FEATURE : DATA CENTRE along with challenges relating to working capital . These challenges have helped the private sector to grow , as most organisations in this vertical have more funding and more budget to spend .”
According to Pereira , using HCI simplifies the physical infrastructure to the maximum and enjoy the benefits of embedded virtualisation . “ Further to this , and because not all HCI offerings in the market are the same , in the case of Nutanix , we offer our customers full flexibility in the choice of their hypervisor ,” he explained .
Harb added that 5G networks have been a focus topic for several years and massive deployment was expected for 2020 but the pandemic and other reasons have seen more telcos postponed the deployment of 5G networks . “ The rise of 5G will involve many other technologies such Big Data , Edge and cloud computing to go along with it , in order to succeed and accelerate the access to the digital world , as consumers have developed an insatiable demand for the digital world .”
Looking ahead , Kingston ’ s Harb said Middle East CIOs are optimistic as budgets increase and Digital Transformation initiatives expand . However , noted Harb , cybersecurity and risk management will see the biggest increase in spending , but Digital Transformation of businesses is a major driver of investment . “ Big investments are required on electrical
infrastructure like UPS system generators , transfer switches and switchgears , rack PDUs and other electrical infrastructure
and in mechanical infrastructure like cooling systems , racks and others ,” he said . “ CIOs will have to be careful on return of investment and budget spending in the year ahead .”
Tufekci said the quick fix for CIOs facing skill challenges is to migrate to the cloud or to hosted data centres . For the long run , the team should be encouraged to add new skills by engaging candidates with new technologies such as virtualisation , HCI and networking . “ Most importantly , do not limit teams to maintaining and monitoring their data centre only ,” she said . p
THE QUICK FIX FOR CIOS
FACING SKILL CHALLENGES IS TO MIGRATE TO THE CLOUD OR TO HOSTED
DATA CENTRES .
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