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Power is now more important than ever as the growing digital business gathers a pace. “Following a successful Facebook campaign and more recently a move on You Tube luxury fashion label Burberry has recently increased its spending on digital marketing to 60% of its total marketing budget,” states Gabriella Blake, Retail Digital.
Power Continuity Systems won the contract for the major power protection systems upgrade to the head office for national operations of the famous UK institution Britannia Building Society.
Eaton has launched a new range of enclosure power distribution units (ePDU’s) that provide Intelligent Power distribution enabling data centres to monitor energy usage, optimise available power and control the total cost of ownership. The new enhanced range includes Managed and Advanced Monitored ePDU’s and an entirely new Switched range.
on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of infrastructure and utility services, has announced a partnership with Concurrent Thinking, a leader in data centre infrastructure management software. The partnership between the two companies aims to provide a complementary product and consultancy service, giving UK businesses a more concise monitoring and management system for optimising energy efficiency within their data centre, as well as access to specialised skills in order to implement identified changes.
To ensure the continuity of essential IT services and reduce the risk of costly and damaging downtime caused by power outages, the Protect Blue modular UPS family from AEG Power Solutions provides next-generation 3-phase power protection for all data centre and mission critical applications. The new UPS range provides an eco-friendly power solution with low total cost of ownership and low carbon impact.
High efficiency and wireless communication are the key benefits of Life IQ, the new range of high frequency (HF) smart chargers available from EnerSys, the European leader in motive power batteries. Designed to facilitate lower electricity costs through improved efficiency and a lower charging factor, Life IQ chargers are fully programmable.
Metartec, a power specialist from Northern Ireland, has launched its new DECI Modular. The biggest appeal for the DECI Modular unit is its capability for easy expansion. Previously when a customer’s load increased, the original UPS had to be replaced with a new and higher capacity system. With the DECI Modular UPS there is no need to replace the whole UPS, as only the required number of modules for expansion need to be added.
The Data Centre World conference and exhibition takes place from 29 February - 1 March 2012 at Olympia in London. It is the UK’s largest dedicated data centre event and is one of the only exhibitions and conferences to focus on the sector examining the issues surrounding selecting, designing, building, outsourcing and managing a data centre. The volume of digital data processed and stored continues to increase at a rapid pace as does the demand for enhanced security, power usage effectiveness, energy efficiency and cost control. Many companies are starting to implement their cloud computing strategies and many more are developing plans. The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme has also now started. In short the data centre manager’s job is becoming ever more complex.
PowerContinuity Systems has announced the launch of its online power calculator. This will allow its customers and fellow electrical engineers in the power industry to calculate their power protection requirements accurately and includes: • Power requirement calculator • Converting kVA to kW • Converting kW to kVA • Converting kW to HP • Amperes when kVA is known • kVA required to run motors
Power Continuity Systems, the UK’s premier power protection company, recently designed, built and installed a purpose built bespoke uninterruptible power protection solution for the UK head offices of Burberry.
