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The path to power-efficient processing

Alexander Troshin, EMEA Product and Marketing Manager, Enterprise and HPC Server at AMD, outlines the energy efficiency challenges facing the data centre industry, with particular reference to power-efficient processing. He covers the key architectural innovations, packaging advances and algorithmic improvements to compute that will deliver more energy-efficient solutions for data centres and AI workloads.

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Substantial re-think required for data centre design and build

Andrew Fettes-Brown, Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Global Board Director, Head of Data Centres at RLB UK and Europe, outlines the results of the company’s recent research, the results of which suggest that the way in which future data centres are designed and built must be substantially rethought to accommodate supply chain constraints and sustainability measures.

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Greener data centres set to take centre stage

Leah Goldfarb, Environmental Impact Officer at Platform.sh, explains the importance of being able to identify truly green data centres as organisation’s develop their own sustainability objectives and also look to meet their regulatory reporting requirements – with the new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) set to have a major impact.

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Skills shortage drives increase in IT investment, automation and outsourcing

Alex Hoff, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Auvik, discusses the results of the company’s recent IT Trends 2024 Industry Report, which explains how the ongoing skills shortage is shaping IT investment decisions, with increased automation and outsourcing two key trends, alongside continued cloud and security spending. Alex also highlights the disjoint between the C-Suite and IT practitioners when it comes to identifying and addressing IT challenges and opportunities, sharing some great insights as to the best way forward for both MSPs and their customers.

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The importance of digital in creating a more sustainable future

Subhagata (Subho) Mukherjee, Vice President, Global Head of Sustainability, Nokia, shares some key highlights from the company’s People and Planet 2023 report, covering a year of achievements and challenges on the journey to net zero, with continuing progress in its sustainability strategy. Subho explains Nokia’s firm belief that ESG can be a competitive advantage as digitalisation, powered by enhanced connectivity, plays an increasingly significant role in helping industries and economies decarbonise while enabling a more inclusive society.

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5G stands (alone) ready to be unleashed

Stephen Douglas, Head of Market Strategy at Spirent, discusses the company’s 5th annual 5G outlook report, which finds that 5G Standalone (SA) market is picking up significant speed, alongside similar interest activity in terms of private 5G. Stephen offers some great insights into what’s going on in the 5G market right now and how he sees it developing over time.

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Driving knowledge sharing across the Channel

Patrick Aronson, Chief Marketing Officer and APAC Executive Vice President at Westcon-Comstor, looks at the challenges and opportunities for MSPs and other channel partners around data, as outlined in the company’s recent ‘Bridging the Gap’ research report. Patrick also explains some of the company’s recent data-focused initiatives, including the Partner Insights tool and Tech ConneX.

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Collaboration is the key to sustainability success

Dr. Alyson Freeman; Customer & Innovation lead, Sustainability & ESG, Dell Technologies, discusses the sustainability challenges facing the data centre industry and some of the ways in which the facility owners and operators are collaborating with the IT hardware manufacturers, such as Dell, to make real progress towards Net Zero.

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Cybersecurity for SMEs - a smart solution

Jamie Akhtar, Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart, discusses the importance of cybersecurity solutions developed specifically for the SME market and the benefits they can bring to both the Channel and end users themselves. Jamie also outlines the security challenges he sees ahead, which are potential opportunities for CyberSmart and its partners - to demonstrate the value of their solutions during the cost of living crisis and as a means of addressing both the positive and negative aspects of the impending AI explosion.

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Partnership to accelerate data centre sustainability

Venessa Moffat, EMEA Channel Manager, Ekkosense and Nick Ewing, MD of Efficiency IT, discuss the new partnership between the two companies which brings together EIT’s expertise in data centre design, build, maintenance, and optimisation services with the global leader in AI-driven data centre performance optimisation software to improve customers’ sustainability and energy efficiency ambitions.

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Partnership promises to accelerate data centre sustainability

Venessa Moffat, EMEA Channel Manager, Ekkosense and Nick Ewing, MD of Efficiency IT, discuss the new partnership between the two companies which brings together EIT’s expertise in data centre design, build, maintenance, and optimisation services with the global leader in AI-driven data centre performance optimisation software to improve customers’ sustainability and energy efficiency ambitions.

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Dealing with IT infrastructure complexity in a hybrid world

Andy Bevan, Head of Propositions and Strategy Consulting at Daisy Corporate Services, discusses recent research findings which reveal that two-thirds of IT leaders say that legacy infrastructure is creating a sustainability nightmare. Andy explores the options available for addressing this problem, with a consumption-based IT infrastructure model the likely solution.

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