Intelligent Data Centres Issue 04 | Page 12

NEWS CBRE Data Centre Solutions and CNet Training announce alliance BRE Data Centre Solutions, a leading integrated data centre operations service provider, has announced its commitment to further enhance the certification credentials of its technical workforce globally. C Through a strategic alliance with industry- leading technical education company, CNet Training, the two firms will deliver a comprehensive training and development programme that requires each data centre technician to achieve the highly respected Certified Data Centre Technician Professional (CDCTP) certification. The new alliance builds off a long-standing relationship between the two companies. CBRE and CNet currently co-deliver several technical knowledge systems and assessments to manage risk and ensure uptime at CBRE-managed facilities, including the Competency and Confidence Assessment Modelling (CCAM) Tool. The CDCTP is a comprehensive, content- rich programme that serves the worldwide data centre sector. The programme is specifically designed for individuals who are responsible for the day-to-day integrity of mission-critical facilities and wish to acquire skills and knowledge of the highest calibre. The curriculum covers key operating environments, operational policies, procedures and compliance based on legislation, standards and codes of conduct, as well as detailed analyses of current measuring, monitoring and auditing techniques. Specific to accommodating CBRE’s global teams, materials are available in seven languages including Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese. Binero Group chooses Interxion as base for cloud expansion nterxion, a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced that the Swedish company Binero Group will use Interxion as an important base in its continued expansion. I Binero Group offers digital infrastructure services for both companies and individuals in Sweden and the rest of the Nordic region through its public IT infrastructure service Binero Cloud and related services. “Interxion becomes an important strategic partner for us in our continued growth in Sweden and the Nordic region, and long term also internationally,” said Patrik 12 Issue 04 Axelsson, CSO at Binero Group. “With what I would say is the best connectivity in the industry, its strong focus on providing sustainable data centre services and high security, Interxion meets our high demands in these areas.” By using Interxion as one of its key nodes for Binero Cloud the company increases redundancy, while customers get access to even faster connections for reduced latency. Customers to Binero Group will also take full advantage of the breadth of cloud services available at Interxion and are able to connect directly to Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and IBM Cloud Services. ◊ www.intelligentdatacentres.com