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Data Centre Maintenance / Management stories - Page 16

A data centre cannot run effectively without being properly maintained and managed. Poor maintenance can often lead to catastrophic data loss and physical damage. Data centre maintenance and management is undertaken by data center operators as a key responsibility. It involves ongoing inspection, cleaning, analysis, repairs and recovery of all electrical hardware and components.

​​Regular data centre maintenance is a crucial part of a data centre's operations. It's essential for improving data centre design and making sure clients are kept happy and satisfied with their storage and data options.
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Schneider Electric launches PowerTag, an electrical asset monitor

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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The company says PowerTag can monitor measure current, voltage, power, power factor and energy for all building types.
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80,000 Aussies say goodbye to fossil fuels with a new south Australian wind farm

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Installation of the turbines is scheduled to start by the end of the year, with completion foreseen by mid-2018...
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Traditional data centre vs micro data centre deployments - who wins?

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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The weigh-up of the cost effectiveness of a single traditional data centre of one MW capacity against a cluster of micro data centres each of 5kW.
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78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.
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Schneider Electric extends Galaxy V-Series UPS offerings

Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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Today's digital economy is driving unprecedented data center growth as businesses manage an increasing volume of data generated by IoT.
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Cloud ERP: Energy Water Solutions & Intacct collaborate to ramp up business agility

Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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Energy Water Solutions implements Intacct's Cloud ERP solution to treat Produced Water for energy production and agriculture.
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Data center cooling: Penguin Computing places USD$40k order with Asetek

Mon, 26th Jun 2017
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This initial order is for 140 loops to be used with Asetek's RackCDU Direct-to-Chip (D2C) liquid cooling solution. The order is valued at USD $40,000.
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Specifying data center pod architectures - Schneider Electric's latest White Paper

Fri, 23rd Jun 2017
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For centralised data centres, including the latest hyperscale facilities, there is a need to develop larger increments of IT resource, known as Pods.
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LinkedIn's 2017 Global Top Companies list - did you make the cut?

Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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Schneider Electric, a global organisation that specialises in energy management and automation, is one of the companies that made the list.
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Schneider Electric: Challenges and trends in colocation

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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Telco facilities typically have an ideal location, possess digital technology with connectivity in place and own central offices with available space.
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Takeaways of a data center guy after Cloud Computing wins the Preakness

Fri, 9th Jun 2017
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Cloud Computing's Preakness win prompts a data centre insider's race to draw parallels with tech and risk management in the field.
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Construction on AU's first tier III regional data centre to be finished by 2018

Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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Construction has begun on Australia's first regional tier III data center, expected to attract national and global tech giants to Toowoomba.
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ENGIE and Electric Vine Industries partner to power villages in Papua

Fri, 2nd Jun 2017
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ENGIE has sealed a partnership with Electric Vine Industries (EVI) with the aim to bring energy to 3,000 villages in Papua over 20 years.
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The connected campus: Meeting students' #1 priority with edge solutions

Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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To stay alive, human beings need air, food and water. If you are college student, add to this list of vital resources Internet access.
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Photo gallery: APC by Schneider Electric partner awards

Tue, 9th May 2017
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Ingram Micro, Dicker Data, Brennan IT, Data#3 and Dell were among the winners at last night's APC by Schnieder Electric Partner Awards in Sydney.
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Randstad names Australia's most attractive companies – are you on the list?

Fri, 5th May 2017
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Randstad has named Australia's most attractive employers for job seekers that are using the recruitment company to find work.
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How cloud, IoT and digital services have driven the development of DCIM as a service

Wed, 3rd May 2017
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Clearly the big trends which affect IT specifically and many vertical sectors generally, are also having an impact on the data center.
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Community project: Everyday Aussies skew energy market

Tue, 2nd May 2017
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Aussies rally behind local energy projects, ploughing £24 million into renewables, asserting control over their power supply.
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Schneider Electric wins court case over DPSA's unpaid debts - thanks existing partners

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Schneider Electric emerges victorious in court battle with data center infrastructure distributor DPSA over unpaid debts.
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Managing data privacy and cyber security with StruxureOn

Thu, 30th Mar 2017
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Today practically every headline about the IoT seems to be associated either with some sort of cyber vulnerability or the potential for hacking.