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R&M invests and strengthens its position in Brazil
R&M has announced the acquisition of
the fibre optic activities of the Brazilian
group Peltier Comércio e Industria LTDA
(PETCOM), headquartered in Santa
Rita do Sapucaí in the state of Minas
Gerais. The company, founded in 1990,
is a developer and provider of advanced
fibre optic solutions. PETCOM will
remain in the regional market providing
turnkey solutions for CCTV and optical
fibre communication.
With this acquisition, R&M is looking to reinforce its market position in the area of structured
cabling systems for data centres in Brazil. In addition, R&M will be given access to the strongly
growing public networks market.
‘Our communications solutions enable us to make an important contribution to the country’s
further development through an increase in broadband capacity for mobile and Internet
communications,’ said Roger Keller (pictured), EVP Europe and Latin America. ‘Local production
also enables R&M to optimally meet the requirements of the customers’ regional needs.’
With its combined solution portfolio, R&M is ideally placed to cover the strategic segments;
data centre, LAN and public networks.
Mario César Moreira, owner of PETCOM, commented, ‘I am convinced that we have found a
competent and highly innovative partner in R&M. R&M is an international player with a strong
focus on local customer orientation and flexibility. With R&M as our partner we can further develop
our existing relationships in the long term and also win new clients. We are convinced that the new
partnership will bring benefits to the employees and also to the local and regional authorities.’
Security is the biggest deterrent to storing
data in the cloud, but mass cloud migration
continues globally
Security is the number one concern amongst senior business executives when it comes to cloud
data adoption, yet more than half of business critical data is likely to reside there by 2019.
According to the findings of a new study released by Teradata, eight out of 10 executives
cite security as a concern when storing data in the cloud, but that has not stopped a huge
rise in the amount of critical data being sent there. Looking ahead to 2019, executives
predict that over half of IT (56 per cent), customer (53 per cent), and financial data (51 per
cent) will reside in the cloud.
The study highlights that although businesses want to invest in cloud storage and many
plan to do so over the next two years, there are real concerns about security of information and
data breaches.
Marc Clark, director of cloud strategy and deployment at Teradata, said, ‘Our message
to organisations around the world is that the cloud is actually one of the most secure
means of virtual storage available. While our study finds widespread concerns, the fact is
that cloud storage is growing rapidly, remains hugely cost effective, and that there are ways
to manage it securely.
‘Cloud computing security processes should be designed to address the security
controls that the cloud provider will incorporate, in order to maintain the data security,
privacy and compliance with necessary regulations, as well as providing a business
continuity and data back up plan.’
12 | April 2017
IN BRIEF
Romonet has announced
the appointment of Danny
Reeves as chief executive
officer and Rick Skett as
chairman of the board.
The decision to move the
former COO into the CEO
role was driven by a shift in
Romonet’s operating model
as it gears up to deliver on
new global customers who
came onboard in the last
quarter of 2016.
Rackspace has announced
that it has been positioned
by Gartner in the ‘Leaders’
quadrant of its new, Magic
Quadrant for Public Cloud
Infrastructure Managed
Service Providers, Worldwide.
Rackspace was among the 20
providers assessed by Gartner
and is one of seven in the
Leaders quadrant.
Commvault has appointed
Ed Baker as director of
alliances for Europe,
Middle East and Africa.
Ed will be responsible for
developing the Commvault
Alliances Programme and is
tasked with strengthening
partner relations across the
region. He brings over 20
years of experience to the
role, having held several
senior sales and business
development positions
during his career.
Secure IT Environments has
achieved new internationally
recognised quality
management standards for
‘the design, construction and
management and fitting out
of data centres, including the
infrastructure’. The newly
accredited standards are
SOHSAS 18001:2007 (ISO
45001), ISO 14001:2015 and
BN ES ISO 9001:2015.