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IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Future of the datacentre: Shifts and trends towards 2020

​The demand for IT resources is constantly increasing, with new workloads, users and data growing at an astounding rate. IT leaders must perform careful capacity planning to ensure adequate resources are available and service performance is maintained. And with disruptive technologies like virtualisation, Cloud solutions, mobile applications, IoT, software-defined infrastructure and converged infrastructures all changing the face of the datacentre, there is mounting pressure from IT to ensure technologies are integrated and managed properly. This exclusive roundtable highlighted the trends shaping the datacentre of today and into the future, from energy efficiencies to colocation and Cloud, while also examining opportunities and key challenges facing service providers in this highly competitive market. Photos by ARN Editorial Director, MIKE GEE.

  • Jacques Tesson (DPSA), Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider), Damien Stephens (iCITA), Allan Swann (ARN), Cam Wayland (Channel Dynamics), Stuart Mills (CenturyLink), Leo Lynch (Huawei), Chris Player (ARN), Michael Tran (Digital Sense). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider), Jacques Tesson (DPSA), Cam Wayland (Channel Dynamics). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Damien Stephens (iCITA), Chris Player (ARN). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Stuart Mills (CenturyLink). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider), Jacques Tesson (DPSA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Leo Lynch (Huawei). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Leo Lynch (Huawei), Damien Stephens (iCITA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Jacques Tesson (DPSA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Allan Swann (ARN), Damien Stephens (iCITA), Leo Lynch (Huawei). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Michael Tran (Digital Sense). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Damien Stephens (iCITA), Leo Lynch (Huawei), Michael Tran (Digital Sense), Chris Player (ARN). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Chris Player (ARN). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Cam Wayland (Channel Dynamics). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Allan Swann (ARN), Damien Stephens (iCITA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Stuart Mills (CenturyLink). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Cam Wayland (Channel Dynamics). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Jacques Tesson (DPSA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Chris Player (ARN). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Leo Lynch (Huawei). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Damien Stephens (iCITA). Photo: Mike Gee

  • Jacques Tesson (DPSA), Matt Shannon (APC by Schneider), Damien Stephens (iCITA), Allan Swann (ARN), Cam Wayland (Channel Dynamics), Stuart Mills (CenturyLink), Leo Lynch (Huawei), Chris Player (ARN), Michael Tran (Digital Sense). Photo: Mike Gee

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