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...

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...

Johnson Controls introduces mini chillers

Johnson Controls has introduced its line of modular mini chillers to provide easy installation, affordability and scalability for small and large facilities in South Africa. Each module is designed to integrate easily with each other, giving users the right amount of...

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...