The Girl on the Train
OSN ’ s digital infrastructure changes , and a shift towards hybrid approaches According to Riz , a wave of new mobile and data technologies has brought about a change in the way that companies perceive physical infrastructure components .
“ Traditionally , the broadcast industry is about equipment , devices and on-prem data centres – BIG data centres . Five or ten years ago , a CTO would have had an equally good knowledge of all the software , all the hardware and all the necessary infrastructure ,
22 OSN is the region ’ s leading entertainment business , with the rights to broadcast in 22 countries across MENA . including how to build and operate the data centre ,” commented Riz .
Today , most of the trends have moved towards “ using and utilising the cloud ” and , from a hardware point of view , “ most of the added value is somehow connected to the software development ”.
Riz explains how , in the past , a broadcast company tried to own everything and build ( or at least integrate ) all the physical components together on their own . Now , though , “ the balance between the components that you buy and that you build has changed ”. technologymagazine . com 243