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EfficiencyIT appoints Uptime Institute accredited data centre design expert
NEWS fficiencyIT has announced
E its appointment of Steve Henson as its new Senior Data
Centre Architect . Henson joins the
Steve Henson , Senior Data Centre Architect , EfficiencyIT company following a 30-year tenure in the data centre industry . He will work collaboratively with EfficiencyIT ’ s growing customer base to help data centre owners and operators in the enterprise , life science and local government sectors implement power , energy efficiency and cost-saving modernisation programmes .
His experience includes several sales , marketing , account management and engineering roles at several highprofile tech organisations , including APC , Chloride Telecom Systems , Eaton , Power One Energy Systems , Schneider Electric and Vertiv . Henson will also help EfficiencyIT ’ s customers gain a better understanding of practical application of Uptime Institute Tiers .
Having begun his career as an Uninterruptible Power Supply ( UPS ) service engineer , Henson ’ s career has seen him span the length and breadth of mission-critical systems . To date , he has worked directly with enterprise customers as a trusted advisor , completing complex power , plant and engineering installations and implementing advanced Data Centre Infrastructure Management ( DCIM ) software solutions that reduce stranded capacity , lower costs and reduce carbon emissions .
Henson said : “ One of the primary reasons for joining EfficiencyIT was the opportunity to enhance and develop my expertise , while working directly with enterprise customers to solve missioncritical pain points .”
Nick Ewing , MD , EfficiencyIT , said : “ His appointment strengthens our Schneider Electric engineering , hardware , software and service expertise , supports our new businesses growth , and will ensure we continue to meet customer demands for resilient and technically-excellent data centre solutions .”
Fortinet unveils next-generation firewall to secure hybrid data centres
ortinet has announced the FortiGate 3500F Next-
F Generation Firewall ( NGFW ) to protect organisations with hybrid data centres against the ever-growing threat
landscape and ransomware attacks .
Organisations are adopting hybrid data centres to increase operational agility . As the data centre infrastructure becomes more distributed , however , the attack surface expands and more blind spots emerge , increasing the potential for breaches .
Other highlights include :
• FortiGuard Security Services and Fortinet ASIC SPUs enable hyperscale protection for ransomware and advanced threats
• Natively integrates access proxy capabilities
• Seamless user experience through consolidation
It ’ s critical for organisations to inspect encrypted flows to detect all type of attacks to prevent ransomware and the disruption of command and control attacks stealing customer and corporate data .
John Maddison , EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet , said : “ With the FortiGate 3500F , Fortinet is the only vendor that natively integrates access proxy capabilities in its NGFWs to turn on Zero Trust network access .
“ Additionally , FortiGate 3500F further enables organisations to protect against evolving threats and rising ransomware attacks , delivering the industry ’ s highest security compute rating of 6x for performance compared to competitors – including TLS1.3 – to deliver consistent end-to-end security .”
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