Intelligent Data Centres Issue 08 | Page 34

NOTE ello and welcome to the latest issue of Intelligent Data Centres. I’m delighted to be bringing this edition to you in the same month that GITEX Technology Week – the most important event in the international technology calendar – takes place. H If you’re reading Intelligent Data Centres for the first time I hope you’ll find the magazine packed with the latest news, views and best practice advice for today’s under-pressure data centre and infrastructure managers. This month we’ve got a special GITEX preview and from page 69 you can read about who’s doing what at the event this year, as well as where they’ll be located on the show floor. We’ll also be present at the show and would love to meet any new readers. If you are a data centre manager or lead your organisation’s infrastructure operations I’d really like to hear from you – especially if you’d like to talk about a recent technology implementation or discuss some of the key data centre trends. Please feel free to send an email to jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk and we’ll arrange to meet up. As part of this special GITEX edition, we’ve also put the spotlight on the 34 Issue 08 LYNCHPIN MEDIA TEAM MANAGEMENT MANAGING PARTNER Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 MANAGING PARTNER Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7514 807 117 EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR AND EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO ME, ICIO KUWAIT AND INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS region’s data centre sector in our ‘Expert Opinion’ feature. Industry experts from Equinix MENA, Injazat and eHosting DataFort, tell us about some of the challenges to the Middle East data centre industry, as well as how data centres are enabling Digital Transformation across the region on pages 40 to 43. 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. If our paths don’t cross at GITEX, I hope you have a great week and please don’t hesitate to contact me by emailing jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk if you’d like to contribute to any future issues or find out more about Lynchpin Media. Jess Phillips Editor Mark Bowen mark@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2225 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES AND I NTELLIGENT CISO Jess Phillips jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 203 890 4069 EDITOR, I NTELLIGENT CIO EUROPE Alix Pressley alix@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3890 4085 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO AFRICA Paul Rogers paul@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3890 4084 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO INDIA Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 DESIGN HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES Charles Brandreth charles@lynchpinmedia.co.uk WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER Josh Peace josh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk SALES & MARKETING COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR SALES MANAGER MARKETING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER Michal Zylinski michal@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +48 883 746 917 Amy Poole amy@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 52 883 0211 Curtis Driscoll curtis@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2536 COUNTRY PARTNERS COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Rajesh Gandhi rajesh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6601 3056 COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Feroz Tapiya feroz@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6616 6052 COUNTRY MANAGER – INDIA Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 Lynchpin Media © 2019 Intelligent Data Centres is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT data centre professionals. If you wish to subscribe for regular copies then please email info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230. 5 Burnside Court, Leominster Enterprise Park, Herefordshire, HR6 0LX www.intelligentdatacentres.com