Welcome to the second Data Center Executive Roundtable, a quarterly feature at Data Center Frontier showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it is headed. Our panel examines four topics: data center trends for 2016, energy efficiency in the multi-tenant sector, the blurring of boundaries between service provider business models, and progress on aisle containment for data center cooling.
Here is the full question and answer session, organized by topic.
- How The Cloud is Changing the Data Center Industry: More cloud capacity, movement away from enterprise data centers.
- Data Center M&A Action Will Continue: A discussion of the ongoing consolidation, and what it means for the data center sector.
- What Lies Ahead for Data Center Management Tools? The market for tools to monitor, manage and automate data centers continues to evolve. What are the significant trends in this ecosystem?
- As Cloud Growth Accelerates, the Data Center Supply Chain Adjusts: Cloud builders’ push to deploy capacity more quickly has implications for the data center supply chain. Our panel examines how the industry is responding.
Here are links to the individual Q&A summaries for each of our distinguished panel members:
- Jeff Klaus is General Manager of Intel Data Center Software Solutions, which provide real-time, server-level data on the power and thermal conditions across a wide range of data center servers.
- Sean Iraca is vice president of service enablement at Digital Realty, the leading provider of wholesale data centers and technology real estate.
- Gary Niederpruem is Vice President, Global Marketing and Strategy for Vertiv, where he is responsible for leading the global marketing effort including devising strategic programs.
- David Knapp is a Product Marketing Manager at Chatsworth Products, a leading manufacturer in voice, data and security products and technology service solutions.
The conversation is moderated by Data Center Frontier Founder and editor Rich Miller.