DIGITAL REALTY
Chris Sharp , CTO at Digital Realty , on powering data centre digital transformation with a global ecosystem platform
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F orget data lakes , we ’ re now talking about some of the largest data oceans ever created ,” says Digital Realty ’ s Chris Sharp , discussing the seismic evolution of data – and how enterprise and hyperscale customers use that data – towards a series of interconnected global , digital ecosystems capable of supporting even the most complex digital transformations .
Digital Realty , at which Sharp holds the role of Chief Technology Officer , Executive Vice President and Service Innovation , is a key enabler of those transformations . The company supports the global data centre , colocation , and interconnection strategies of leading organisations worldwide with a fit for purpose global data centre platform , PlatformDIGITAL . This comprehensive solution offers a model built around network , control , and data hubs , and has been created to enable the ever-changing data , security , and networking demands of these global enterprises as they grow .
SUMMER / AUTUMN 2020