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EDITOR’S NOTE
ello and welcome
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to the latest edition
of Intelligent Data
Centres where we
explore the trends
and developments
happening within the data centre industry.
Experts offer their best practice advice on
various topics of interest.
On the cover this issue, we have Aramex’s
Chief Digital Officer, Mohammed Sleeq.
He tells us how Rackspace Technology
helped the leading global provider of
comprehensive logistics and transportation
solutions to migrate its entire technology
infrastructure to the public cloud.
Sleeq discusses the steps Aramex took
when selecting Rackspace Technology
as the provider, the benefits of using
the solution and the initiatives Aramex is
focusing on for the rest of 2020.
In this month’s ‘Data Centre Predictions’,
we explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI)
is being used to drive operations and
maximise data centre value for customers.
Bob He, President of Data Centre Facility,
Huawei, explains how AI is improving data
centre reliability, among other benefits.
Another exciting topic this month is how
a data centre’s design can contribute to
optimum performance – the focus of our
‘Editor’s Question’. We take a look at how
a data centre’s performance is impacted
by various factors such as mechanical
design, location, layout, efficiency, to
name a few. Experts from Schneider
Electric, Wasabi, and iland, offer their
thoughts.
It is also important to consider the
elements that go in the data centre and
how the data centre itself is managed.
Ray Hagen, Global Product Line Manager
at ProLabs, explores the subject of
data centre management on page 44,
and offers his best practice advice on
how to keep infrastructure projects on
schedule as a result of having a good
management approach.
The Circular Economy is a key area
of discussion as data centre leaders
attempt to positively contribute to
the digitally transforming tech scene.
Deborah Andrews, London South Bank
University, discusses how data centre
leaders can achieve this as the pressure
to operate efficiently, mounts.
This issue, we ‘Deep Dive’ with Jansen
van Rensburg, Chief Technologist at
VMware Sub Saharan Africa. Rensburg
discusses his career in the data centre
industry and tells us how he likes to relax
and unwind outside the office.
I hope you enjoy the read and if you’d like
to contribute to any future issues, please
don’t hesitate to contact me at alix@
lynchpinmedia.co.uk
Alix Pressley
Editor
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