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 [email protected] [phone] MANAGING PARTNER Stuart Lynch [email protected] [phone] 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 [email protected] Jess Phillips Editor Mark Bowen [email protected] [phone] EDITOR, INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES AND I NTELLIGENT CISO Jess Phillips [email protected] [phone] EDITOR, I NTELLIGENT CIO EUROPE Alix Pressley [email protected] [phone] EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO AFRICA Paul Rogers [email protected] [phone] EDITOR, INTELLIGENT CIO INDIA Partha Srinivasan [email protected] [phone] DESIGN HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Pippa Sanderson [email protected] HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES Charles Brandreth [email protected] WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER Josh Peace [email protected] JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Lorna Murphy [email protected] SALES & MARKETING COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR SALES MANAGER MARKETING AND OPERATIONS MANAGER Michal Zylinski [email protected] [phone] Amy Poole [email protected] [phone] Curtis Driscoll [email protected] [phone] COUNTRY PARTNERS COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Rajesh Gandhi [email protected] [phone] COUNTRY MANAGER – KUWAIT Feroz Tapiya [email protected] [phone] COUNTRY MANAGER – INDIA Partha Srinivasan [email protected] [phone] 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 [email protected] 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