About this Webinar
From anonymity to the fifth utility, COVID-19 has highlighted the vital importance of data centers.
Join GlobalData’s Thematic Team for expert insight into the data centers landscape and an assessment of the market’s worth.
Across 45 minutes, they’ll delve into:
Why is high performance computing (HPC) the Formula 1 of data centers?
What are the HPC solutions: local, cloud and edge?
What are the key use cases?
Semiconductor wars: what do they mean for the future of data centers?
Speakers
David Bicknell
David has over 30 years’ experience in writing about and analyzing the technology sector, both from the vendor and the user perspective in the UK and the US. His career in technology journalism and analysis has included detailed research into IT projects and he has co-authored a book, ‘Crash’, which explored why and how IT projects go wrong. He has also co-authored a novel on the life of computer pioneer Charles Babbage. Prior to joining Thematic Research, David spent six years editing a GlobalData title exploring the use of technology in the UK public sector. He has previously worked for a news agency and for the BBC.
Filipe Oliveira
Filipe joined the Thematic Research team at GlobalData in September 2020. In his role as a Senior Analyst, Filipe contributes to the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the technology and retail sectors through a thematic research methodology. Filipe has 8 years of research experience covering FMCGs, consumer electronics and financial services. Prior to embarking on a career in research and insights, he worked as a supply chain analyst at Microsoft’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Filipe studied Politics at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, and Economics at the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Steven J. Schuchart Jr.
Steven covers quantum technologies, networking hardware and software for the data center and campus access, including switching, routing, SDN, SD-WAN, and related technologies. This includes SD-Branch, automation, AI/ML for networking, location services, and the convergence of networking and security. Steven's technology career began over 25 years ago in Fortune 500 IT for the retail vertical, where he was a network architect. Prior to Global Data, Steven has served as Managing Technology Editor at Network Computing Magazine, where he did his own testing and writing, Principal Network Analyst for Network Infrastructure at Current Analysis, and most recently at Cisco Systems, where he worked in data center switching, cloud, and enterprise switching.
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