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Vol. 5 | Issue 3
September 2016
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INSIDE…
Vol. 5 | Issue 03 | September 2016
SPECIAL FEATURE:
COLOCATION &
OUTSOURCING
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Design
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Build
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Install
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Maintain
PROJECTS &
AGREEMENTS:
OPINION:
FERRARI AND
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
TEAM UP
THE IMPORTANCE
OF NETWORK
MONITORING
16 Daniel Beazer of Cogeco
Peer 1 discusses the range
of benefits of storing data in
an edge data centre
18 Stuart Gilks of SimpliVity
explains how entrenched
roadblocks are being
overcome through advances
in data virtualisation and
hyperconvergence
4 Welcome
28 Network monitoring
What to look out for in this issue
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Industry News
Dirk Paessler of Paessler highlights the
importance of networking monitoring
All the latest news, views and industry
information
10 Centre of Attention
Nathalie Künneke-Trenaman of RIPE
NCC explains why IPv6 is the only option
for securing the future of the Internet.
13 Meet Me Room
30 Data management
David Abramson of Logi Analytics
explores the benefits of combining your
data sources
33 Projects & agreements
High profile installations and contract
agreements
Jim Hart of Business Critical Solutions
discusses the rate of change in the
data centre industry, and describes his
perfect weekend.
38 Products & innovations
25 NoSQL technology
Nic Scott of Code 42 discusses the
issues surrounding data protection in the
wake of the EU referendum
Luke Whitehead of Couchbase examines
the evolution of Big Data and the
Internet of Things and what it means for
enterprise architecture
The latest and greatest products and
systems designed for the data centre
20 Matt Lovell of Pulsant
explores the changing role
of colocation and the role
it is playing within today’s
evolving environment
22 Richard Jenkins of
Romonet explains the
right metrics a colocation
data centre should take
into consideration when
assessing the current state
of its facilities
44 Final Thought
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