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08 NEWS IN BRIEF R&M publishes Data Center Handbook R&M has announced the availability of the ‘Data Center Handbook 2019.’ The all-new Data Center Handbook by R&M promotes a wide variety of valuable insights, to meet the challenges and expanding needs of cloud architecture. 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. R&M’s Data Center Handbook 2019 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 (AIM). 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 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. As everything from the network to the applications themselves, relies on the physical layer, it's crucial that this is designed to meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs of the data centre. The Data Center Handbook 2019 is available on R&M’s website at www.rdm.com/sites/DC-Handbook E V O L V I N G A N D I N N O V A T I FOLLOW TOMORROWS FUTURE TODAY AT: CANNONTECH.CO.UK 19” Racks & Cabinets I n te g ra te d O u td o o r Cabinets Hot/Cold Aisle Cocooning DOWNLOAD OUR LATEST BROCHURES AT: CANNONTECH.CO.UK Water/DX & Free Cooling FOR A COPY OF OU QUALITY | RELIABILITY | EFFICIENCY | CUS