“ THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BASEFARM AND OTHER COLOCATION PROVIDERS IS THAT WE HAVE THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO WITHIN OUR BUSINESSES ”
— Petter M . Tommeraas , Senior Vice President Data Center Services , Basefarm
in this area . The biggest challenge is often communicating to the client the specific solution or group of solutions that they need , which is why we work so closely with them to ensure they ’ re getting the best of breed in every area .”
Elaborating on this point , Tommeraas states that digital transformation and the migration to the cloud means businesses have to change their traditional operating focus . “ It used to be very much focused on big projects every couple of years , which required a larger step-change ,” he states . “ It ’ s not like that anymore . Organisations are faced with constant change or evolution , with a continuous flow of projects to manage and learn from , so it requires a different approach . That kind of scenario means that providers like us also have to work far more closely with our customers - we ’ ve even been forced to change ourselves in response to that direction .”
For Basefarm , Tommeraas explains that digital transformation has meant a rapid shift technology-wise , first from on-premise data centres , to the public and - looking ahead - a hybrid model . “ The future is hybrid ,” he explains . “ It won ’ t be feasible to use the public cloud or data centres alone , but rather a combination of several innovative technologies and solutions in a hybrid model . The key challenge in that from our perspective is ensuring that all of those technologies work well together . There ’ s not many providers out there that can do that at the moment and it ’ ll be a crucial differentiator for Basefarm , and Orange Group , moving forwards .”
Understandably , to provide such a level of service requires that Basefarm works with several leading technology providers , including AWS . The company is currently Norway ’ s first AWS managed service provider , a certification that enables it to offer greater
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