Newsletter March/April 2018

Suresh Kumar,
Partner & CIO, Grant Thornton

CIO@2020: Interaction with Suresh Kumar, Partner & CIO, Grant Thornton, talks to CIO&Leaderkeeping the Vision 2020 in perspective.

Scenarios faced by your industry by the year 2020?Our business is dependent on the global economy (especially in the US and China). The Indian economy is on the right track under the current government.

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Physical Realities of a Virtualised Data Center

We are rapidly progressing towards a reality where IT infrastructure would be soon governed by ‘Cloud’ and servers would resonate with what is called as ‘Virtual’ and networks would become more software defined.



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Security and Data Protection in a Google Data Center

Data centers, like people, have a lifetime, and different things mark each stage of their existence. They have an extended and sometimes painful gestation, they can have a difficult birth, but then look forward to a long and useful life. Like people, they may pass through multiple relationships during their lifetime, forming lasting partnerships with owners and with clients installed within their space. They may become part of a larger family, or spin-off offspring of their own.
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Cloud traffic projected to represent 95% of global data center traffic by 2021

ETCIO: According to the study, both consumer and business applications are contributing to the growing dominance of cloud services over the Internet. For consumers, streaming video, social networking, and Internet search are among the most popular cloud applications. For business users, enterprise resource planning (ERP), collaboration, analytics, and other digital enterprise applications represent leading growth areas.
  • CtlrS announces one of the world’s largest Tier 4 data center in Bengaluru with an investment of Rs. 500 crores
  • Tech Mahindra partners with IBM to enhance its data center capabilities through IBM’s Power9 data array systems
  • Singapore-based Ascendas-Singbridge Group plans to invest $1 billion to build large-scale data centres in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad in the next five years
  • Alibaba Cloud recently opened its first data center in Mumbai to cater to its regional cloud needs for the next 3-5 years
  • Global IT spends on data center systems is forecast to grow 3.7 percent in 2018
(Source: ETCIO, New Indian Express, Hindu Business Line)
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Rack blanking panels remove gaps in server racks and create a contained server rack environment. It helps to increase cooling unit capacity and maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the cooling infrastructure.
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The new Raritan Secure Switch (RSS) offers the highest grade protection against cyber intrusions.

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