INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
COLOCATION IS ALMOST ALWAYS
MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF
ENERGY AND COOLING COSTS
THAN HAVING EQUIPMENT
IN SERVER ROOMS WITHIN
ORGANISATIONS AS SERVICE
PROVIDERS CAN LEVERAGE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE DUE TO
THEIR LARGE CUSTOMER BASE
Drivers for increased uptake of colocation
Continuously surging demand for data storage
and its reliable and efficient processing is
impacting the data centre infrastructure market.
In the present scenario, most organisations are
facing saturated data centre capacity, in terms of
power, cooling, and space. Therefore, companies
are either expanding their existing data centre
capacity or using colocation facilities for their
new workloads. This is a major driver for the data
centre colocation market in the UAE.
Colocation is being considered by businesses
of all sizes for varied reasons - Small Businesses
can obtain needed features of a large data
centre without the capital investment, whereas
medium to large sized enterprises can expand
their existing infrastructure capacity without
undertaking costly data centre construction.
Across vertical sectors, there is a demand for
colocation to help deliver greater efficiency.
Colocation is almost always more efficient in
terms of energy and cooling costs than having
equipment in server rooms within organisations
as service providers can leverage economies of
scale due to their large customer base.
The need to minimise latency and enable faster
access to applications drives regional colocation
growth for organisations with users based in the
region.
The need for increased data protection, business
continuity and disaster recovery have also fuelled
the colocation market as organisations consider
colocation facilities for their DR sites.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
At a glance…
Nokia launches data
centre services
As network data usage continues to surge, Nokia is expanding
its cloud wise services portfolio with the launch of three
professional services, helping operators transform to the telco
cloud and implement a data centre infrastructure to run their
cloud-based enterprise and telco functions.
Nokia Data Centre services take a DevOps (Development and
Operations) based holistic approach to agile service delivery
for multivendor cloud environments. This lets operators take
full advantage of cloud technology to launch services quickly.
The second new service, Nokia Cloud Transformation
Consulting, helps operators plan and execute a practical
strategy for making the best use of telco cloud opportunities.
Managed Cloud Operations is a managed service for hybrid
operations across hardware, cloudware and application layer
management.
To boost its data centre services, Nokia is establishing a
design centre in the UK, supported by delivery centres across
the globe. Nokia applies automated testing and deployment
to ensure accurate, cost effective and rapid delivery of data
centre solutions tailored to each operator’s needs. Lean
processes, DevOps and collaborative principles are also used
to achieve continuous and rapid innovation.
To complement its services portfolio, Nokia has now
extended its partner ecosystem to increase its focus on
data centre services. An example of such collaboration is
with Sanmina, which brings IT e \