Office hygiene is good for your health

The next time you watch the office cleaning team vacuuming the area around your desk, and diligently wiping away yesterday’s lunch from your keyboard, you should consider more than a simple word of thanks because clean and hygienic office environments boost...

Data centre containment solutions

Containment solutions can eliminate hot spots and provide energy savings over traditional uncontained data centre designs. However, the best containment solution for an existing facility will depend on its constraints. While ducted hot aisle containment is preferred...

Diesel generators need regular maintenance

The reliability records of standby power solutions can often be correlated to their service and maintenance regimes. The quality and frequency of preventative maintenance is particularly relevant in the case of diesel generators. This is according to Jack Ward, MD of...

Schneider data centre for Microsoft SA

Africa’s first Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC), located in Johannesburg, has rolled out a complete power and cooling solution from APC by Schneider Electric. The high-tech multi-million rand MTC facility aims to assist local companies of all sizes become more...

Surge protection key for the SOHO

Lightening strikes, unstable power and voltage fluctuations are a common occurrence in South Africa, says Elrica Quick, APC specialist at Drive Control Corporation. Power surges and dips, as well as the massive voltage fluctuations caused by lightning, can damage...

Protecting devices during load shedding

Over recent years, South Africans have been subjected to numerous amounts of load shedding. But on 6 March 2014, we fell victim to one of the worst bouts of load shedding South Africa has witnessed, with very little or no warning. Because our electrical appliances and...