By and large, our Datacentre environments have not suffered much like other models of infrastructure but we must now always put on our business continuity hats on firmly to deal with any form of unwarranted global crisis.

Now that we have a steady business climate and this may be a great time to

look back into the past 6 months and see what has changed and how Datacentre Management has transformed from the horse’s mouth.

Webinars conducted with Providers and Consumers of Services (Datacentre xAAS, Co-lo providers, Facilities Owners), may suffice to take place this period. There will be lots to learn from and significant to share.

The market is steady and services offered may still be business as usual for existing contracts or improvised offerings in the wake of a global crisis therefore areas of discussion now should be around :-

• Technical support – The impact of social distancing, requirement for multi-skilling, smart maintenance, robotic H&Es and so on 
• Impacts to your SLA model
• Affinity to transform business and operational models in the short term
• Current country capacity , Data propulsion, Data generation,

Going forward , in IT Infrastructure solutions, multi-platform, multi-vendor hardware/software solutions engineering which incorporates, design, documentation, installation, and tech support with combination of operational excellence, technical know-how, Project planning and so on ,

• How do you maintain your TCO costs?
• OPEX and CAPEX
• Opportunities in the industry or suggested transformations in government policy or regulations

We may begin to notice an exodus of ‘Comms’ rooms to co-lo providers, if and only if the price is right, having said that SMEs or large enterprises may research on the merit for co-lo strategies and hybrid opportunities. By and large the approach to digital transformations for businesses must be backed by able technical platforms, design, support and business continuity.