Power to the Cloud: What do you need to know about Data Centres?

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Power to the Cloud: What do you need to know about Data Centres?

8 October 15.30 -19.30

Osborne Clarke, One London Wall, London, EC2Y 5EB

Expert Speakers ◊ Informed Debate ◊ Networking

Wherever you are in the Cloud value-chain your business is built on the data centre. The data centre business model, innovation, limitation and regulation (and the rate and direction of change of these factors) impacts your success. Our thesis is simple, if you are a decision taker in the vendor community – you need to know about the key issues facing data centres now and in the future to protect your business and achieve your objectives.

Osborne Clarke, hosts and sponsors of this event, have assembled a panel of experts to provide you with an up-to-date situation report and briefing on the salients of this important field. They will provide insight and foresight into the structure and evolution of the UK data centre market that will help to provide greater understanding and benefit to your business. We will cover:

• Data centre design – impact on the delivery of cloud services, service levels and costs
• European Privacy Regulation - a German perspective on data privacy issues affecting cloud services and data centres
• Running a data centre - The importance of power and energy efficiency, environmental factors and their role in the future of data centres.
• Technology innovation - Developments in data centre technology and the impact on the delivery of cloud services.
• Why location matters - Insights from a real estate perspective including trends, values and site availibility
• The future of data centres – the evolution of the data centre market and future trends including the use of strategic partnerships with data centres to deliver cloud services

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr.Marc Störing, Associate IP/IT team, Germany, Osborne Clarke
• Darren Watkins, Sales Director, VIRTUS Data Centres
• Hugo Harber, VP, Portfolio & Strategy, Colt Technology Services
• Ali Parvin, Counsel Senior Consultant , Dell
• Andrew Dewing, CTO, Telehouse
• Tim Anker, Founder & Director, The Colocation Exchange

Following our successful format, we have asked the speakers to provide 10 minute talks on interesting developments within their particular area of expertise after which they assemble as a panel to answer questions from the audience. A valuable resource to quiz about how things might impact your business or to debate the views and opinions expressed earlier.

Finally, make time for the networking after party - your chance to network and talk with the great, the good, the best of UK Cloud. It will be a relaxed and convivial atmosphere in which to introduce yourself; take the market temperature and lay the ground for tomorrow’s alliances and strategic partnerships.

Entrance is by prior registration only, but is free to EuroCloud members. Non-members are made very welcome - all our members started first by coming to one of our meetings to take a look and assess the value we provide.

For details of regular monthly EuroCloud UK events see our website. Annual EuroCloud membership costs as little as £400.