Expert Opinions | Digitalisation World

Steven Brown Schneider Electric’s Global Director - Cloud & Service Provider Segment, discusses the current energy crisis, as well as the ongoing climate change challenge, in terms of how the data centre industry needs to leverage electrification as the key part of a Strategise, Digitise, Decarbonise approach - with the ultimate opportunity of creating climate positive data centres as part of a successful Net Zero strategy.

A digital future of equal opportunity

Lorraine Wilkinson, Vice President, UK, Equinix, discusses female representation in the technology industry and shares how technology companies can better support their female employees and encourage more women to enter the industry.

Keeping control of the cloud

Max Schulze, CEO and Founder of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance, discusses the importance of local and regional clouds as an alternative approach to the hyperscale model, suggesting that, in a world apparently obsessed with issues such as data sovereignty, time would be better spent understanding the importance of infrastructure ‘independence’.

Sustainable storage – time for IT teams to step up

Pure Storage’s Wes Van Den Berg, Vice President and General Manager, UK & Ireland, discusses the findings of the company’s recent IT Sustainability Impact Survey. IT departments have a major role to play in helping organisations achieve their sustainability goals; and IT vendors have a similar responsibility to supply energy-efficient, sustainable solutions – Evergreen storage in Pure Storage’s case.

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Heightened privacy and secure cloud collaboration

Virtru has launched the Virtru Private Keystore, allowing organizations to leverage the power of cloud collaboration platforms with the confidence that their data is completely private and shielded from their cloud provider.

Leading brewery AB InBev optimises infrastructure in Europe with Orange Business

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has renewed its trust in Orange Business, laying the critical infrastructure foundation to enable its future digital innovation plans in Europe. Putting employee experience at the heart of its strategy, AB InBev has chosen Orange Business to deliver connectivity and voice services as the backbone for enhanced productivity.

78% of channel partners have “more to do” in shift to services and subscriptions

International research report by Westcon-Comstor reveals challenges of complex multivendor portfolios, and the need for distributor marketplaces to simplify and add value,

Majority of companies unprepared for cybersecurity threats

Readiness is critical: 82% of respondents said they expect a cybersecurity incident to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months.

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