Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 11 | Page 40

FEATURE: DATA CENTRES BUY OR BUILD? BEWARE THE “INVISIBLE” COSTS OF IN-HOUSE DATA CENTRES In today’s business environment within the large, medium and small enterprises there is an unprecedented growth of data. Coupled with increasing use of web services, mobile applications and the Internet of Things, businesses must create and manage an IT infrastructure that will tackle their computing, networking and storage capabilities to match their current and future requirements. This increases the need for additional storage and server infrastructure and in turn the need for more efficient data centres, writes Sachin Bhardwaj, Director Marketing & Business Development, eHosting DataFort. 40 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com