The Data Center World (April 3-6, Los Angeles), a day dedicated to many issues related to the world of data centers, ended. The latter...
The Data Center World (April 3-6, Los Angeles), a day dedicated to many issues related to the world of data centers, ended. The latter are the mainstay of the digital (and not only) modern economy because they drive the development of various sectors. Equinix, an internationally established brand, has managed to gain a prominent position in the lucrative market and today it boasts a long history of 18 years.
Operating as a provider of infrastructure and link loop between enterprise and major cloud providers, Equinix has had to put in place a complex global strategy by identifying strategic areas to "oversee" and invest large sums of money to acquire or The construction of data centers. According to Peter Ferris (Equinix chief evangelist), the company invested $ 17 billion in 18 years, an important figure that however major cloud providers usually put on the plate over a few years, not decades - Urs Hölzle Spoke to Google Cloud Next with a budget of 26 billion in 3 years, most of which is dedicated to infrastructure; Bloomberg said that for data centers only, in Q1 2016, Microsoft spent about $ 2.3 billion.
Digital Transformation
Expression that could not be pronounced during the event. The "new rules" dictated by the digital world are refocusing business priorities: building and managing proprietary data centers is not always the best solution (Netflix demonstrates but strategies vary by business model) and resorting to public cloud platforms is frequent. Driving business choices not only desires to cut operating costs but also to reach customers more easily with their own solutions (digital applications and tools, words used by Peter Ferris).
And here, clouds and data center providers come into play: the first, for business needs, are now present in the major geographic areas of the globe and finance various projects aimed at enhancing connectivity between geographic areas; The second ones take advantage of the big cloud provider's data center "hunger", as well as, as mentioned in the opening, as safe gateways (compared to the public network) to access cloud platforms.
The change (shift) triggered by the digital world is concrete and irreversible. That is why every company should rethink carefully its business and infrastructure strategies: "No matter what your business is, [digital transformation will probably have repercussions on your business]," added Ferris.
