It’s no secret that the technology industry is facing a significant skills gap in UK engineering. A recent report published by the Institution of Engineering & Technology uncovered that as many as 49% of engineering businesses were coming up against challenges when searching for skilled workers, leading to a six-figure shortfall of engineers that has cost the economy £1.5 billion per annum. By Bev Markland, Chief People Officer at Agilitas
Read MoreSergio Afonso, Sales Director at NKA Tech, discusses the innovative @RACK Mobile Data Destruction System - which recently won the DCS Awards’ Data Centre ICT Security Innovation Award - explaining the many advantages it offers over the existing alternatives. He also shares some exciting future plans in terms of expanding both the @RACK portfolio and market coverage.
Read MoreDave Archer, National M&E Sales Manager at Mitsubishi Electric Building a greener future has become a key priority for individuals and businesses in the UK. Yet, 78% of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels which are responsible for most of the UK’s territorial emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases. Using energy more efficiently and intelligently in everyday life is vital to averting climate change.
Read MoreFurther to its June 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) has announced the unanimous election of three new members to its Board of Directors. Accordingly, the EUDCA proudly welcomes Géraldine Camara of France Datacenter, Marie Chabanon of Data4, and Matthew Winter from Global Switch, with full confidence in their commitment and expertise to help the EUDCA to fulfill its mission as the voice of Europe’s data centre industry.
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Read MoreJames Rix, Project Director, Global Lead for Data Center & Mission Critical CoP, Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd, provides a detailed, nuanced and expert analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing the data centre industry when it comes to the supply chain, skills and, crucially, sustainability. He argues that it is time for the industry to abandon its ‘softly, softly’ environmental evolution in favour of a strategic thinking and technology revolution.
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