CLOUD & EDGE
“Today ’ s digital solutions provide the necessary mix of scalability , agility , flexibility , speed and cost-effectiveness to make the edge a transformational reality ”
ANDY CONNOR THE EMEA CHANNEL DIRECTOR , SUBZERO
“ The idea of delivering IT resources close to the point of use is not a new one . However , where once the required data centre and IT infrastructure resources were relatively inflexible , slow and expensive to build out and run , today ’ s digital solutions provide the necessary mix of scalability , agility , flexibility , speed and cost-effectiveness to make the edge a transformational reality ,” comments Andy Connor , the EMEA Channel Director at Subzero .
In short , micro data centres at the edge will play a pivotal role in preparing the industry to meet the growing demands of IoT , 5G and an expanding remote working population . These micro sites will help data centre infrastructure to meet service demands and evolve to meet consumers ’ needs .
“ Organisations can only optimise the IoT if their gateways are in edge data centres that are close to the action , but also have the necessary high-speed connectivity to the main public cloud hubs ”, explains Simon Michie , the CTO of Pulsant .
Alongside this , the edge also presents interesting opportunities for data centre companies that don ’ t want to compete amongst the crowded hyperscale market . Edge Centres , which was launched in 2021 , saw a gap in the Australian data centre market and seized it . “ Rather than go into the hyperscale market , which is very heavily populated in Australia – Sydney alone has more than 267 data centre facilities ,
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