Datacentres 2012, (http://www.datacentres2012.com/) Europe’s leading content driven event for end users, telcos, datacenter operators, cloud players, energy specialists and companies engaged in the sector, has announced that Christian Belady, General Manager, Data Center Services, Global Foundation Services at Microsoft will provide a Masterclass at the event.

Taking place at the Acropolis convention center in Nice, France 23-24 May, the event brings together users, specifiers and providers to discuss key themes including energy efficiency, cloud evolution, DCIM, convergence, finance and investment, market outlook and opportunities among other topics.

Uniquely the two-day event will contain a series of five masterclasses in the largest programme so far that includes 100 speakers across 3 theaters. The event this year features a series of roundtable discussions with the leaderships of European datacenters, cloud operators, telcos and CIOs.

“The datacenter sector is facing an exciting, but challenging time. With unprecedented growth, we need to now approach everything differently and to utilize our inherent creativity and knowledge to open up new opportunities,” commented Christian Belady. “The advent of the cloud is accelerating the rate of change and innovation which we must embrace to thrive. I look forward to taking part in this foremost European forum and joining the debate around these topics.”

“We are delighted to welcome Christian Belady to Datacentres 2012,” commented Warwick Dunkley, vice president at BroadGroup, the event researcher and producer. “The calibre of debate and tremendous quality of content will only be added to by his participation.”

Sponsors of the event include Schneider Electric, Hewlett Packard, Infinity SDC, Emerson Network Power, Migration Solutions, TelecityGroup, and is supported by Microsoft and the European Data Centre Association. The event includes an industry exhibition with more than 70 companies.

Editors Note

As General Manager, Mr Belady is now responsible for driving the strategy and delivery of server and facility development worldwide, including research, engineering, construction, and operations for Microsoft’s data center portfolio. These data centers provide the foundational cloud infrastructure for over 200 Microsoft online and cloud services for consumers and businesses worldwide.