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NEWS IN BRIEF
New suite of solutions to help cable installers slash capital
expenditure in half
IDEAL Networks has announced the launch of Test4Less, a suite
of products, services and payment methods to help companies
installing and testing data cabling and networks to reduce capital
expenditure, increase productivity and improve cash flow.
“Companies investing in multiple certifiers face the issue of
increased expenditure and reduced ROI,” says Tim Widdershoven,
Global Marketing Manager at IDEAL Networks. “We’ve also found
that several businesses have invested in a new fleet of certifiers
which now require an expensive upgrade to new models due to
certifier discontinuation by the manufacturer.”
The range of Test4Less solutions has been specifically developed
by IDEAL Networks to address the common frustrations of data
cable installers and systems integrators and provide cost-effective
solutions to help them overcome these challenges.
Test4Less includes a new ‘Pay as you Test’ option to transform a
Kohler Co. acquires Pure
Power Systems
Kohler Co. has acquired Pure Power Systems, a Dublin-based
independent distributor and service provider of uninterruptible
power supply (UPS) systems. The transaction will see Pure Power
Systems become part of Kohler’s UK-based UPS sales and service
company – Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPSL).
Established in 2003, Pure Power Systems has locations in Dublin
and Limerick and was owned by company founder Ian Jackson.
Jackson and all other current employees will continue to lead and
manage Pure Power Systems following the acquisition.
“We’re excited about this new chapter in our company’s story,”
Jackson said. “UPSL is owned by Kohler Co, which brings us together
with the company’s other leading power-industry brands, including
Kohler Power Systems, SDMO, Clarke Energy, and of course UPSL.
We believe this is a very promising development for our customers
and employees alike and we’re now well positioned for continued
success and a new level of growth here in Ireland.”
“Pure Power Systems is a highly reputable company and will be
an excellent addition to the Kohler family,” said David Renton,
Managing Director for UPSL. “We’ve partnered with Pure Power for
nearly a decade, so we’re very familiar with the company’s deep
technical expertise as well as the unmatched, locally-based service
they provide. This acquisition will allow us to give our datacenter
and other power protection customers throughout Ireland and the
UK access to an enhanced offering of UPS products and support
services.”
NETWORKS
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certifier fleet from a capital investment into an operational expense.
Test credits for the LanTEK III cable certifier can now be purchased
in batches (from 5,000 to 10,000 tests) and topped up as and when
needed.
To help protect data cable installers from unforeseen costs and to
reduce downtime, IDEAL Networks has also launched the Sapphire
Care Plan. This includes a free annual calibration to maintain
accuracy, free loan units during calibration to reduce downtime,
free shipping to reduce costs and a selection of free replaceable
accessories each year to reduce cost of ownership.
To eliminate the issue of delayed and lost test results, the free
IDEAL AnyWARE mobile app allows users to transfer data in real
time from tests conducted on SignalTEK CT, SignalTEK NT or
LanTEK III. Data can be easily transferred to a user’s mobile device
and shared with off-site colleagues straight away. n
NHS cyberattack patch
highlights complexity of
keeping IT up to date
A patch that may have prevented the recent NHS ransom-
ware attack was made available to the organisation a month
ago it has emerged. The widespread use of unsupported Win-
dows XP operating systems is thought to have provided an
entry-point for hackers to infect computers with ransomware
software, effectively paralysing large parts of the NHS.
The attack brings into relief the scale of vulnerabilities
that can develop as systems are not kept up to date. World
Wide Technology – a global systems integrator – warns that
the growing complexity of managing enterprise-level IT will
increase the regularity with which software must be patched,
even as this attack shows that existing patches are not always
being adopted.
Ben Boswell, UK & Ireland Director at World Wide Technol-
ogy, has advised that the relationship between software pro-
viders and organisations should increasingly be governed by a
new breed of Enterprise License Agreements (ELAs). These are
now being tailored towards fast-moving areas of technology
such as security, replacing the product-by-product purchasing
model that can so quickly leave companies lagging behind.
Ben commented: “The attack has highlighted the fact that
IT should be at the forefront of operations planning in any
large organisation such as the NHS. But the product-by-prod-
uct approach, where large-scale IT infrastructure is bought on
an ad hoc basis and fully updated sometimes as infrequently
as once every decade, leaves organisations incredibly vulnera-
ble to attack.” n
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