Intelligent Data Centres Issue 03 | Page 34
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ello and welcome
to the latest edition
of Intelligent Data
Centres. Our cover
story this month
features Trading Point
Holdings, an international investment
online brokerage firm based in Europe
which is dedicated to delivering superior
services in currency trading.
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The company chose Rackspace to
manage its hardware infrastructure
and provide system maintenance
support – a partnership which has
achieved improved security, resiliency
and scalability of the company’s
infrastructure. The firm’s CIO, Andreas
Loizides, talks us through the decision
to work with Rackspace and the main
benefits this has created.
In this month’s ‘Industry Intelligence
powered by the DCA’ feature, Steve
Hone, CEO of the DCA, talks about the
benefits of joining the Data Centre
Alliance (DCA) Trade Association as a
Corporate Partner and offers advice on
how to get the most out of membership.
Meanwhile, our ‘Editor’s Question’ this
month explores some best practice
advice for data centre modernisation. It
comes after industry experts announced
data centre spend in the Middle East and
North Africa was expected to reach a
record-high of nearly US$5 billion in 2019
as organisations continue to accelerate
their Digital Transformation efforts.
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In ‘The Edge’, Rik Williams, Data Centre
Operations Manager at Node4, offers
some tips for those looking for a data
hosting provider, while Simon Bearne,
Commercial Director at UK data
centre operator, NGD, outlines why
organisations should consider looking
at data centres outside of London for
increased value.
We also get to know Steve Bowes-
Phipps, Senior Consultant in the data
centre practice at PTS Consulting, who
tells us about life inside and outside the
office, in our ‘Deep Dive’ feature.
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.
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like to contribute to any future issues
please do not hesitate to contact me by
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