Matthew is responsible for plotting the strategic direction of Colt’s Data Centre Business through development of its service offer and its channel to market. Matthew has 30 years of experience in the data centre and telecommunications industry and has previously held senior roles including those as Vice President of Application Hosting at Equant (now Orange Business Services) and as a director of Telecity. View more information about Matthew Gingell
In recent years the changing role of the CIO has been fertile ground for discussion and debate amongst the IT community. Senior IT decision makers have had no choice but to adapt and expand their knowledge of both emerging technology and how technology can drive performance and innovation within the business.
A Bloomberg article from last year summarises this shift:
The successful CIO’s profile has changed profoundly. Knowledge of either technology or the business is insufficient. Today’s technology leader must bridge the divide between marketing reach with mobile applications or between market analysis with big data sources and platforms. In sum, the successful CIO needs an intimate idea of how current technology can increase the company’s sales and not just reduce costs or improve clerical productivity.
However, in order to ‘bridge the divide’ the CIO needs an infrastructure and network which enables change and innovation to take place. The data centre is a fundamental component of the IT department’s arsenal. The data centre is the fulcrum on which the technology-driven enterprise rests. Subsequently, inefficiency in the data centre will fundamentally impact the effectiveness of major business trends such as the deployment of social, mobility, cloud, and information (big data). This in turn directly impacts business value and bottom line profits.
A new report, launched by Colt, shows worrying indications that for enterprise organisations across Europe the data centre is failing to be an enabler of change. Indeed, the stats imply that rather than getting quicker the pace of data strategy decision making is slowing down with longer planning cycles than 12 months ago.
These effects are attributed to four significant ‘Forces’ which impact the performance of the data centre, they are:
Termed ‘The Four Forces of Data Centre Disruption’, they impact the ability for the business to plan efficiently and effectively. In combination they have a tangible impact on decision making, planning and responsiveness. Failure to balance these converging ‘Four Forces’ can directly lead to a failure in business performance.
The effects of the Four Forces are explained in greater detail in this report, with an infographic available here. Over the coming weeks we will publish series of articles examining each Force in greater detail. Details for how to view these articles will be published on the Colt blog and you can follow the conversation and add your own thoughts on Twitter @Colt_Technology and #ColtFourForces
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