Intelligent Data Centres Issue 05 | Page 34

NOTE elcome to the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres. Our cover story this month features Emirates Steel, a steel producer headquartered in Abu Dhabi, which deployed Commvault HyperScale and Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery solutions to support its digitalisation ambitions and safeguard its manufacturing operations. W Mohammed Azam, IT Infrastructure Head at Emirates Steel, tells us how the Commvault solutions are helping to future-proof the organisation and providing a new milestone for effective data storage. In our first feature this month, we find out how an energy storage project which took place at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam has implications for the future of data centres, while our second feature explores the launch of Microsoft’s two new cloud data centre regions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is hoped that the new cloud data centre regions will accelerate Digital Transformation to enable job creation, entrepreneurship and economic growth across the Middle East. The IT infrastructure industry is at a crossroads in terms of product sales to cloud vs. traditional IT environments, according to the International Data 34 Issue 05 LYNCHPIN MEDIA TEAM MANAGEMENT MANAGING PARTNER Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 MANAGING PARTNER Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7514 807 117 EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR AND EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO ME, ICIO KUWAIT AND INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Corporation (IDC). For our ‘Editor’s Question’ this month we explore the impact of cloud on the infrastructure sector and experts from Pulse Secure, Procurri – Europe and Equinix share their views on the topic. To round off the magazine this month, we ‘Deep Dive’ with Mat Jordan, Head of EMEA – Procurri Europe, who tells us about life inside and outside the office. As always, there’s also a round-up of all the latest news in the data centre sector, while our ‘intelligent’ brands section looks at what’s new in operations, infrastructure, power and cooling, and facilities. I hope you enjoy the magazine and if you’d like to contribute to any future issues please do not hesitate to contact me by emailing jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Jess Phillips Editor Mark Bowen mark@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2225 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES AND I NTELLIGENT CISO Jess Phillips jess@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 203 890 4069 EDITOR, I NTELLIGENT CIO EUROPE Alix Pressley alix@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2225 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO AFRICA Paul Rogers paul@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3890 4084 EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO INDIA Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 DESIGN HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Pippa Sanderson pippa@lynchpinmedia.co.uk HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES Charles Brandreth charles@lynchpinmedia.co.uk WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER Josh Peace josh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Lorna Murphy lorna@lynchpinmedia.co.uk SALES & MARKETING COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR SALES MANAGER MARKETING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER Michal Zylinski michal@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +48 883 746 917 Amy Poole amy@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 52 883 0211 Curtis Driscoll curtis@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 20 3884 2536 COUNTRY PARTNERS COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Rajesh Gandhi rajesh@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6601 3056 COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Feroz Tapiya feroz@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +965 6616 6052 COUNTRY MANAGER – INDIA Partha Srinivasan partha@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 909 681 6957 Lynchpin Media © 2019 Intelligent Data Centres is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT data centre professionals. If you wish to subscribe for regular copies then please email info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230. 5 Burnside Court, Leominster Enterprise Park, Herefordshire, HR6 0LX www.intelligentdatacentres.com