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NETWORKS EUROPE
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NETWORKS EUROPE
The magazine for network and data centre professionals
January / February 2018
Join us for Data Centre Summit 2018
With Christmas well and truly over , it ' s definitely business as usual . And to kick off 2018 we ' ve put together an issue of Networks Europe that I ' m sure you will find both interesting and informative . If you ' ve ever wondered what have been the most unique data centre projects around the world , you ' re about to find out .
On 8th February we ' ll be hosting our popular industry event – Data Centre Summit , which takes place at the Business Design Centre in London . This one day conference is looking to be our best yet with its exhibition of leading vendors and some truly impressive speakers . Take a look at page 38 to learn more and don ' t forget , the event is free .
James Abbott Editor – Networks Europe
EXTREME data centres
SECURITY NETWORKING
COOLING
Four hidden data centre security challenges
The evolving data centre and the impact of costs
Comparing chillers using verifiable data
INTELLIGENT R & MinteliPhy – Automated Infrastructure Management by R & M
Manually managed infrastructure data has a 10 % error rate *, 20-40 % of ports in a network are forgotten over time **. The automated R & MinteliPhy solution continuously monitors each connection in one or more data centres or local networks , a ( remote ) central server records cabling status . The AIM-based solution has functions for management , analysis as well as planning cabling and network cabinets .
R & MinteliPhy is easy to retrofit and can halve network monitoring and management costs . When new devices are integrated or changes made updates are automatically generated . Unused patch panels and ports in active equipment are instantly detected . Data can be traced in real time with a PC or smartphone , faulty connections are located in seconds .
More info : gbr @ rdm . com
* Source : Watson & Fulton ** Source : Frost & Sullivan
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