INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
EkkoSense announces support for
wireless temperature sensors
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kkoSense, the UK-based data centre
thermal optimisation specialist,
is opening its SaaS-powered 3D
visualisation and optimisation software with
support for 433 MHz wireless temperature
sensors. For the first time, organisations
that have already installed third party
wireless environmental sensors will now be
able to benefit from EkkoSense’s proven
thermal optimisation 3D simulation and
analysis capabilities – while also benefiting
from DCIM-class capacity planning and
simulation functionality.
“At EkkoSense, we recognise the requirement
for granular levels of data centre thermal
measurement and with our ultra-low-cost
Critical Things family of wireless sensors, we
are disrupting the traditional cost for data
centre thermal management,” commented
Jason Kaye, EkkoSense’s Sales Director.
“However, we also acknowledge that there are
many data centre operators and colocation
service providers that have already invested
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in 433 MHz wireless sensor networks and we
want to make sure that they too can take
advantage of EkkoSoft Critical’s powerful
thermal optimisation capabilities.”
The SaaS-enabled EkkoSoft Critical 4.1
solution is based on rigorous thermal and
power management engineering principles
and provides data centre managers with true
real-time visibility of their critical heartbeat
operational data.
The latest 4.1 release features advanced
3D Simulation capabilities that equip data
centre teams with the ability to experiment
safely with rack, power and cooling layouts,
confident that EkkoSense’s real-time
optimisation software will deliver optimal
M&E configurations.
“EkkoSense is all about providing DCIM-
class functionality at a fraction of the cost
of traditional complex DCIM suites or CFD
consultancy approaches,” continued Jason.
“We’re obviously keen to broaden out the
EkkoSense ecosystem and adding support
for third party environmental sensors is an
important first step – particularly as we
develop EkkoSense’s proposition for the
critical colocation sector.”
EkkoSoft Critical 4.1’s comprehensive
Capacity Planning and Simulation
capabilities combine to enable data
centre operators to improve the real-time
management of the cooling, power and
space aspects of its data centre capacity –
helping to identify potential problems earlier
that could threaten IT availability.
The EkkoSense solution allows organisations
to see exactly where and how they’re currently
under or over-cooling their data centre estate.
This translates directly to significant energy
savings, with EkkoSense customers already
achieving an average 25-30% reduction on
their data centre cooling costs – resulting in a
clear ROI in under a year. n
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