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Data Centre Maintenance / Management stories - Page 8

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 extends partnerships, unveils new industrial edge solutions

Fri, 19th Jun 2020
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Schneider Electric expands partnerships to address IT and OT convergence, releasing three new industrial edge programs.
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Schneider Electric launches public API for cloud-based software

Thu, 28th May 2020
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Schneider Electric has introduced a public API for its cloud-based EcoStruxure IT Expert software, enhancing IT management and integration at the edge.
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Schneider Electric backs Leading Edge Data Centres' AU network

Tue, 26th May 2020
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Schneider Electric partners with Leading Edge to bolster Australia's digital infrastructure with $30m investment.
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Schneider Electric launches distributed IT management services

Mon, 25th May 2020
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The new services are designed to ensure coverage at unmanned sites and provide savings over the lifecycle of the infrastructure.
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What happens when you run Linux on a toaster?

Mon, 25th May 2020
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Running Linux on a toaster highlights a problem in today's data centres: reliance on generic hardware undermines efficiency and performance gains.
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Google unveils ambitious plan for '24/7 carbon-free data centres'

Thu, 23rd Apr 2020
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Google aims for '24/7 carbon-free' data centres by using a new computing platform that shifts tasks to times when greener energy sources are plentiful.
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Schneider Electric ramps up investment for edge solutions in Australia

Thu, 19th Mar 2020
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Schneider Electric bolsters its Australian team with the appointment of Rajesh Thangaraj as edge evangelist, accelerating edge adoption and custom solutions.
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Mines, underwater, outer space - the weirdest data centers on Earth and beyond

Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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From Norwegian fjords to converted World War II shelters, data centres are finding homes in unique locations to keep up with skyrocketing global data demands.
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Asia Pacific's accelerating need to optimise IT infrastructure

Fri, 13th Mar 2020
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Optimising data centre resources means you can use them to improve IT capacity, paving the way for new services operating at greater efficiency.
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Huawei's solution for streamlining data centre construction

Mon, 2nd Mar 2020
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The company's new offering provides services to support the design, build and operation of Tier-4 data centres.
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Honeywell launches ML solution to reduce buildings' energy consumption

Fri, 28th Feb 2020
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Machine learning autonomously adjusts building energy settings to deliver up to 10% energy savings, says Honeywell.
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Data center cooling firm STULZ expands Oceania subsidiary

Mon, 10th Feb 2020
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STULZ, a global specialist in data center cooling technology and mission-critical air conditioning, is expanding its Australia and New Zealand subsidiary.
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Microsoft's 'moonshot' goals to be carbon negative by 2030

Tue, 21st Jan 2020
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The company also aims to remove all carbon it has directly or indirectly emitted into the environment by 2050.
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Vodafone NZ invests in boosting energy efficiency

Fri, 29th Nov 2019
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Vodafone says it expects to reduce its electricity usage in Aotearoa by at least 10% over the next three years through implementing a range of new technologies.
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Australian IoT company wins international contract

Wed, 27th Nov 2019
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Adelaide-based Buddy Technologies secures a 10-year deal with Hong Kong's Eastfield Lighting, initiating with a USD $250,000 non-refundable payment.
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Calix launches advanced battery reactor in Victoria

Mon, 25th Nov 2019
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BATMn is a $2.7m proprietary electric reactor, based on Calix technology, for producing advanced battery materials, part-funded by the Government.
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Lenovo, Intel & Harvard build liquid-cooled supercomputer

Thu, 21st Nov 2019
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Lenovo, Intel, and Harvard University are the driving forces behind an effort to create Harvard's first liquid-cooled supercomputer, nicknamed Cannon.
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Scale Computing integrates retail solution with Schneider Electric

Tue, 12th Nov 2019
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Schneider Electric partners with Scale Computing to integrate the HC3 Edge for retail solution into EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers, enhancing retail operations.
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The human eye as a proxy for the future of networking

Thu, 24th Oct 2019
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Researchers are now looking to the complex structure of the human eye to redefine AI and networking, incorporating distributed intelligence into data centres.
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Schneider Electric, NetApp collaborate on HCI solution

Tue, 22nd Oct 2019
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Schneider Electric and NetApp team up to launch Optimized Edge for NetApp HCI, a pre-validated solution enhancing hybrid cloud capabilities and data management.