This report rounds up the topics from The Register’s Network Futures workshop, which ran from September 2011 to July 2012 and covered all aspects of the future of the data centre.

Some technologies are right for today, some are good for tomorrow, and maybe some will never make it to commercial reality.

On the other hand, it is increasingly clear from the comments and the survey results that for many, the data centre’s architecture and network are a source of frequent problems and substantial disagreements.

We have included some of the Reg reader comment in the report, and tried to suggest actions you can take. If you are looking for more detail, you can find all the features here: