Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 08 | Page 31

DCA L eaving off from my list last month on important upcoming events across the data centre landscape, the summer promises to have key sessions to peak your interest. Data Centre Transformation 2016 - On the 12 July 2016 in Manchester On the 12th July Manchester University plays host to the Data Centre Transformation conference. This year the conference has a completely new look and feel. The 12th July 2016 sees the next in the highly successful series of Data Centre Transformation Manchester (DT Manchester) events, organised by Angel Business Communications, in association with Datacentre Solutions, the University of Leeds and the Data Centre Alliance. THE COMBINATION OF SUCH DATA CENTRE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ENSURES THAT DT MANCHESTER IS THE PREMIER DATA CENTRE EDUCATION EVENT IN THE CALENDAR over the summer. In the meantime please visit the DCA events calendar at www.datacentrealliance.org for a more information where there are registration links to all the events mentioned above. The combination of such data centre knowledge and expertise ensures that DT Manchester is the premier data centre education event in the calendar, bringing together the data centre research and design community, the data centre vendor industry and, most importantly, enterprise end users, for a collaborative information exchange. Data Center Alliance In 2016 we will be running nine workshop sessions instead of the normal conference programme, covering a range of topics from Power, Cooling, Design & Build, Operations, Energy Efficiency, Operational Intelligence and IoT. The workshops will be managed by a number of independent industry specialists and will present the findings from survey data carried out throughout the year by Datacentre Solutions and the DCA. The workshops will ensure that delegates not only earn valuable CDP accreditation points but also have an opportunity to speak to leading vendors and suppliers. I am pleased to confirm that the Data Centre Alliance as the Trade Association for data centre Sector will be supporting and attending all the above event. There are many more events planned later in the year and I will make sure these are highlighted in a later edition www.intelligentcio.com ABOUT Steve Hone is the co-founder of Data Centre Alliance and sits on the management team as Operations Director. Having been in the IT Industry since the heady days of the ‘.com boom’ and has been lucky enough to work for and with some great people and organisations on critical IT projects over the years. In 2007 he co-founded Colofinder. co.uk, an independent data centre search and selection consultancy providing specialist advice and guidance on the colocation market globally. Prior to getting into IT and Data Centres Steve was an Electrical and Mechanical Chartered Engineer in the MOD before eventually moving into the commercial world of Sales and Management. INTELLIGENTCIO 31