Intelligent Data Centres Issue 16 | Page 8

EDITOR’S NOTE ello and welcome to H the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres where we explore the trends and developments taking place within the data centre space. We hear from various experts who offer their knowledge and expertise on hot topics of interest. This month on the cover we have Gallus Messmer, Data Warehouse Architect at Helsana. The company is the largest health insurance provider in Switzerland and needed to modernise in order to shorten development cycles and make the company as a whole, more agile. Messmer tells us how it was able to achieve this and automate and future-proof its operations with WhereScape. As one of this issue’s features on page 44, we take a look at how Africa is placing data centres at the heart of its growth in developing rich and sustainable IT ecosystems. We hear how data centre providers across the continent are developing their offerings to contribute and keep up with the ever-transforming industry, as Digital Transformation takes hold. A topic that is difficu the current circumst Coronavirus pandem Proximity Data Cent COVID-19 is driving t data, and why coloc Edge data centres ca solution to cope wit during the outbreak. This month, we ‘Dee Whatling, Chairman, Solutions, who tells u relax and unwind out I hope you enjoy the to contribute to any please don’t hesitate alix@lynchpinmedia Alix Pressley Editor This month, as part of our ‘Editor’s Question’, we approached industry experts to ask them why multi-cloud adoption is becoming so successful across the EMEA region. Spokespeople from F5 Networks; Telviva; and Canonical, offer their thoughts on the subject. www.intelligentdatacentres.com