Schneider Electric announced the successful installation of first Tier IV data centre with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) in Saudi Arabia. STC has always been a front runner in keeping pace with the emerging technologies in the telecommunications sector to satisfy the ever growing needs of their customers. Its goal has always been to provide the highest quality service at affordable prices. This strong commitment for customer satisfaction ensures that they are up-to-date with advances in technology. This prompted their decision to go for a Tier IV technology-led data centre.Read More…

Avaya will showcase its new data networking solutions at Interop Las Vegas that will allow customers to simplify the design, deployment, and management of data centers and next generation networks. The new offerings extend the reach and capabilities of the Avaya Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture (VENA), an enterprise-wide virtualization strategy that simplifies the network, streamlines the deployment of cloud-based services and improves the delivery of always-on content.Read More…

APC, today announced the launch of InfraStruxure™ Management Software Portfolio 6.2, which includes updates to InfraStruxure Central Monitoring Suite and InfraStruxure Operations Suite. It also announced the introduction of an integration with VMware vSphere™ 4.1. The new versions bring further support to an open, vendor-neutral platform that holistically addresses the needs of data center management by enabling IT professionals to design, operate and manage their physical infrastructure while systematically ruling out human error.
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Dell recently annouced that it will invest US$1 billion in data centres to deliver leading solutions, services and cloud-based delivery options to help customers capture the benefits from new compute and information delivery advancements. Over the next 24 months, Dell will build multiple highly efficient data centers around the world to provide its customers access to public and private cloud technologies and its world-class IT outsourcing capabilities.

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Capitoline, the leading independent data centre designer, auditor and trainer has signed an agreement with BICSI to offer the BICSI Data Centre training programme DC110 in Middle East & Africa by their BICSI-qualified trainers, in association with its dubai based partner esharp FZCO. It will offer full range of BICSI training, such as RCDD and OSP among others. Capitoline’s DCE programme leads on standards such as TIA 942 and ISO 27000 plus numerous other ISO and European standards whereas the BICSI DC110 programme draws heavily on the new BICSI-002 data centre standard.Read More…