NEWS
Handbook gives IT managers key insights into DC
and networking trends
R
&M, a globally active developer and
provider of cabling systems for high-quality
network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon,
Switzerland, has announced the availability of
the Data Center Handbook 2019.
The handbook, aimed primarily at planners
and operators of data centres, is a rich source
of information on how to successfully design,
build, manage and support a data centre.
It also contains detailed and user-oriented
answers to all questions pertaining to the
infrastructure and operation of a data centre.
Topics include networking technologies and
next-generation structured cabling and the
handbook places an in-depth emphasis on
automated infrastructure management.
serves as a reference work on relevant
standards, technical terms, trends and
applications. It helps customers achieve
an optimum data centre layout and to
plan cabling architecture as well as reduce
energy needs and select security solutions.
The document also offers practical
solutions for next-generation 100, 200 and
400G networks.
“We have been providing leadership to the
network cabling industry for more than
five decades and have helped hundreds
of companies worldwide deliver optimum
performance and reliability of their data
centre network,” said Dr Thomas Wellinger,
Market Manager Data Centre at R&M.
“We have dedicated an entire chapter to
‘Automated Infrastructure Management’ to
share our working knowledge of data centre
operations strategies and the best practices
to realise maximum impact from more
automated data centre operations.”
Based on years of experience built up
by experts who provide support for the
construction and equipping of data centres
throughout the world, the handbook also
/////////////////
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport turns to SITA for
technology upgrade
means that the right equipment and people
are automatically identified and deployed
to the right place at the right time based on
predetermined scenarios such as the arrival
of an aircraft at the gate.
I
stanbul Sabiha Gökçen International
Airport, one of the fastest-growing
airports in the world, has contracted global
IT provider, SITA, to deliver a technology
revamp that will allow the airport to better
manage every aspect of its vast operation.
SITA will upgrade its existing Airport
Management Solution (AMS) – a suite of
integrated software applications designed to
www.intelligentcio.com
effectively manage airport operations from
the terminal to the airfield – to provide Sabiha
Gökçen International Airport with access to
real-time data to better anticipate, plan and
manage the airport’s operations. This will give
management a better overview of operations,
resulting in proactive and coordinated
decision making across the airport. A key
change will be the ability to automate the
airport’s resource management system. This
As part of the revamp, SITA will refresh the
Flight Information Display System that runs
on 436 screens throughout the terminals to
the newest generation, keeping passengers
well informed at every step. More than 200
common-use terminal equipment (CUTE)
workstations – where airlines can share the
same check-in and boarding infrastructure
– will also be upgraded. With more than
7 million departing and 11 million arrival
bags, SITA BagManager makes it possible
for the airport to better track each bag
through its journey.
The technology upgrade will be vital in
supporting the airport’s expansion which
includes the opening of a second runway
later this year.
INTELLIGENTCIO
15