“ IT ’ S NO LONGER JUST A FACILITY DECISION ABOUT WHERE MY IT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO GO . IT ’ S A STRATEGIC IT DECISION ABOUT WHO TO PARTNER WITH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY ”
— Bill Thomson , VP , Marketing and Product Management , DC BLOX with larger markets . For example , in the state of Alabama , we have two of the most connected sites where computing , internet and cloud services traffic can be connected , managed and exchanged .” Thomson adds that although DC BLOX is building in what could be considered an edge market , it doesn ’ t mean that these are traditional edge data centres . “ Edge data centres have lots of different meanings . We ’ re building a full-service
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE :
Bill Thomson Title : VP , Marketing and Product Management Industry : Information Technology & Services
Location : Atlanta
Bill Thomson joined DC BLOX in 2018 and heads marketing and product management for the company . He is a technology industry veteran having developed and marketed a considerable number of enterprise software , SaaS applications and cloud services products geared to SMB and enterprise markets .
Thomson has led strategic product planning , marketing and product growth for many leading technology companies including AT & T , Citrix , Unisys , NTT , Cbeyond and Vonage . He has served on the Technology Association of Georgia Product Management Society Board , holds a Master of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor ’ s degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University .
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