Data Centre Magazine February 2023 | Page 19

I should start my own business . He suggested that I “ get into something with recurring revenue ” and that led me to hosting websites for other musicians , who would pay me $ 20 / month to help them get their homepages online .
One thing led to another , and I joined a Linux-focused cloud-hosting provider ( Voxel ) in 2001 . And that was that .
Q . HOW ARE YOU DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN YOUR ORGANISATION ?

» At Equinix , we ’ re the world ’ s digital infrastructure leader , with hundreds of data centres spanning 70 global markets . My job is to help make accessing the global reach , ecosystems and trusted operations of our platform faster , easier and more automated .

“ My background has traditionally been in startups – smaller companies growing quickly , and reinventing themselves regularly ”

As such , I see my role ( both internally at Equinix and for our customers ) as providing the world ’ s best fundamental infrastructure automation . If we can do that , then more companies can use digital infrastructure for their competitive advantage – to save money , to create new and better outcomes . That ’ s what doing good in business and the world looks like to me ! datacentremagazine . com 19