fuelled by the
need for additional space or to upgrade
their facilities, many organisations are
looking to third party providers who can
provide dedicated services that offer
the tools, space and security required
to keep IT resilient, while also reducing
running costs.
According to Gartner, 80% of
enterprises will have shut down their
traditional data centre by 2025. At
the same time, the global data centre
colocation market will grow 17% CAGR,
exceeding US$90 billion in the next
five years. What are the factors driving
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