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October 2017
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04 Welcome 32 Hyperconvergence
Green sleeves. Graham Jarvis of Trudy Darwin Consulting
finds out whether hyperconvergence
really is key to an enterprise’s data centre
cloud strategy.
06 Industry news
When it comes to security, are insiders
really causing the most damage?
10 Centre of Attention
Timothy Arnold of Six Degrees Group
on why the humble data centre is the
unsung hero of the digital age.
13 Meet Me Room
Jon Lucas of Hyve talks business,
kayaking and Cornwall.
16 Case Study
Zenium and Eaton team up to bring us
the pinkest data centre we’ve ever seen.
28 Case Study
ONI helps bring the Science Museum
Group’s IT strategy out of the dark age.
30 Thermal Imaging
Andrew Baker of FLIR Systems, discusses
what to watch out for when investing in
thermal imaging.
34 GDPR
Matt Smith of Software AG explains
why GDPR should be viewed as an
opportunity, not a threat.
36 Automation
Leon Adato of SolarWinds tells us how to
optimise automation and why failure to
respect the process could spell disaster.
39 Projects and Agreements
Huawei and Internet Matters team up to
help improve online child safety.
44 Company Showcase
The latest industry innovations, including
Fluke’s new microsite designed to help
support data centre personnel.
46 Final Thought
Anurag Kahol of Bitglass discusses the
security solutions available when it
comes to the BYOD conundrum.
Tickled
Pink
Zenium and Eaton’s latest
collaboration brightens up our day.
inside...
Opinion
Special Feature
Green IT
Why GDPR
should be seen as
an opportunity,
not a threat.
Meet Me Room
Jon Lucas of Hyve
talks business,
kayaking and
Cornwall
SPECIAL FEATURE:
Green IT
18 Gisle Eckhoff of Digiplex on
how the Nordics are where
it’s at when it comes to
sustainability.
20 Eric Schwartz of Equinix,
explains how we should be
approaching sustainability.
23 Mattias Ganslandt of Multigrid
discusses the benefits of
adopting a GREEN strategy.
26 Chris Wellfair of Secure I.T.
Environments, explains how
the EU Ecodesign directive
impacts the data centre and
why January 1 is a date to be
mindful of.
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