DEEP DIVE
What do you think is the current hot talking point within the data centre space ?
In recent weeks , Ukraine has been hit with numerous cyberattacks targeting primary data centres within its government and banking system , leading to a fear of a global cyberwar . Just a few months ago , Log4shell hit the world with a perfect storm , leaving us with more questions than answers : How has such a fundamental , easy to exploit backdoor managed to remain in a popular open-source library , affecting hundreds of millions of devices without being detected since 2013 ?
The hottest concern today within the data centre industry is that many similar zero-day exploits still lurk in the shadows , kept in the secret arsenals of intelligence agencies and cybercrime actors . Some of these backdoors are not only known to but purposefully planted by malicious actors , in some of the most frequently used software components – a ticking time bomb in the very heart of some of our most critical infrastructures .
How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?
Outside of the tech world , I often enjoy my second passion , photography . Interestingly , I think that my approach to software development is connected to the very same sense of aesthetics and balance that I employ while composing a photograph . In photography , there ’ s this notion of ‘ the decisive moment ’ or ‘ the moment ’ – the moment that you press the shutter button ; when the exposure happens
MY APPROACH TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IS CONNECTED TO THE VERY SAME SENSE OF AESTHETICS AND BALANCE THAT I EMPLOY WHILE COMPOSING A PHOTOGRAPH .
when the subject is framed correctly , when all the elements come together . To me , it seems that in software development , there ’ s also a ‘ decisive moment ’ – the moment when all the pieces click together , the moment you feel that a certain elegance has formed and everything fits just right .
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
Besides the obvious trends toward security and cost efficiency , there is one emerging area which I think will become much more prominent in the following years . With environmental awareness growing globally , sustainability is becoming a major element of investment in the IT industry . We are seeing IT teams put in place sustainability programmes with the goal of decreasing energy consumption , minimising electronic waste and reaching carbon neutrality . Migrating to the cloud is one of the simplest ways to achieve this , as cloud providers that have been investing in clean energy are benefiting from economies of scale and are able to pool resources to reduce waste . I expect to see more products and services that help companies to measure and optimise the carbon footprint of their IT infrastructure . � www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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