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Brand-Rex Does The Double At The 2012 Comms Expo Awards

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Brand-Rex, the leading supplier of copper and fibre optic based network infrastructure solutions for enterprises, data centres and extreme environments, recently received two accolades at the 2012 Comms Expo Awards, hosted by Netcomms Europe magazine. The company won the Green Award and the Award for Manufacturing Excellence, with voters recognising its commitment to carbon reduction and the quality of its products. For many years the company has worked towards reducing its impact on the environment and in 2011 it announced that its global organisational and operational activities had … [Read more...]

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Cabling Is Going UP In The World!

April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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It’s ‘all change’ for cable management in the data centre as equipment practices have to embrace change to cope with the massive power and heat densities being implemented and planned per data centre cabinet or rack. There is a very strong move towards overhead raceways for both copper and fibre cabling in order to leave the underfloor area free of the big air dams which masses of Cat 6A 10Gigabit/s cables are now tending to form – which have a serious adverse effect on cooling efficiency and effectiveness. But a major issue with overhead cable trays or raceways is that – if … [Read more...]

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Five Green IT Award Nominations For Siemon

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Infrastructure expert Siemon is celebrating a flush of nominations in the Green IT Awards, due to be announced at a ceremony on 19 April 2012 at the world famous London Zoo. The five categories that Siemon is shortlisted to win include Manufacturer of the Year, Sustainable Design Project of the Year, Team of the Year, Product of the Year and the Minister for Energy Award. Now in its third year, the Green IT Awards aims to showcase and reward the technology, tools and organisations that are judged to have made a significant contribution to improving the IT industry’s environmental … [Read more...]

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NetworksCentre

March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Networks Centre was founded in 2005 by Managing Director Duncan Lindsay and Sales & Marketing Director Ben Lambert. The company was created with the aim of bringing distribution into the 21st century, by providing customers not only with products, price and availability, but also by providing structured service levels that support the customer. Since day one Networks Centre has and continues to promote and provide carefully formulated “Service Level Promises” that are managed, measured and maintained using advanced data base functions and stringent quality check The business has … [Read more...]

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Hamad Medical City Deploys Substantial Multi-Data Network from Brand-Rex

March 5, 2012 By
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International structured cabling company Brand-Rex is to supply a diverse, extensive and substantial structured cabling system for the main provider of healthcare in the state of Qatar. Situated in the capital city of Doha, Hamad Medical City (HMC) is the largest on-going government project for data communications. The project has been won by Brand-Rex partner Consolidated Gulf Co. (CGC). It is extensive and wide-ranging and will connect a Women’s Hospital, a physical medical and rehab facility, an ambulatory building, and the Translational Research Institute building. The scope of work … [Read more...]

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Exclusive Cannon Technologies Deal For Distributor CMS

March 5, 2012 By
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The Cannon Technologies Smart Net range of cabinets, which CMS plc provides on a next-day-delivery basis, offers a wide selection of size options building from six different heights, two different widths, and three different depths. Overall the Smart Net range comprises a choice of over 32 cabinets. This highly flexible and cost effective data cabinet range has a selection of features starting with a cabinet load rating of up to 1000kg; a quick rack installation solution (RAFtTM) avoiding the need to cut floor tiles; a rack mounted cable Raceway that avoids the installation of ceiling hung … [Read more...]

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Cannon Technologies

February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Established for 34 years (1978) Cannon Technologies began by developing military, 19 inch data and 23 inch telecoms racks and enclosures. It was the first company in Europe to achieve ETSi (The European Telecommunications Standards Institute) certification. Expanding during the 90s into outdoor enclosures for CCTV, Telecoms and Radio base stations, Cannon Technologies continued to develop the data centre and comms room rack and cabinet ranges to include: EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) IP rated (ingress protection) Thermal cooling and management Source Power solutions Remote … [Read more...]

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The Cannon Technologies T4 Events Series Helps To Build Better Data Centres

February 5, 2012 By

Because the data centre is at the heart of business operations, the roll call of stakeholders has grown, and now regularly includes C-level executives and Business Managers. To help organisations seeking to create, replace or improve their data centre infrastructure, Cannon Technologies is launching the Cannon T4 Event series at Data Centre World 2012. The series is firmly targeted at the growing diversity of disciplines involved in making critical data centre decisions, concerning amongst other things, cooling, power and security. Reflecting that time is at a premium, plus the challenge of … [Read more...]

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Cannon Cocoons The Data Centre For 2012

February 5, 2012 By
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Long established UK data centre manufacturer Cannon Technologies will be attending the 2012 Data Centre World Conference & Expo (Olympia - 29th Feb & 1st March). Now in its 34th year of supplying a full range of data centre solutions, Cannon alongside its UK premier distributor CMS plc will present its Cold Aisle containment solution - Aisle Cocooning; a component of the Cannon T4 Data Centre Solution range. Visitors to stand B37 will be able to see first-hand how Aisle Cocooning prevents hot exhaust air entering the data hall while, ensuring that cold air passes through the … [Read more...]

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Siemon Announces Network Infrastructure Blog

January 11, 2012 By

Siemon, a globally recognised leader in network cabling solutions, has launched a new blog dedicated to helping data centre and enterprise network professionals stay up-to-date on the latest advances, global standards updates, market intelligence and strategies in network infrastructure. Combining Siemon’s extensive data centre and enterprise cabling knowledge with news, opinions and guidance from experts across the global network infrastructure market, http://blog.siemon.com/infrastructure/ delivers educational resources, industry intelligence and actionable advice on a wide range of … [Read more...]

