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“ We ’ re being asked more frequently to provide remote services in the data centres that we ’ re working in ”
– Peter Adcock , Digital Realty ’ s APAC Vice-President , Design and Construction
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By removing third party carriers , the hybrid eco-system for organisations is easier .
“ Some of the companies are so big , they acquire to catch up ,” he adds . “ IBM acquired SoftLayer and are buying into new digital technology . Microsoft is putting a lot of money to catch up with Amazon , who got an early adoption lead . And Google does its own thing .
Adcock says because the industry is growing so quickly , the biggest challenge is finding employees with the right skillset – and keeping them .
“ We ’ re being asked more frequently to provide remote services in the data centres that we ’ re working in ,” he reveals . “ I think that ’ s just a case of , things are growing so quickly , some of our customers are trying to push more of that onto us ,