Intelligent Data Centres Issue 09 | Page 34

NOTE elcome to the latest edition of Intelligent Data Centres. Our cover story this month features the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of the two Federal Institutes of Technology in Switzerland, which created data centre efficiencies after working with Vertiv. W Aristide Boisseau, Head of the Datacenter Operations team at EPFL, tells us how, by working with Vertiv, EPFL has improved its power usage effectiveness, achieved space savings and seen a reduction of CAPEX and OPEX. While 5G technology is lauded as a game- changer, its growing adoption presents challenges for telecommunications organisations which need to ensure that underlying infrastructure can cope with the new demands. One solution to this challenge could be prefabricated modular data centres, according to Andrew Donoghue, Director of EMEA Analyst Relations, at Vertiv. He tells us why in our first feature this month. Our second feature looks at how Batelco, a leading digital services provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain, selected Ciena’s Converged Packet Optical Platform as the foundation for the new Batelco Gulf Network Cable System. The system connects all countries across the GCC as a reliable alternative to 34 Issue 09 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 submarine cables with greater scalable capacity and shorter inter-Gulf latency. Meanwhile, Mohamed Al Qubaisi, Chief Technology Officer, tells us how Injazat has bold plans to position itself as one of the world’s most innovative companies and expand its international reach, in our ‘Expert Opinion’ feature. To round off this month’s magazine, we ‘Deep Dive’ with Eran Brown, EMEA CTO, Infinidat, 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