Warren & Brown mini Cat5E and Cat6 patchcords
27 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Warren & Brown TechnologiesMini patch cable solutions reduce the amount of space required in individual data centre racks. These 3.5 mm diameter patchcords meet technical and performance specification of CAT5E or CAT6 cabling.
PM opens $60m high-security data centre
24 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Macquarie Telecom Pty LtdMacquarie Telecom’s $60 million Intellicentre 2 was opened by Julia Gillard last week. It is reported to be a green solution to rising IT and power costs for Australian businesses.
Spirent Communications VDI testing suite
21 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Matrium Technologies Pty LtdSpirent Communications now offers enterprise IT managers and network system developers the ability to validate at scale the performance and security of their advanced network virtualisation and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments.
Fluke SmartEdge Wi-Fi sensor Series 4
20 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Fluke NetworksThe Fluke SmartEdge Sensor Series 4 eliminates the need for ethernet cabling and reduces installation costs.
When 10 GB isn’t actually 10 GB
20 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Matrium Technologies Pty LtdOver the years Matrium Technologies has been asked to benchmark many customer networks using its suite of traffic generation tools, capable of producing 1 GB through to 100 GB of network traffic. Every customer’s network is different and therefore results are never the same. One thing is the same though - the infrastructure you’re about to purchase won’t perform as per the data sheet.
VSS Monitoring network packet broker appliances
19 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Matrium Technologies Pty LtdVSS Monitoring has introduced a suite of NPB appliances and software capabilities which are claimed to deliver the industry’s only fabric-system approach for enhancing global visibility and operational performance for network monitoring and security systems.
R&M AWG26 data centre cable
06 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Reichle & De-Massari Australia P/LThe preterminated R&M AWG26 data centre cable with double or foil sheath is claimed to provide up to 30% savings in volume and weight, improved airflow circulation, less material cost due to less copper content and support for short links (eliminate extra cable lengths).
Reliability prized over efficiency by data centre managers, Eaton finds
06 September, 2012 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty LtdA survey conducted by Eaton has found that two thirds of data centre managers see infrastructure reliability as their top priority when it comes to planning and managing data centre infrastructure.
Radioline wireless system for wireless signal transmission at large facilities
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Rittal Pty LtdThe Radioline wireless system from Phoenix Contact is designed for wireless signal transmission at large facilities.
MFB Infrabox 820 and 840 cabinet access control and monitoring systems
13 August, 2012 | Supplied by: MFB Products Pty LtdInfraSolution is designed to allow cabinet control and monitoring of door handles, including temperature and humidity for up to 200 cabinets over either LAN or WAN environments.
Eaton Corporation Intelligent Power Manager software updated
07 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty LtdEaton Corporation has announced the updated version of its Intelligent Power Manager software designed to enhance disaster data recovery and planned migration within VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
Virtualisation - a critical solution demanding critical testing
01 August, 2012 by Daryl Cornelius, Director Enterprise, Spirent Communications EMEA | Supplied by: Matrium Technologies Pty LtdThe complexity of combined business IT systems has lead to a proliferation of hardware installations. When adding a major new software system, the safest option has often been to install it on its own dedicated server, rather than risk unforeseen problems from resource conflict or software compatibility with other software systems. Thus data centres evolved with ever increasing numbers of servers, many running at as little as 5 to 10% capacity, contributing to the fact that IT power consumption already has a larger carbon footprint than the airline industry.
US federal agencies adopt SAN-free ultradense 2U data centre
24 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Matrium Technologies Pty LtdNutanix, said to be the first company to offer a radically simple compute and storage building block for virtualising data centres without the need for shared storage, has announced it has achieved record growth across US federal agencies for its Complete Cluster SAN-free data centre.
High-tech, fire-resistant cables for London’s tallest building
23 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Prysmian Australia PTY LTDThe energy and telecom cables and systems company Prysmian Group has supplied approximately 350 km of high-tech, fire-resistant cables for power distribution within the recently inaugurated Shard skyscraper, the tallest building in London and Western Europe.
Lightweight cable technology helps address Brazil’s power demand
23 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Nexans Australia Pty LimitedCable company Nexans has developed the Lo-Sag conductor, which consists of a thermal-resistant aluminium conductor wrapped around a composite carbon core. It has been installed in Brazil to address the country’s increased power demand.
