EXPERT OPINION
Data centres and cloud work hand-in-hand to meet Digital Transformation goals
According to Jack Bedell-Pearce , CEO and Co-founder of 4D Data Centres , the future of data centres is becoming inseparable from the future of cloud and wider Digital Transformation . Here he discusses the importance of the industry keeping up with Digital Transformation – which includes updating infrastructure – and explores why data centres and the cloud are friends not foes . ost modern decision-makers within a business understand
M that Digital Transformation is a necessity if they want to compete long-term with those around them , whether it ’ s attracting new talent , meeting customer demands or driving greater efficiency .
Very often , Digital Transformation goes hand-in-hand with cloud solutions . It ’ s a common misconception that cloud solutions are replacing data centres , when in fact the solutions wouldn ’ t be possible without the support of a data centre .
Regardless of whether a business is pursuing colocation , cloud or a hybrid platform for their Digital Transformation , they will need a data centre . While it ’ s possible to action this totally in-house , any long-term transformations will require a business to outsource some of its IT to an infrastructure provider .
According to The Data Economy Report by Digital Realty , by 2025 , UK-based data centres could be responsible for the storage of data worth over US $ 135 billion annually , something that is only set to rise as the reliance on data services grows . As the adoption of new technologies and the increasing digitisation of everyday services gains momentum , more data is generated . As dependence on data centres rises , so will revenues as a result .
The acceleration of Digital Transformation
With the wide scale adoption of cloud and colocation solutions alongside on-premise servers , the Digital Transformation trend towards hybrid-IT
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