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First Rittal Partner Summit IT

IT experts discovering opportunities for the channel market.


Germany, 27 Jul 2017

Under the "Discover it" motto, Rittal organised a conference in Herborn for its channel partners from all over Europe. On 28 and 29 June, among others IT resellers and system integrators were given an insight into important trends in the data centre market and the solutions from Rittal.

"Mutual knowledge and understanding is the key to good and successful cooperation", with these words, Dr Karl-Ulrich K"ohler, CEO of Rittal International, opened Rittal's first partner conference. The world's largest rack producer had invited its channel partners to its headquarters in Herborn on 28 and 29 June, in order to demonstrate how partners can position themselves with innovative solutions on the data centre market. Dr K"ohler appealed to the participants to use the event for one-on-one discussions, as well as to discover opportunities and potential for growth together.

"The Rittal Partner Summit IT was a milestone for our Partner Program. The positive response from our partners to Rittal's IT strategy and solutions, as well as to the productive discussions, was very important for us. We are looking forward to future growth and success together with every single one of our valuable partners", said Andrew Grace, Head of Channel Management at Rittal.

Rittal Partner Summit IT: More than 40 partners from all over Europe came to the first Rittal Partner Summit IT in Herborn on 28 and 29 June 2017.
Rittal Partner Summit IT: More than 40 partners from all over Europe came to the first Rittal Partner Summit IT in Herborn on 28 and 29 June 2017.

The IT industry is undergoing immense structural change

In addition to best practice examples from countries such as Spain, Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands, Rittal partners were able to participate in a series of workshops on such topical issues as the Open Compute Project (OCP), Open 19 and edge computing.

Jason Rylands, Global Director Data Centre and Open Compute at Rittal, said in a keynote address on current trends in the data centre market that the IT industry was in the midst of an enormous structural change towards cloud computing "as a service". He added that manufacturing and IT could no longer be considered separately, driven as they were by such issues as Industry 4.0, the Internet of things and edge computing. According to Rylands, Rittal had an advantage over other companies in that it was able to rely on its many years of experience, expertise and customers from the manufacturing industry.

The next Rittal Partner Summit IT will take place in June 2018.

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Rittal, headquartered in Herborn, Germany, is a leading global provider of solutions for industrial enclosures, power distribution, climate control and IT infrastructure, as well as software and services. Systems made by Rittal can be found in more than 90% of all global branches of industry, including mechanical and plant engineering, food and beverage production and in IT and telecommunications.

The wide range of products from the global market leader includes configurable enclosures, whose data is available throughout the entire production process. Intelligent Rittal cooling solutions with up to 75% lower energy and CO2 consumption can communicate with the production environment and enable predictive maintenance and service concepts. Innovative IT solutions ranging from IT racks, modular data centres through to edge and hyperscale computing solutions also form part of the company's portfolio.

Leading software providers Eplan and Cideon complement the value chain, providing interdisciplinary engineering solutions, while Rittal Automation Systems offer automation systems for switchgear construction. Rittal delivers within 24 hours in Germany - precisely as needed, flexibly and efficiently.

Founded in Herborn in 1961 and still run by its owner, Rittal is the largest company in the Friedhelm Loh Group. The Friedhelm Loh Group operates worldwide with 18 production sites and 80 international subsidiaries. The entire group employs more than 11 300 people and generated revenues of around EUR2.2 billion in 2016. In 2017, it was named one of Germany's leading employers by the Top Employers Institute, for the ninth year running. Within the scope of a Germany-wide survey, Focus Money magazine identified the Friedhelm Loh Group as one of the nation's best providers of vocational training for the second year in succession in 2017.

For more information, visit www.rittal.com and www.friedhelm-loh-group.com.

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