India, June 16 -- Shahin Khan, Technology Analyst and Founding Partner at OrionX, talks to Pratima Harigunani and interprets the IT infrastructure scenario that has shaped the data center story in the last few years. He also hints at a new force to reckon with - Data Superiority.

There have been a lot of technological changes during the last 10 years. How will you describe the evolution of data centres during these years?

The data centre has become more like a system, a meta-system. It has become the infrastructure that houses data and algorithms and ensures quality service for apps. IT has become more complex but also more efficient. Two major predictions did not come true, however. The data centre was predicted to disappear into pubic...