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The UAE based pioneer of revolutionary data center solutions TechXact, has announced plans to unveil for the 1st time in the region, live demo of Fire Prevention System replacing the legacy Fire Suppression Systems, to protect the server farms, data centers, disaster recovery sites etc… from risks associated with potential fire-related incidents.
The new product will be launched on January 27, during ‘Data Center Tops’, a day-long conference and technology road-show on advancements, standards, and innovations in mission-critical and high-availability data centers.
TechXact, a global leader and provider of state-of-the-art total data center solutions, is organizing the event to enable participants observe, hear and interact with the world’s leading data center manufacturers, technology suppliers, and service providers as they showcase and share the latest advancements, developments, standards, best practices and concepts.
The company, which has been developing cutting-edge technologies for over years, is bringing the unique product to the region for the first time. The product features one of the world’s most advanced technologies in fire prevention. The new system as its name suggests aims at preventing the chances of fire rather than curtailing or limiting the damage after an incident.
A live demonstration will be held following the unveiling of the product. Speaking during the press conference today to announce the conference details Mr. Mehdi Paryavi, President of TechXact, said: “When we say ‘next-generation’ we are serious about it. For example everyone has been talking about fire suppression till now. We believe in our type of business killing fire after it has already began is just not enough and in many instances too late when you calculate downtime, SLAs, facility costs, etc… Hence, we are bringing the notion of fire prevention.”
TechXact also plans to launch several other systems that can enable companies enhance its data centre management, compliance and energy efficiency.
According to Paryavi, the event is a must attend for senior officials of all companies with data to be stored, managed and maintained. “Techxact will introduce some of the most advanced systems currently available in the market. With green initiatives taking centerstage, and given today’s business and environmental requirement, we are emphasizing on green solutions for the market. The conference will also focus on innovations being introduced in this field and how companies can make the best use of available technologies,” said Paryavi.
TechXact has been promoting advanced solutions working with customers and partners in the Middle East, CIS, Africa, Europe, Asia and America regions. Among its leading clients in the region are civil and security establishments such as Dubai e-Goverment and the Dubai Police and leading companies and conglomerates such as Emaar Properties, GatewayGulf, Al Jabber Group, Al Tayer Group, ADNOC, Inteltec and French Connection among others.
Luai A. Jezawi, Director of Business Development (MEA) at techxact said:
“Millions are being invested by organizations in business continuity effort and high availability of their mission critical data centers. It could cost double the investment to minimize risk-window of downtime in a data center from 4 hours (per year) to 40 minutes! Fire incidents – even with traditional Fire Suppression functions in place – could potentially result in several hours to several days (maybe weeks) of IT Services outage. This is quite serious; it simply means that sizeable investments and efforts in quality assurance & availability could be wasted; not to mention severe hard dollar and soft dollar losses. Therefore, it is very crucial to protect the system from going offline, especially from fire accidents which can, now, be effectively prevented. We have tied up with some of the leading players in the industry to develop our latest product. Most of the components used are of very high grade and is aimed at achieving the best results.”
One of the components – Wagner’s Oxyreduct – he said is a system based on preventing fire by controlling the Oxygen and Nitrogen balance in the environment we desire to protect. “The Oxyreduct system makes it ‘physically’ impossible for fire to ignite to begin with; by reducing the level of Oxygen by 5% and substituting the balance with Nitrogen through regulated supply into the closed area that is being protected,” he added. Should highlight it has been tested and certified for safety – so the protected environment is surely safe for humans.
The second major risk factor for Data Center Downtime are electrical faults. Therefore TechXact provides Wagner’s advanced TITANUS Aspirating smoke detecting technology. The system is very advanced and sensitive and uses intelligent signal processing technology with a computer chip which has 6,000 fire development crafts stored to avoid false alarms.
According to Jezawi, by investing in such advanced systems companies can save crucial time and cost otherwise lost as a result of an outage. “The damages caused by a downtime can be tremendous. The loss in revenue per hour is calculated at $2,817,000 per hour when it comes to the energy sector, and $2,066,000 for the telecommunications sector. When it comes to the IT sector it can go up to 1,344,000 per hour. Hence it is of utmost importance for companies to invest in reliability, availability and quality assurance” he said quoting a research by META Group.
Also present during the press conference was Thomas Schaedlich, General Manager of Wagner Middle East FZE.
TechXact, a global leader and provider of state-of-the-art total data center solutions, is organizing ‘Data Center Tops‘, a day-long conference and technology road-show on advancements, standards, and innovations in mission-critical and high-availability data centers
The exclusive event to be held at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on January 27, 2010 is being tagged as a must attend for all whose core interest is establishing or maintaining the lead in the field of data center investment, ownership, management, operation and services.
