Intelligent Data Centres Issue 04 | Page 41

EXPERT OPINION available through modernisation, which can be passed on to customers. With modern architecture comes agility, scalability, speed and efficiency, meaning the ability to implement changes and react to challenges much faster than on legacy systems, and also adopt new technologies which are being developed faster than ever. Having the flexibility to scale up and scale down depending on customer demand, as well as the ability to adhere to the needs of both hyperscale and enterprise customers in and out of the cloud is important. The cloud isn’t for everybody and it’s becoming increasingly important to give all types of customers a place to go within our offering. At CyrusOne, last year was one of our best years for growth, which was largely down to our mix of hyperscale and enterprise business across the board, in and out of www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 04 41