Intelligent Data Centres Issue 06 | Page 34
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ello and welcome
to the latest edition
of Intelligent Data
Centres. This month
our cover story
explores how a
next-generation DCI solution from
Ciena enabled Interxion to scale its
data centre operations in Marseille, an
important hub connecting North Africa,
the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
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On pages 51 to 53, we hear how
Interxion customers are benefiting from
the fast, scalable connectivity Ciena’s
solution provides between Interxion’s
MRS1 and MRS2 data centres.
Our Editor’s Question this month puts
the focus on how organisations can
adapt their data centre operations to
become more eco-friendly. Industry
experts from Kao Data, EkkoSense,
Panduit EMEA and Schneider Electric
provide their insights from page 29.
The benefits of cloud computing are
well documented but its popularity
has had an impact on the traditional
on-premise data centre. Experts at Pure
Storage and Riverbed offer their views
on the impact of cloud and discuss how
businesses can best prepare for a hybrid
IT infrastructure in ‘Feature 1’.
Ensuring connectivity beyond country
borders is critical in accelerating
digitalisation strategies, particularly on
the African continent. In our second
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benefits of a recently launched Multi Cloud
Connect solution while Sven Blom, Head
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connectivity is so important in Africa.
In our ‘Expert Opinion’ article this month,
Eltjo Hofstee, MD, Leaseweb UK, explores
Edge computing in more depth, in light of
the growth of IoT devices, and outlines
why he believes the concept should be
incorporated into a data centre strategy.
To round off this edition, we ‘Deep Dive’
with Paul Harrison, Senior Consultant
Engineer, Future Facilities, who tells us
about life inside and outside the office.
As always, there’s also a round-up
of all the latest news in the data
centre sector, while our ‘intelligent’
brands section looks at what’s new in
operations, infrastructure, power and
cooling, and facilities.
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