FOREWORD
FOREWORD
The broadband debate...
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Data centric IT: the driving seat.
Information Technology and especially the role of the Data Centre in provisioning
IT services have entered a very interesting phase: the Data Centre in all of its
forms has certainly moved to centre stage. With the exception of the professionals
involved, there is a reducing interest in the technology itself: it’s as though these
IT services are becoming more utility and the lexicon commonplace: you could
is an of
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as users,
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to work,
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ever-present high-speed broadband make a difference
to our Internet
experience?
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be interconnected
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in
our
homes
and
there
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nothing
wrong
with
that.
all conceivable professions, accessing scientific and everyday equipment all over the globe, reaching communities of all shapes
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than abroadband
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maturity
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and sizes, using all sorts of new applications and services
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canofenable
our in
projects
to
technology and the market, but it is essentially a user view. The professionals
be adopted across both our business and social lives, and the only effective way to deliver this future is with a fibre optic-based
involved in designing, building, operating, financing, regulating and generally
infrastructure.Tech investment is hitting record highs in the UK and the essential foundation of this booming growth is access to
making sure that our user experience is as seamless as utility would imply are
broadband. In an ideal world the whole of the Unitedhowever
Kingdom’s
telecoms
network would be based off a pure fibre optic network,
facing
new challenges.
but in reality it makes more economic sense to upgradeThe
whatascendancy
already exists.
Convincing
stakeholders
that fibre
is a is
necessary
of Data,
its analysis
and its hidden
value
a huge driving force
investment is yet another obstacle. There is a clear role
here
to help
demonstrate
business
caseit’s
for afibre.
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and
forfor
noproviders
other reason
than
in one waythe
shape
or form,
highThe
value
asset: big
money.
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there
is
big
money
there
is
big
influence
from
large
corporations,
newsData
is that all
of
the
major
operators
are
bringing
fibre
optic
cables
ever
closer
to
homes,
but
we
need
to
focus
on
take-up
of
Centre Greening
Data Centre
Government
and regulators
and itbe
is here
professionals
needmetres
to turn
superfast broadband
byTesting
businesses, not just consumers.
In ten or twenty
years we might
able that
to replace
the last few
of their
gaze.
copper and coax with a true fibre optic connection, but
time will tell.
To put it bluntly, being a good engineer, manager or service provider is no longer
enough. In future, to be at the top of their game, the modern IT professional will
Enjoy the issue.
have to understand all of the issues at stake actively lead the debate and get their
heads out of the cloud and into the heart of the big picture…
Nick Wells
March/April 2016
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