Press: Data centres from a single source

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 coordinated and their performances approved. "Rittal - The System" is the company's answer presented at the Cebit: a coordinated 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". You are starting from scratch or just modernising an existing facility? The focus of the systems approach is on the demands your comany's business makes on the data centre. Starting from on the requirements of availability and safety, Rittal systematically analyses demands, and then plans and implements the entire data centre - beginning with the shelters, via IT infrastructure, through to monitoring and security solutions like RiZone, the IT infrastructure management software. Naturally enough, efficiency considerations are also not 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 back-up, 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

Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, which has its headquarters in Herborn, Germany, 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 market, are making use of system solutions from Rittal.

Its broad product range also includes complete solutions for modular and energy-efficient data centres: from innovative security concepts for data systems (formerly known as Litcos) through to physical data and system security for IT infrastructures (formerly known as Lampertz). The leading software providers Eplan and Mind8 - Rittal subsidiaries - are supplementing the Rittal product portfolio with interdisciplinary engineering solutions.

Founded in 1961, Rittal is now active worldwide with 13 production sites, 63 subsidiaries and 40 agencies. With 9,000 employees worldwide, Rittal is the largest company of the proprietor-run Friedhelm Loh Group of Haiger, Germany. The entire group employs more than 10,500 people and generated revenues of more than € 2.2 billion in 2008. Further information at www.rittal.com and www.friedhelm-loh-group.com.