The conference will feature several key lectures by industry experts focusing on issues ranging from new trends and innovations within the industry, to standards, compliances, best practices and totally green solutions for data centers.
Mr. Mehdi Paryavi, President of TechXact, said: “Our objective is to assist organizations in bridging the gap between the system generally being followed and the latest technological advancement and to achieve industry’s best practices and familiarize them with new trends that can actually enhance ROI and TCO. Participants can observe, hear and interact with the world’s leading data center manufacturers, technology suppliers, and service providers.”
Datacenter Tops
Exclusive Datacenter Technology Event for the Elite Corporate and Government executives.
Where Data Center “Top” owners, operators, providers and vendors gather in one place, at one time!
The world’s leading data center manufacturers, technology and service providers, will be showcasing the latest technology advancements, developments, standards, practices and concepts gathered under one roof in one of the world’s most prestigious venues.
Data Center TOPS is an essential day not to be missed to maintain the lead in the field of data center investment, ownership, management, operation and services.
The objective is to observe, hear and interact with the world’s leading data center manufacturers, technology suppliers, and service providers as they showcase and share the latest advancements, developments, standards, best practices and concepts in an exclusive atmosphere.
Throughout the day we will be focusing on the innovations being introduced to the marketplace to ensure that IT and data center management CAN go green, implement compliances, standards, benchmarks, education, perform audits and qualify for certifications, feedback on compartmentalized data centers, innovative cooling, EMS / BMS, high-end security systems and control, revolutionary fire prevention technologies and precision civil works, to become an integral part of organizations’ quest in obtaining necessary efficiencies, corporate objectives all inline with government rulings.
Making the right moves to implement these latest technological systems and increase understanding and knowledge as to the difference these will make to an organization – providing a cutting-edge in the industry and a competitive-edge in today’s competitive markets.
All these veterans in the industry and senior experts will be gathered under one roof in one of the world’s most prestigious venues – Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Attendance is all-inclusive of this grand luxury hotel’s breakfast, sumptuous international lunch buffet and coffee breaks.
The exclusive free-to-attend event for VIPs, presents a unique experience to interface and network with our superb international panel of speakers – all senior specialists in their own fields – together with your like-minded peers who identify the need for the continuing improvement in data center efficiency, streamlining and its effect on profitability – and the environment!
Yahoo’s new data center in Lockport, New York will feature a new design that the company has dubbed the Yahoo Computing Coop. Chief Yahoo David Filo announced the new design today in a blog post, saying the name was adopted “because it looks like something chickens live in” and will use outside air to cool Yahoo’s servers.
“For data center geeks, we expect our Buffalo data center design will have an annualized average PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 1.1 or better,” said Filo. That would challenge the most efficient facilities built by Google (GOOG), which has an average PUE of 1.16 for its six company-built data centers, with one facility currently running at a PUE of 1.12.
With its Lockport design, Yahoo is joining Google on the cutting-edge of energy efficiency by running a data center without chillers, which provide refrigerated water for cooling systesm and are among the most energy-intensive components of a data center.
In adopting a design that is less reliant on chillers, Yahoo is following the lead of Google (GOOG), which recently built a data center in Belgium that operates without any chillers. Google executives expect the Belgium facility will soon be the company’s most efficient, and may push its PUE below 1.1.
Plans filed today with the town of Lockport indicate that the Yahoo Computing Coops will be metal prefabricated structures measuring 120 feet by 60 feet. The company plans to use five of these structures in its Lockport complex. Each of the coops will have louvers built into the side of the building to allow cold air to enter the computing area. The complex is being laid out to take advantage of prevailing wind direction, which would blow directly into the louver system.
Each coop also has a peaked roof, with a “penthouse” running along the top of the structure to manage the release of waste heat from the hot aisle, according to the Buffalo News.
Site plans suggest the coops are designed to support 5 megawatts of computing load. The facility is designed to be completed in two phases, with a first phase using 10 megawatts of power and a second phase adding 15 megawatts.
Filko said the NewYork project is the next step in a long-term process to improve Yahoo’s data center energy efficiency.
“Today we’re committing to reduce the carbon intensity of our data centers by at least 40% by 2014,” Filo wrote. “In other words, we’ll decrease our average electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from our data centers around the world. We’ll get there through a combination of innovative data center design, improving how we utilize our servers, cloud computing, and locating our data centers in areas where cleaner energy is available.”
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