Intelligent Data Centres Issue 07 | Page 34

NOTE ello and welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres. This month, our cover story features Porsche Informatik, a subsidiary of Porsche Holding and part of the Volkswagen Group, which wanted to modernise its data centre. H The company chose to work with its long- term partner, VMware, to achieve this and after deploying a number of data centre solutions, it has boosted its security, accelerated time-to-market for products and increased its IT efficiency through automation. Peter Friedwagner, Head of Infrastructure and Common Platforms at Porsche Informatik, talks us through the implementation and outlines how it has provided a strong foundation for the company’s software developers and employees in order to drive digitalisation of the automotive industry. In our first feature this month, we discover how businesses and organisations across the region are increasingly adopting Digital Transformation strategies – and why data centre and cloud solutions are an integral component of achieving digitalisation goals. Meanwhile, our ‘Editor’s Question’ this month is focused on the ongoing shift to the Edge. Research carried out by Business Critical Solutions (BCS) 34 Issue 07 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 revealed that half of those surveyed for the business’ The Summer Report, said they believed Edge Computing would be the biggest driver of new data centres. Three industry experts from Scale Computing, Next Generation Data and Veeam have their say on whether they agree on pages 30-32. To round off this edition, we ‘Deep Dive’ with Daniel Pope, CEO, Submer Technologies, 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. 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] 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 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] 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 Jess Phillips Editor 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