AS HARDWARE GETS FASTER AND MANAGERS NEED INCREASING LEVELS OF SECURITY , THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEVICES BECOME THE BOTTLENECK .
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How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?
Having been in bands for over 30 years , music is still my primary hobby – though I did decide to stop gigging last year – so just for fun now .
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
Clients continuously need cybersecurity . As a Veeam VCSP and specialist in backup and recovery , we are helping clients of all sizes design modern backups to counter the current threats . The 3-2-1-1-0 mantra helps our clients stay protected against cybercriminals by vaulting their data offsite to our cloud and taking advantage of our immutable copies , tape-out services and a full suite of Disaster Recovery options to guard against the seemingly inevitable cyberattacks .
What ’ s more , right now many data centres will be looking closely at investment into new optical networks and interconnect solutions to increase throughput between storage , computing and security systems . As hardware gets faster and managers need increasing levels of security , the connections between devices become the bottleneck . I feel that many data centres are otherwise in danger of implementing new hardware on a slow platform .
AS HARDWARE GETS FASTER AND MANAGERS NEED INCREASING LEVELS OF SECURITY , THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DEVICES BECOME THE BOTTLENECK .
to a last line of defence against the cybercriminals that is vital to your business . Our solutions and options are evolving to stay one step ahead and our clients are recognising the need for those services .
More specifically , several areas of change are impacting my role , which include :
• Retaining a tight rein on cloud infrastructure costs .
• Managing the productisation of company data and controlling the distribution of valuable data .
• The development of the data product manager role in operations .
• Integrating data management with our finance teams .
• Developing new workflows that allow us to control and manage data governance in line with our ISO27001 systems . �
What are the region-specific challenges you encounter in your role ?
The UK is challenged by regional issues around Brexit and international trade – though having offices in Europe and the US has been a significant advantage in this instance . There is no doubt that sporadic supply issues within the UK supply chain remain , despite most major vendors having recovered from the disruption of COVID-19 .
Additionally , export controls are a significant factor in global trade and we often have to guard against supplying hardware to intermediaries . Otherwise , our logistics operations can ’ t operate throughout Europe , the US and all friendly nations .
What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?
I would say the changing role for our Disaster Recovery services , from an insurance policy you did not expect to utilise ,
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