Medellin grows digital innovation
Software AG has acknowledged the multiple awards received by Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, in regenerating the municipality, and the role IT played in driving economic growth and social inclusion. Amongst other awards, Medellin was acknowledged as...
Jasco launches generator sets
Jasco Power is offering generator sets of 10kVA to 1200kVA that can be purpose built to suit any businesses requirements. In operation for 12 months and with a goal of taking a 20% market share in the highly competitive generator market space within the next year,...
Rising electricity prices boost solar
Amid rising petrol prices and threats of interest rate hikes, there’s one ballooning cost that solar energy users don’t need to worry about: increasing electricity prices, says Gareth Warner, MD at Solarcentury Africa. To the dismay of householders and businesses...
Schneider announces next-gen Smart-UPS
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced that two next-generation models of its Smart-UPS uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units are now available locally.The Smart-UPS fifth generation models, the standard SMT and the extended run...
Schneider switchgear optimises efficiency
Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric’s innovative, compact and modular vacuum switchgear, Premset, represents a technological breakthrough, opening the way to unprecedented safety, efficiency and ease of use. The Premset switchgear was designed...
Jasco offers modular, flexible UPS solutions
Uninterrupted power supply (UPS) solutions have become integral part of any data centre today, given the business-critical nature of data and the on-going power problems in South Africa. In addition, due to unstable power situations UPS has become essential across...
Reducing costs in the data centre
In an age where information is currency, data centres have become mission critical to the running of a successful business. However, while the data centre is often the heart of the enterprise of today, it is also one of the biggest cost contributors, says Marco da...
Power innovation a necessity for SA business
Eskom recently announced that it might reintroduce load shedding as South Africa is experiencing winter. Apart from the inconvenience factor of having no electricity, businesses may have to face the fact that for a few hours each day their staff will be sitting idle...
DCC offers the APC Smart-UPS 230V
Take advantage of advanced line-interactive power protection for servers and network equipment with the new APC Smart-UPS 230V from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The feature-rich uninterrupted power supply (UPS) ensures that clean and reliable...
The IT department’s carbon conundrum
The climate change debate today is largely irrelevant. Whether we like it or not, carbon taxation and mandatory emissions reporting is on the horizon. For many this represents the proverbial stick (without a carrot) approach, for others managing their carbon emissions...
Which UPS is best?
Stability and availability of electricity is a growing problem in South Africa. Therefore, an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) has become a vital piece of equipment for businesses of all sizes, from large enterprise to the small and home office (SOHO), says Elrica...
Data centre power quality and assurance
If the data centre of a financial service provider goes down due to a power glitch, the impact is significant – there’s potential damage to equipment, applications and systems. However, the greater impact includes downtime, business loss and damage to customer...