THE DATA CENTRE TALENT POOL
“ THE DATA CENTRE IS THE BEATING HEART OF AN ORGANISATION ”
— Chris Fielding CIO , Sungard Availability Services
59 pricing structures . Fuelled by the need for additional space or to upgrade their facilities , many organisations are looking to third-party providers who can provide dedicated services that offer the tools , space and security required to keep IT resilient , while also reducing running costs .
According to Gartner , 80 % of enterprises will have shut down their traditional data centre by 2025 . At the same time , the global data centre colocation market will grow 17 % CAGR , exceeding $ 90bn in the next five years . What are the factors driving this growth ? Although organisations of all sizes will continue to squeeze all possible value out of their existing investment in on-premise IT , there are two main factors driving the transition to colocation when the time is right – demand for high-availability services and the shrinking IT talent pool .
THE DATA CENTRE TALENT POOL
As the volume of data to be stored and processed has exploded , so has the level of complexity of networking and
www
. gigabitmagazine . com