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Cabinets and racks the critical component for 2012’s data centres

January 11, 2012 By
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2012 will be the year when the 19in cabinet and the racks it contains become the key component for thousands of new data centres, according to Cannon Technologies’ Managing Director Matt Goulding. “What was once a straightforward steel structure is now a sophisticated device that is the critical element in delivering the needs of today’s advanced data centres – namely, equipment housing, power density, cooling, monitoring and security,” Goulding says. The vast increase in demand for on-line information and transactional services is forcing companies to pack the maximum possible … [Read more...]

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Siemon Launches Interactive Data Centre e-Magazine

January 5, 2012 By
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Underlining their commitment to high value information and applied data centre innovation, leading global network infrastructure specialist Siemon has launched the first edition of its new  interactive data centre e-magazine.  Entitled “Data Centre Solutions” this resource-rich e-magazine is designed to guide IT network professionals through critical data centre decisions, placing them in the network infrastructure driver’s seat.  The e-magazine is available for download at http://www.siemon.com/uk/promos/dc-e-brochure.asp. The innovative e-magazine provides in-depth coverage on an … [Read more...]

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Data Centre PR

December 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Just as designing specifying and building data centres requires a massive amount of multi-disciplinary knowledge, skill and co-operation – providing highly effective media communications requires a specialist in both data centre PR and the multi-disciplinary skills to understand and support your product or service in a number of specialist market sectors and vehicles. Operator or provider If you are a data centre owner, operator, hosting provider, co-location (Co-Lo) provider and you want your facility promoted in print and online media, you need a data centre PR specialist that not only … [Read more...]

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Cannon Technologies helps Wi-Manx become the host with the most

December 19, 2011 By
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Since it first began operating in 2004, Wi-Manx has become one of the Isle of Man’s leading network, voice and hosting solutions provider. In order to continue its growth, the company decided to establish a state-of-the-art co-location data centre at its Heywood House headquarters using cabinet, racking and cooling solutions from Cannon Technologies. The Isle of Man occupies a unique place in the British Isles and as corporation tax is charged at zero per cent, it makes an attractive proposition for businesses. Wi-Manx currently has customers as diverse as e-gaming companies, banks, IT … [Read more...]

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Volex launches RF coil cable production for healthcare equipment in China

December 12, 2011 By

Volex plc, the global provider of electrical, digital and optical cabling and interconnect solutions, has commenced the production of radio frequency (RF) coil cable assemblies at  its factory in Suzhou, China for use in  magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. The factory was awarded the ISO 13485  standard for quality management systems in the manufacturing of medical devices earlier this year. This move comes in response to the growing demand for components for medical imaging devices globally. Many of Volex’s customers, some of the world’s leading manufacturers of healthcare … [Read more...]

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Ruggedised Armoured Cable added to Siemon’s MTP Plug and Play Fibre Range

December 2, 2011 By
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Global network infrastructure specialist Siemon, today announced the addition of armoured cable options to its comprehensive line-up of high-performance MTP-based plug and play fibre cable assemblies. Available in 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s capable OM3 and OM4 multimode fibre cable constructions, as well as standard 62.5/125, 50/125 multimode and singlemode, these plug and play assemblies feature flexible, spiral wrapped aluminium interlocking armour offering over seven times the crush resistance of standard assemblies. This added durability supports rugged-environment intra-building backbone … [Read more...]

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Cannon Technologies “Cocooned” at DCD London

December 1, 2011 By
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At Data Centre Dynamic’s Converged in London 30th November to 1st December 2011 on stand No. 51 Cannon Technologies exhibit their T4 Active Aisle Cocooning solution with within-row chilled water or DX coolers. Uniquely in the data centre industry, Cannon Technologies’ T4 within-row coolers are a mere 200mm width - taking up a fraction of the space normally needed for within-row cooling. The solution demonstrated is rated at 30kW per rack although solutions up to 60 KW are already available. The active aisle cocooning solution is fitted to two of Cannon Technologies’ ServerSmart … [Read more...]

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Using PR To Win New Business In The Recession

October 9, 2011 By

IT sector magazine Netcomms Europe has published the first in a series of articles by Turtle Consulting founder Phil Turtle in both its print and online editions entitled:  Twist and Shout! Using PR To Win New Business In The Recession Read it here … [Read more...]

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Volex is awarded ISO 13485 accreditation for its manufacturing facility in Mexico

September 9, 2011 By
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Volex plc, the global provider of electrical, digital and optical interconnect solutions, has gained accreditation to the latest ISO 13485 standard for its manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico.  The standard describes the requirements for quality management systems in the manufacturing of medical devices. Achieving this important industry standard is part of Volex’s commitment to continuous improvement in its manufacturing processes and products. This follows similar accreditations of factories in Europe (Poland) and Asia (China and India). Linda Starr, Senior VP at Volex … [Read more...]

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Siemon Launches Overhead Patching Solution for Data Centres

August 23, 2011 By
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Global network infrastructure specialist Siemon, has added a new cable-tray mounted rack for overhead patch panels to its line of data centre cable management solutions.  Designed to mount directly to overhead ladder rack or cable tray, Siemon’s cable tray rack delivers 4U of easily installed and accessible 19” rack mount space above cabinets and racks without consuming floor or cabinet space, making it ideal for use within Zone Distribution Areas (ZDAs) or Equipment Distribution Areas (EDAs) in data centres. Used with copper patch panels or fibre enclosures, the cable tray rack can … [Read more...]

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