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V-Lock security system from Siemon improves cabinet access control

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Unplanned data centre downtime can cost the business thousands of dollars per minute. Whilst power outages and network failures range amongst the most common causes, industry reports show that data centre outages are often attributed to human error. In a colocation facility human error can be as simple as accidentally accessing the wrong cabinet for patching and maintenance work.

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Certification tackles growing sustainability issues of data centres

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

The environmental impact of data usage is growing fast. Carbon dioxide emissions from data centers are now equal to those of the global air travel. To help tackle the problem, the sustainability certification TCO Certified will be expanded to include network equipment, data storage products and servers.

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Data centre traffic control

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

New technology shows in simulation that flow completion times can be shortened by up to 95%.

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Creating smarter, more productive workplaces

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Panduit EMEA, the data centre physical infrastructure and connectivity company, has installed an intelligent sensing lighting solution for enterprise and data centre environments transitioning to Power over Ethernet (PoE), at its London Customer Briefing Centre (CBC). Developed with Cisco and Signify, the solution provides a complete ecosystem which is interoperable with smart LEDs, LiFi, WiFi and third party IoT devices and sensing applications, to provide unprecedented capability for lighting...

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Improving operational efficiencies and reducing risk

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Software-driven process boosts efficiency in operations up to 15 percent while mitigating risk at every stage of the data centre lifecycle.

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Data centre survey highlights key issues

Posted 6 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Continuing unprecedented demand for new datacentres, fears around the shortage of skilled professionals, concerns about the future disruption of 5G, and the limited impact of Brexit are some of the key findings from the latest industry survey from Business Critical Solutions (BCS).