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