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NOTE elcome to the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres. Our cover story this month features the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of the two Federal Institutes of Technology in Switzerland, which created data centre efficiencies after working with Vertiv. W Aristide Boisseau, Head of the Datacenter Operations team at EPFL, tells us how, by working with Vertiv, EPFL has improved its power usage effectiveness, achieved space savings and seen a reduction of CAPEX and OPEX. While 5G technology is lauded as a game- changer, its growing adoption presents challenges for telecommunications organisations which need to ensure that underlying infrastructure can cope with the new demands. One solution to this challenge could be prefabricated modular data centres, according to Andrew Donoghue, Director of EMEA Analyst Relations, at Vertiv. He tells us why in our first feature this month. Our second feature looks at how Batelco, a leading digital services provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, selected Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical Platform as the foundation for the new Batelco Gulf Network Cable System. The system connects all countries across the GCC as a reliable alternative to 34 Issue 09 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 submarine cables with greater scalable capacity and shorter inter-Gulf latency. Meanwhile, Mohamed Al Qubaisi, Chief Technology Officer, tells us how Injazat has bold plans to position itself as one of the world’s most innovative companies and expand its international reach, in our ‘Expert Opinion’ feature. To round off this month’s magazine, we ‘Deep Dive’ with Eran Brown, EMEA CTO, Infinidat, 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. 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 I hope you enjoy the magazine and if you’d like to contribute to any future issues please do not hesitate to contact me by emailing jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk 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 Jess Phillips Editor 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