It’s all about delivering something to the edge, delivering something to that last mile, at a pace where people want it yesterday, people want it so quickly. They can’t contemplate that it might already be there!”

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Keynote Focus:

Cloud, data centres, data, resiliency, latency, connectivity and business continuity are only as good as the pipes we connect into and out of. Speaking at ADAPT’s Connected Cloud & DC Edge conference, Russ Matulich provides an entertaining and thought-provoking perspective on the role subsea cables play (the pipes).

 

Key Findings:

Connectivity takes centre stage

Organisations are under increasing pressure to deliver, reliable, fast and cost-effective connectivity to edge devices and their increasing bandwidth requirements.

The importance of translating tech talk into board speak

As a city/property developer, articulating the technology components to the board is difficult. Explaining what a fibre network is and why it is important, to a non-tech savvy board is challenging to say the least.

We have so much data, but how do we make sense of it all?

As our devices get more sophisticated, they will create larger and larger datasets, wherever our data is, how we manage it comes down to how quickly we can access it.

Cables – business continuity’s weakest link

When we only had one cable between Guam and Saipan, our gateway to the world, cable resiliency was our weakest link. A single cable shunt fault resulted in no airports, no cash, no checks, no transactions.

 

Key Advice:

  • Data centre locations in Australia can live or die on how close they are to the most efficient routes into and out of the country.
  • The first fibre optic cable has landed outside of the Sydney landing zone into the Sunshine Coast, consider what that means to you in terms of where you locate core assets.
  • More data from Australia go to the west coast of the US first and then comes back again. Over 50% then goes to Asia somewhere in Asia, look for connectivity that makes the most sense.

 

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Contributors
Matt Boon Senior Research Director at ADAPT
Matt Boon is responsible for directing and developing ADAPT’s research content and positions. He interacts with executives daily, bringing together groups of... More

Matt Boon is responsible for directing and developing ADAPT’s research content and positions. He interacts with executives daily, bringing together groups of C-suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the challenges and opportunities they face.​

For over 30 years, including 18 in senior leadership roles at Gartner, Matt has been a sought after and highly respected authority on the local and global IT landscape.​

ADAPT hosts numerous industry-leading business and technology events, which Matt chairs, that deliver unique ADAPT research positions, and advises executives across the end-user and technology provider landscape to make informed IT decisions.​

When he is not working, Matt enjoys walking the many trails of the NSW Southern Highlands, travelling and listening to music. He is also partial to a good steak and nice glass of red wine.​

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Russ Matulich CEO at RTI Cable
Russ Matulich is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RTI, a leading independent undersea cable owner providing large-scale network solutions across... More

Russ Matulich is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RTI, a leading independent undersea cable owner providing large-scale network solutions across a wide variety of industries including cloud companies, network operators, regional carriers, global enterprises, content providers and institutions for higher learning. Mr. Matulich brings an impressive resume of leading and advising global telecommunications companies to RTI. Prior to founding RTI, Mr. Matulich was Managing Director, Asia Pacific Region, with TE SubCom (formerly Tyco Telecommunications), where he and his team consistently led the market, facilitating multiple cables across Asia, Australia, and the United States. Those cables—including TPE, UNITY, PPC-1 and SJC—were valued at approximately $2 billion.

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