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H the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres magazine , where we bring you a roundup of some of the exciting trends and developments taking place across the industry on a global scale . We hear from various experts who offer their best practice advice on hot topics of interest .
As this month ’ s cover story , Jorge Ribeiro Rousse , Director of Service Platform Strategy and Engineering , Virgin Media O2 , discusses the leading telco ’ s work with EkkoSense . We hear how the company implemented EkkoSense ’ s software technology to monitor and control temperatures at its mobile network site to keep its mobile network running , delivering cooling optimisation right across its estate . Read more about this on page 47 .
Another interesting topic this month explores the possibilities of green data centres . Astrid Wynne , Techbuyer Sustainability Lead , discusses the various ways in which data centre leaders can drive change and ensure green operations , on page 21 .
This issue , we asked industry experts how adopting an Edge Computing strategy will benefit organisations , on page 29 . Jacob Chacko , Regional Director – Middle East , Saudi & South Africa at Aruba , a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company ; Robert
Linsdell , Managing Director A / NZ , and LuLu Shiraz , Sales Director for Product and Service A / NZ , both from Vertiv ; and Jon Healy , Operations Director at Keysource , offer some insight .
On page 62 , Sayaaji Shinde , Global Business Director – Smart Cities and Infrastructure at AVEVA , discusses building the data centre of the future . He says that as expectations grow from data centres due to pandemic-driven digitalisation and transformation , bridging the vast number of subsystems is the way forward to make them future-ready .
To round off , we ‘ Deep Dive ’ with David Hirst , Group Executive at Macquarie Data Centres , who tells us about his career journey , and 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 upcoming editions , please don ’ t hesitate to contact me at alix @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk
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