In this edition of Data Centre News, David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks Ltd, examines 'Tomorrow's World' and the digital core. Find out more, read the article here: https://issuu.com/atmltd/docs/dcn-dec2017.
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With Christmas just around the corner, Father Christmas (and his elves) needs to ensure the contents of his sleigh are secured in flight. After all, 2017 has been a year where security problems have been rife for businesses across the board, from retailers to credit card companies. The conversations have also been about the need for GDPR compliance before the May 2018 deadline, the troubles caused by British Airways’ downtime and more recently the talk the data breaches that have been suffered by companies such as Uber and Equifax. Businesses, like Father Christmas as Christmas approaches, will be thinking lately about how they can ensure that nobody is able to prevent him from delivering the thousands of presents he needs to safely transport in in his sleigh. Retailers and e-commerce providers face an increasingly more sophisticated onslaught from the miscreants that are behind many of the hacking attacks. But…data centres can help to keep these providers and Father Christmas operational during the festive season.
Find out how Santa, aka Father Christmas, is securing is data sacks to prevent packet loss – read the complete article.
Published by Information Age on 4th December 2017. Byline: David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting.
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CLOUD BANDWIDTH STRETCHED? IT’S TIME TO HYPERCONVERGE. CLOUD: NOT FOR EVERYONE
Let’s face it, the cloud isn’t for everyone, but nevertheless it has its merits. Yet before you go and invest in new technology or move to it, you should examine whether your existing infrastructure is sufficient to do the job you need it for. Ask yourself questions, including: “the hyperconvergence story: what’s really important?”
In response to this, David Trossell, CEO and CTO of data acceleration vendor Bridgeworks, notes: “We’ve been shouldered traditional system architecture for more than 50 years now”. He explains that there have only been a few significant changes along the way. Apart from the likes of IBM, which has traditionally provided a one-stop shop, the company still purchases different parts of the system from different vendors.
This approach means customers can source parts for the most competitive price or which offer the best solution, from different vendors. However, the downside is the need to repeat the entire process of verifying compatibility, performance and so on.
“The other often unseen consequence is the time taken to learn new skill sets to manage and administer the varying products”, Trossell warns. Yet he points out that there is increasing pressure on organisations’ budgets to spend less while achieving more for each pound or dollar. This means that there is an expectation to deliver more performance and functionality from decreasing IT budgets.
He adds: “With its Lego-style building blocks, where you add the modules you require knowing everything is interoperable and auto-configuring, increasing resources in an area becomes a simple task. Another key benefit is the single point of administration, which dramatically reduces the administrative workload and one product skill set.
“So, what about the cloud? Does this not simplify the equation even further?” he asks. With the cloud, he says there’s no need to “…invest in capital equipment anymore; you simply add or remove resources as you require them, and so we are constantly told this is the perfect solution.” To determine if it is the perfect solution, there is a need to examine other aspects of a cloud-only strategy. The cloud may be one of many approaches that’s needed to run your system.
Published by Data Centre News – October 2017. Author: Graham Jarvis. Client: Trudy Darwin Consulting for Bridgeworks.
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In this article for TU Automotive magazine, Graham Jarvis looks at how to make connected and autonomous vehicle technology safe today.
Published by TU Automotive on 7th August 2018.
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How to bet on the mobility winners of the future, explored by Graham Jarvis.
The automotive start-up scene, symbolised by Silicon Valley, is booming. Yet there is much talk about how you can spot the unicorn that will disrupt the mobility, connected and autonomous vehicle markets beyond recognition.
“Historically, what Silicon Valley has done well is to financially encourage a range of technical and commercial approaches to create better solutions given the advances in enabling technology and evolving market conditions”, explains Damien Scott, chief commercial officer at Renovo.auto.
Read the complete article to learn why…
Published by TU Auto on 16th June 2018.
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The role of telematics in locking hackers out of vehicles explored by Graham Jarvis.
Many cyber-security techniques focus on securing the perimeter of critical computer systems and on recovering in the event of failure. Yet, there is a role for telematics to play in locking hackers out of connected and autonomous vehicles.
David Leporini, director, IoT security in BDS cyber-security products at Atos says that recent history has proven that connected vehicles are at risk of cyber-attacks: “A number of cars have been subject to public exposure cyber-attacks, resulting in massive car recalls – such as the 1.4 million vehicle recall following the Chrysler Jeep hack.”
Read the complete article on TU Automotive.
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David Trossell – CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks – and Graham Jarvis – freelance technology and business journalist – discuss the changing attitude of banks to technologies, like the cloud.
Published by Information Age on 22nd May 2018.
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Graham Jarvis writes for TU Automotive magazine, and looks at how protecting consumer data will help to sell usage-based insurance.
Published by TU Automotive on 14th August 2018. Author: Graham Jarvis.
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David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks, examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning can support humans and networks in this article for Data Center Journal.
There is an overarching fear that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will take over people’s jobs, but a counterargument is that their main purpose is to support humans as enabling technologies. In their proponents’ viewpoint, they aren’t disabling anyone. Organizations that don’t train their staff now to learn new skills, however, may find themselves left behind. This includes IT, which is of increasingly strategic importance to most organizations today. Both technologies are becoming a fundamental part of our lives, and with the advent of semiautonomous and autonomous vehicles, they’ll become more so—both in consumer and enterprise applications.
SD-WANs are good at the branch-office level, but as technology progresses, data volumes will increase and the time to intelligence must shrink. Although SD-WANs are great for low-bandwidth applications, high-bandwidth ones need a different approach to move ever larger amounts of data.
During its transit, much of this data will pass through or be stored in a data center. Data centers therefore need to constantly update their skills and network capabilities. Yet doing so may not require organizations to completely abandon their existing facilities for new ones. That’s because even AI and machine learning can make what you already have more efficient. They can also ensure that you avoid risks and disruptions caused by human error.
Read more here.
Published by Data Center Journal on 20th October 2017. By-lined to David Trossell.
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There is an increasing and understandable buzz around blockchain and its potential to solve data sharing issues in the criminal justice system. However, caution is required. Lars Davies, CEO of Kalypton explains.
Published by Policing Insight on 28th November 2017.
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