Intelligent Data Centres Issue 08 | Page 34

NOTE ello and welcome to the latest issue of Intelligent Data Centres. I’m delighted to be bringing this edition to you in the same month that GITEX Technology Week – the most important event in the international technology calendar – takes place. H If you’re reading Intelligent Data Centres for the first time I hope you’ll find the magazine packed with the latest news, views and best practice advice for today’s under-pressure data centre and infrastructure managers. This month we’ve got a special GITEX preview and from page 69 you can read about who’s doing what at the event this year, as well as where they’ll be located on the show floor. We’ll also be present at the show and would love to meet any new readers. If you are a data centre manager or lead your organisation’s infrastructure operations I’d really like to hear from you – especially if you’d like to talk about a recent technology implementation or discuss some of the key data centre trends. Please feel free to send an email to [email protected] and we’ll arrange to meet up. As part of this special GITEX edition, we’ve also put the spotlight on the 34 Issue 08 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 region’s data centre sector in our ‘Expert Opinion’ feature. Industry experts from Equinix MENA, Injazat and eHosting DataFort, tell us about some of the challenges to the Middle East data centre industry, as well as how data centres are enabling Digital Transformation across the region on pages 40 to 43. 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. If our paths don’t cross at GITEX, I hope you have a great week and please don’t hesitate to contact me by emailing [email protected] if you’d like to contribute to any future issues or find out more about Lynchpin Media. 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] 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