Tracking The Trends In Todays New Data Center

Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 7:41 p.m.

Over the past several years, the definition of \u201cData Center\u201d has evolved from four walls with racks of servers\u2026 to hosted data centers\u2026 to managed services\u2026 to the cloud. Today, a data center is defined as basically everything that makes up your customer\u2019s world \u2013 data, servers, cloud, services, security \u2013 fundamentally every part of their business. But if data centers include everything, how do you put together all the parts and pieces to support your customer? In this candid discussion, our guest speaker Travis Lawrence discusses the steps you need to take in integrating data center solutions for your customers and creating the best platforms for their success.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nTravis Lawrence \u2013 Guest Speaker\nArrow Practice Lead, Next Generation Infrastructure\nTravis is a technology leader with over 17 years' experience solving business problems with simple and effective technology solutions. His background includes systems administration, technical sales and engineering. Travis\u2019s proficiencies span the cloud, automation, infrastructure as code, internet of things, virtualization, and data center technologies. He has supported a wide variety of businesses, including over five years in state and local government.\n\nDavid Fearne \u2013 Host\nArrow Global Data Intelligence Practice Leader\nDavid has been at Arrow for eight years, working in UKI, EMEA and global roles. He was most recently the technical director of Arrow\u2019s enterprise computing solutions business in the U.K. and Ireland. Fearne specializes in big data and all things cloud, and he was one of the founders of ArrowSphere. In 2017, he was recognized as one of the 50 most influential people in big data in the U.K.\n\nDavitt Potter \u2013 Host\nArrow Global Practice Leader \nDavitt\u2019s early real-world education began at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he was a field engineer, systems architect and security/infrastructure consultant. Potter joined Arrow in 2010 and quickly moved up to director of technical services. He currently leads the two of our global practice areas, assisting with global go-to-market strategies, emerging technology incubation, CTO/CISO consulting, and helping customers and their end-users with IT strategy planning and management.