EXPERT OPINION
A new era :
Does Edge still have a place in the ‘ new normal ’?
Jackson Lee , VP of Corporate
Development , Colt
DCS , says hyperscale offers businesses the flexibility and scalability to deal with any situation that comes their way and investment in this area enables the running of efficient operations in the face of uncertainty .
020 has changed everything we once knew about
2 business , including where best to run one . Once filled with company HQ ’ s and packed offices , major cities have undergone a ‘ mass exodus ’, leaving office spaces overpriced and under-used in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak .
This shift from the corporate office to the home office has accelerated the flexible , remote approach to working that was already trickling into more forwardthinking companies long before the pandemic . For many companies and their employees , remote working is no longer just a company benefit , but a necessary step to maintaining business growth .
With 82 % of executives saying they saw productivity levels either hold steady or increase as people shifted to remote work , there ’ s seemingly no rush to get employees back to the workplace , even outside of national lockdowns .
With this more permanent shift towards remote working , never-before-seen levels of bandwidth and connectivity will be required to maintain productivity from homes around the country .
As a result , demand has already shifted firmly away from the need for latency and data centre proximity to end-users in major cities . Instead , we are seeing a strong uptick in the need for scalability and flexibility that hyperscale facilities offer .
So , does this mean Edge facilities no longer have a role to play in today ’ s ‘ new normal ’? Has the pandemic spurred us all on to the age of hyperscale ?
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