Data centres are complex projects. Secure, available and energy-efficient IT services are only possible with a seamless interaction of software, hardware and IT infrastructure.
“Rittal - The System” is the new platform that Rittal SA introduced at Electra Mining 2010 in a bid to shorten the path to turnkey data centres greatly. Just like a set of building bricks, individually matched components can be fitted together and combined with consulting and services.
Planning, constructing or improving data centres calls for a lot of effort. Not only does the capacity of the servers and network technology have to be considered, but even those things that supposedly have nothing to do with IT, such as power supply, cooling and physical security aspects, all have to be taken into consideration. In addition, one has to consider what level of availability is necessary for the upkeep of business processes. And during the implementation phase, the companies involved need to be co-ordinated and their performances approved.
“Rittal - The System” is the company's answer presented first at Cebit 2010: a co-ordinated platform that reduces these interfaces and provides turnkey data centres worldwide, including one-stop service. To this end, Rittal integrated Lampertz, the specialists for secure data centre infrastructure and security solutions, and the planning experts from Litcos into the group in 2009.
Faster - better - worldwide
“Rittal - The System” follows the principle of “faster - better - worldwide”. Whether starting from scratch or modernising an existing facility. The focus of the systems approach is on the demands your company's business makes on the data centre.
Naturally enough, energy efficiency considerations are never ignored.
When requested by the general contractor, Rittal can take over the entire project and equip the facility with fully integrated components. These include robust and flexible racks, an efficient power distribution system and backup, as well as energy saving climate control solutions. Within the system platform, the IT infrastructure is scalable throughout - from basic solutions to high-density computing. Through its worldwide service system, Rittal is offering its platform to companies all over the world, and also helps with any questions that relate to safeguarding and securing smooth operation.
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Rittal (South Africa) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rittal in Germany. The company is one of the world's leading system suppliers for housing and enclosure technologies, power distribution systems, system climate control and IT infrastructure. Customers from all sectors of industry, from mechanical and plant engineering as well as from the IT and telecoms sector, use system solutions from Rittal.
Its comprehensive product range also includes complete solutions for modular and energy-efficient data centres: from innovative security concepts for data systems (formerly known as Litcos) to physical data and system security for IT infrastructures (formerly known as Lampertz). The leading software providers Eplan and Mind8 - Rittal subsidiaries - supplement the Rittal portfolio with inter-disciplinary engineering solutions.
Founded in 1961, Rittal is now active globally with 19 hi-tech production sites, 63 subsidiaries, 150 sales and logistics centres and more than 70 agencies. With 11 000 employees worldwide, Rittal is the largest company of the Friedhelm Loh Group based in Haiger, Germany. The group's entire workforce exceeds 12 000. More information is available at http://www.rittal.com.
Written by:
Preston Wheatley - Product Manager - IT Infrastructure, pwheatley@rittal.co.za | 083 266 2511
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