EDITOR’S QUESTION
HOW SHOULD
ORGANISATIONS APPROACH
DATA CENTRE MODERNISATION?
ata centre spend in
the Middle East and
North Africa will reach
a record-high of nearly
US$5 billion in 2019,
industry experts have
announced. This comes as organisations
drive data centre modernisation as the
foundation of their Digital Transformation.
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In 2019, the Middle East and North Africa’s
data centre systems spend will grow
by 2% to a record-high of US$5 billion,
according to a recent Gartner report.
Organisations are modernising data
centre infrastructure to optimise costs,
increase agility, foster innovation and
operate more efficiently, argues the UAE-
based IT infrastructure and information
management consultancy and solutions
provider Condo Protego.
“As Middle East and North Africa data
centre spend reaches record highs, CEOs
recognise that data centres have moved
from a cost centre to a profit centre,” said
Savitha Bhaskar, COO, Condo Protego.
“Modernising data centre infrastructure is
a top priority in 2019 for organisations to
store, secure and analyse more data than
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ever before, deliver new digital business
models and scale up as businesses grow.”
Condo Protego has worked closely on the
data centre modernisation strategies and
implementations for a wide range of Middle
East public and private organisations.
In the Middle East, Condo Protego is seeing
strong demand for Dell EMC’s hyper-
converged infrastructure solutions, such
as VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure, to
integrate computing, storage, networking
and virtualisation in data centres.
“Data centre modernisation can be a
complex undertaking across lines of
business,” added Savitha Bhaskar.
“CIOs should work with specialised
channel partners to develop Digital
Transformation roadmaps, identify data
centre solutions that best meet business
needs and reduce risk. Automation
solutions can help realise utility for
storage, servers and apps in faster and
more efficient business environments.”
Dell EMC says proper automation tools can
reduce data centre discovery from four to
six months down to four to six-weeks and
eliminate 98% of human errors.
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