 The Datacenter People team attends and frequently presents and moderates industry panels at cloud and data center events throughout the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe. Below are highlights from the past few months.
Cloud Expo Asia - Singapore - May 22: Peter Hannaford, Founder and CEO of Datacenter People, led a group of industry executives in discussing the key changes in workforce training, recruitment and development to meet future network requirements in a panel titled, “A Changing Workforce for Changing Infrastructure Landscape”
Datacloud Global Congress - Monaco - June 5: Peter led a panel discussing how emerging technologies, such as the edge, affect the future of datacentre recruiting in a panel titled, “The Future Workforce for the Data Center Today and Tomorrow.”.
ITW - Atlanta, GA - June 23 - 26: Peter and Steve Brown, Managing Director of Datacenter People, attended International Telecoms Week to connect with other industry professionals and discuss effective datacenter recruitment.
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The Brexit Effect: Navigating the Hiring Process in a Period of Widespread Uncertainty 
Brexit has been an unwavering focus of conversation since its controversial vote in the June 2016 referendum. From economic forecasts to social implications, Brexit has the potential to affect many facets of day-to-day life and business operations. Although there’s no shortage of conjectures about what may happen spread across the internet, the news and beyond, the truth of the matter is that no one knows exactly how the impending post-Brexit world will look. However, no matter what shape it ultimately takes, the EU egress will likely complicate businesses proceedings across Europe, particularly in hiring and employee retention. In the face of potentially dramatic limits on talent sourcing in the region, companies are anticipating an increase in the existing talent gap that has been plaguing the market for some time. As the business world awaits a more concrete decision on the new deadline of October 31 with bated breath, there are a few considerations that can bolster success in this time of uncertainty. 
Michael is an entrepreneur and ex-academic with extensive experience of High-Performance Computing (HPC) within research, industrial and start-up environments. He has acquired a broad set of skills during a 30-year career, including the deployment and operation of large-scale HPC systems and best practices for monitoring data centres with regard to environmental, computational and application-level efficiency. To learn more about Michael and his thoughts on digital disruption 