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  • Marynet Bassily, director of procurement and supply chain, EMEA at Vantage Data Centers, explains how she has overcome many obstacles to establish a career spanning construction and telecoms – and how she is encouraging her company and the wider industry to focus on inclusivity
  • Microsoft has quietly added voice calls to its Teams package. now, no one will need a fixed-line phone on their desk, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
  • Leading OTT players know that extra capacity gives an in-region advantage. Jim Fagan, chief strategy and revenue officer at Global Cloud Xchange writes
  • From ageing infrastructure to on-demand energy models, Terry Storrar, MD of Leaseweb UK, writes about the new quick wins improving data centre sustainability
  • While many believe satellite and fibre will save the day for unconnected Africa, Wim van Thillo, CEO and co-founder at Pharrowtech, has another suggestion
  • With the exploding use of APIs to drive new partnerships and services across all markets, the demand for a compliant, core-and-edge data centre platform which can bring diverse sectors together will skyrocket.

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  • As connectivity and internet demands continue to grow, what actions can be taken to slow the effects of carbon emissions, and how can end users and operators play their part in tackling the climate challenge? Rob McKernan, Schneider Electric's SVP secure power Europe region, explains.
  • Thor Olof Philogène, CEO and co-founder of Stravito, explains the emerging trend likely to drive the next decade.
  • I like the hashtag for this year’s International Women’s Day, #ChooseToChallenge because words are great but actions speak louder. If we want more diversity, we need to force the issue and back up our old arguments with fresh activity and hard evidence that shows our progress.
  • As Michael Armitage, CEO of Broadway Partners, writes the UK Government’s 2025 target is as achievable as national and local governments want it to be.
  • In 2021, many organisations are just one errant employee click away from an extinction level event.
  • If there’s one thing that the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us, it’s how fundamental technology is to modern day life.
  • It's possible the full impact of Covid-19 won't be felt in the data centre space until 2022. James Hart, CEO at BCS Group explains how that could shape the next 12 months
  • Virna Rizzo and Jordan Le Gallo, lawyers at Cohen Amir-Aslani, a member of Globalaw, explain the impact of Brexit on the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
  • There’s a lot of buzz around 5G, and one capability in particular: network slicing. 5G network slicing offers a plethora of opportunities, including the ability to identify new enterprise customers in various industries to offer highly tailored service offerings, as well as to establish revenue-generating B2B2X partnerships.
  • Thomas Ciccone, vice president, critical operations, at Stack Infrastructure makes the case for data center operations as a college-level study programme, and explains the steps that could be taken to make it a reality
  • Claudio Cerioli, senior vice president, international sales at CommScope explains why fibre will play a critical role in meeting growing network demands across Europe
  • A race is underway between hyperscalers and telcos to drive the edge ecosystem on which new 5G use cases will be built. But who will win? Jinu Koshy AVP, head of domain consulting group at Infosys finds out

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