Siemon Launches Online Data Centre Learning Portal

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Siemon, a globally recognised leader in network cabling solutions, has launched a new online resource dedicated to helping data centre professionals. Delivering educational resources and actionable guidance on a wide range of data centre issues, www.siemon.com/datacenters combines Siemon’s extensive data centre cabling knowledge with expert input from representatives of the world’s leading network infrastructure companies. Focusing on key data centre infrastructure issues such as energy consumption and cooling, high speed applications for networking and storage, cost-effective and … [Read more...]

Brand-Rex gets Saudi Arabia’s new North-South Railway on the right track

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More than 2,000km long and costing over $2.8bn, Saudi Arabia’s North-South Railway (NSR) marks a significant development in ground transportation in the Kingdom. Scheduled for full operation in 2013, NSR will provide the first ever passenger and freight connection between Riyadh and the Jordanian border in the north. The Saudi Railway Company (SAR) is overseeing the scheme and the project includes the largest single implementation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) anywhere in the world. Thales and Saudi Binladin Group are working together to deliver a comprehensive technology … [Read more...]