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Siemon Recognised With Green Award

June 29, 2011 By
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Siemon has been presented with the Green Award at the COMMS EXPO Network and Data Communications conference and exhibition awards ceremony on 28th June at London’s Barbican. Based on the results of a pan-European industry survey, this award recognises many years of trail-blazing by the company on the environmental front. Famous already for it’s green credentials and for the 3000 acre forest operated by the company’s board, Siemon was able to announce in February 2010 that it had achieved “zero landfill” status after an ISO 14001 driven internal audit reported that over 99 per cent … [Read more...]

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Impact of cabling choices on data centre sustainability: Lee Funnell speaks at Data Centre Alliance Conference

June 22, 2011 By
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The central role played by network cabling in the overall efficiency and performance of the data centre was a key topic at the Data Centre Alliance’s international conference on ‘Sustainable Data Centre Design and Operation’, held at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds. On the first day of the conference Lee Funnell CTP spoke on behalf of infrastructure expert Siemon and delivered a paper entitled “Critical architecture choices and the dramatic impact of the physical layer on data centre performance”. In his session Funnell explained the significant … [Read more...]

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The shackles come off Domain Names – It’s going to be a Frenzy!

June 22, 2011 By

Analysis: New Internet rules will spawn battle for "dots" Tue, Jun 21 13:32 PM EDT By Martinne Geller NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to branding on the Internet, 2012 may be the dawn of a chaotic new era with companies and other groups expected to battle over suffixes like .cancer, .chocolate and just about .anything. The decision on Monday by the body that governs Internet domain names to stop restricting them to suffixes like .com and .gov will change the way companies interact with consumers and how much they'll be paying to do so. "It's going to make the Wild West look … [Read more...]

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Neutral is the New Green

June 20, 2011 By
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International data and speciality cabling solutions company Brand-Rex has now achieved Carbon Neutral Status.   Independently verified as “Globally Carbon Neutral” by international environmental specialists CAMCO, Brand-Rex can confirm that it is Carbon Neutral across the totality of its international operations With many companies claiming to be “green” but in reality cherry-picking only certain parts of their operations, Brand-Rex wanted its green credentials to be “whiter than white”. The Brand-Rex global carbon footprint was calculated under the international ISO14064 … [Read more...]

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Siemon launches VersaPOD 600mm data centre server cabinet

June 1, 2011 By
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Siemon today adds a new 600mm (24 inch) wide cabinet to its VersaPOD™ line of data centre cabinets and racks.  The VersaPOD 600mm cabinet is designed as a cost-effective option for server applications that do not require Zero-U vertical patching and cable management solutions offered with Siemon’s fully-featured VersaPOD.  The new 600mm-wide cabinet provides a quickly assembled, stable platform for data centre and telecommunications room applications. Visually, the new 600mm cabinet looks like the fully-featured VersaPOD, allowing it to be deployed in conjunction with the full version … [Read more...]

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