Government support and investment from the key regional industries have been essential in developing data centre facilities and market standards. The resources committed to mission-critical infrastructure have allowed the design of architectures that take into account issues specific to the local market and have put in place solutions to address these. Areas such as facility cooling, uptime, data accessibility and security have long been areas that facility managers have sought to optimise. Increasingly industry professionals are examining how single solutions can solve multiple concerns and business goals.
Many of these structures have already been put in place at an operational level and users are already feeling the benefit. DatacenterDynamics’ debut Muscat conference will draw together data centre professionals from across the region for an opportunity to examine and discuss the latest developments in mission-critical technology and how these can be most effectively deployed.
In combination the three themes outlined below will provide end users with an informed discussion of the interaction of IT Optimisation and its impact on data centre infrastructure. At DatacenterDynamics technologists will set out how enterprises can retain direct control of infrastructure assets with the adoption of the latest software and IT advances to maximise bottom-line performance. The emerging importance of Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools will also be explored.
From site selection and construction through to cooling and power availability, and data centre automation, Design, Build, Operate sessions at DatacenterDynamics are must attend for any organisation intending to build a data centre or running existing facilities.
Not too long ago data centre facilities were designed for constant loads and steady availability, now they are dynamic. The transition from single tier, to multi tier to dynamic tier. Application, hardware and physical infrastructure are following this rule: from servers that power down, to distributed applications, even to variable frequency drive fans. DCIM tools hold out the promise of monitoring in an holistic way the IT and facility infrastructure to enable the dynamic data centre.
The focus now is on scalable and modular data centre design to reduce energy consumption. DatacenterDynamics will demonstrate how to plan for and build data centres , taking into account all the component parts and their configuration.
Depending on the size of the enterprise, outsourcing is rarely an all or nothing proposition. The challenge for CIOs, CTOs and data centre management is to decide what it makes sense to outsource and what is so strategic that you must keep it in house, and how to optimise the management of owned data centre infrastructure with capabilities that are in the cloud, at a collocation provider, or with a managed services operation.
Ultimately, the optimal solution for an in-house and outsourced data centre services mix is a function of likely utilisation rates of servers required to run applications, the capital cost of hardware and infrastructure, and the mission-critical nature of data storage, processing and dissemination. Any decision to outsource will require an analysis of the contractual obligations offered by third party providers in their service level agreements.
Enterprises continually need to evaluate their data centre requirements and decide on how best to accommodate growth and the changing way in which business operates and uses IT. The efficiency of the facility is only half the equation – optimising all the systems that run within it is crucial, from processing to storage to network to application.
Securing improved IT Optimisation, for example with virtualisation or a private cloud, can help data centre and IT management determine the need for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-service (PaaS), or Software-as-a-service (SaaS). IT Optimisation themed sessions will provide insight on how IT needs drive data centre strategy and how best to deliver the required infrastructure.
DatacenterDynamics Mumbai is specifically designed to fill the knowledge and networking needs for both those responsible for the design, build an operation of IT facilities as well as key IT decision makers responsible for strategic decisions regarding capacity planning and technology investment.
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Chief Information and Technology Officers
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Datacenter Facilities Managers and EngineersInformation Technology and Infrastructure Managers
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Network, Cabling and Communication Engineers and Integrators
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Architects, Design Build Consultants, and MEP Professionals
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Datacenter, Commercial Office Space and Operations Staff
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NOC, SOC and DOC Staff and Managers
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Server, Storage and Application Administrators
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C-level executives (Chief Executive Officer / Chief Information Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer / Chief Technology Officer)
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Data Centre Managers and Directors
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Data Centre Project Managers
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IT DirectorsIT Project Managers
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Infrastructure Directors
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IT Consultants
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Data Centre Consultants
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Business Analysts
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Finance Directors & Managers
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