FEATURE : DATA CENTRE SOLUTIONS
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New technologies are enabling us to reimagine the data centre and with the latest levels of storage efficiency , organisations are being empowered to realise the full potential of their most important asset – data . We speak to two experts to find out more about the latest developments .
Data centre infrastructure still sits at the heart of global ICT and enables all of us to enjoy the services we use every day . Despite the rapid growth and adoption of the cloud , data centres are continuing to thrive because companies still need on-premise systems .
Intelligent CIO spoke to two industry experts to find out more about developments in the sector and what we can expect in the future .
The view THE VIEW from FROM Siemon SIEMON
Siemon is an industry leader specialising in the design and manufacture of high quality , high performance low voltage infrastructure solutions and services for data centres , LANs and intelligent buildings .
The company offers a suite of copper and optical fibre cabling systems , cabinets , racks , cable management , data centre power and cooling systems and intelligent infrastructure management solutions .
Here we speak to Prem Rodrigues , Director of Sales and Marketing for Middle East , India and SAARC at Siemon .
How will the data centre sector cope in the future with an everincreasing amount of data ?
There is immense pressure to handle extreme data volumes within switch-toswitch backbone links to the core and to the storage area network ( SAN ) and to cope with the ever-increasing amount of data , the data centre sector needs to rapidly migrate to speeds of at least 100 gigabits per second via optical fibre cabling .
Most large data centres are now embracing singlemode fibre cabling due to its greater distance capabilities and unlimited bandwidth capabilities , as well as its established ability to handle wavelength division multiplexing ( WDM ) applications that support even higher speeds .
In addition to higher speeds , as the sheer number of equipment and fibre links continues to increase , data centres will seek to deploy solutions that facilitate managing ultra-high densities of fibre connections .
Will the advent of 5G change the way data centres operate ?
While limited 5G networks are just now being launched , and the world won ’ t see widespread 5G coverage for at least another five years , these fifth-generation mobile networks will bring IoT to a whole new level , and that means even more data for data centres to handle .
Preparing for the future
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