Introduction to Judith Gardner Vice President of Gems at Equinix
Introduction to Judith Gardner Vice President of Gems at Equinix
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141 rapid growth of the digital economy and it ’ s really driven increased demand for global connectivity and hybrid multi cloud solutions . The increased use of cloud services and mobile devices are causing an exponential growth in the volume of data being stored and processed .” Gardiner adds that the expansion of the Middle East ’ s digital economy has also spurred the adoption of new applications and services using advanced analytics and machine learning , which are demanding greater performance . “ They ’ re really leading to a reshaping of the network compute and storage that is required for everything to function harmoniously ,” she explains .
Qadir notes that the Omani government ’ s active role in the data centre and cloud industry has accelerated dramatically over the past year , due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic , but also as a result of the region ’ s changing relationship to the oil and gas industry . “ The Middle East is heavily dependent on oil revenues , with some economies in the region being as much as 90 % dependent on oil revenues , and you will not find a country - especially in the
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