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Introduction
This White Paper has been written on behalf of Siemens in order
to identify and analyse key trends in digital transformation as these
relate to multi-tenant data centers [MTDCs].
The information presented in this report has been collected from
a number of sources including interviews conducted specifically
in relation to this project, together with analysis of data collected
as part of the DCD Annual Data Center Census as well as surveys,
media reports and analyses provided by independent experts. The
DCD Global Census has collected annually over 2,000 responses
from end-user organisations and 500 from colocation, cloud and
hosting providers.
In this Paper, digitalization has been used as a term to represent
the digital transformation of a business to change business models
and to increase competitive opportunity, in contrast to digitization
which is the process of converting analogue information into a
numerical format.
Comments shown in italics come from the 12 depth interviews that
were conducted as part of the research input to this Paper. The type
of organisation is also indicated.