Press: The right data centre for every size of company

Cost reduction, higher energy efficiency and the optimization of data centres: these requirements are on the agenda of many data centre managers and CIOs. To address these issues, Rittal can offer a coordinated system platform for every size of company, as well as for each availability and security requirement. Five different solutions are presented at the stand.

The "Rittal - The System." platform includes new IT infrastructure components, standardization options, and solutions for automated data centre operation. It is a portfolio where customers can obtain all their services from a single source so that their data centre requirements can be individually met.

Security is the top priority

Security is top priority for all the solutions. Christoph Caselitz, Chief of Customer Operations at Rittal explains: "For us, the CeBIT motto 'Managing Trust' means comprehensive infrastructure security in data centres. On the one hand, our focus is on the physical protection of the components, by means of racks, safes and security rooms, for example. On the other hand, intelligent protection by our sensors and monitoring software ensures permanent availability. With our continuous IT systems approach, we are covering essential safety aspects both in traditional data centres, as well as in cloud-based ones."

In addition to security awareness, the issues of energy efficiency and sustainability are still of great importance, of course. Investment decisions on new projects and on modernization measures depend greatly on the expected operating costs and the underlying efficiency of the solution. This pervades all aspects of technical infrastructure, especially in cooling solutions, of which Rittal is exhibiting scalable, high-efficiency systems in a variety of applications. In customer projects, for instance, it is possible to reach PUE (Power usage effectiveness) values as good as 1.2.

Solutions for every requirement

Rittal is presenting server and infrastructure solutions contained in a single enclosure for small businesses and dispersed locations. This extremely compact, space-saving solution can also be implemented in a security safe that protects the IT components from physical danger.

Larger enclosure series, as well as flexible container solutions with different climate control options for accommodating IT components are available for medium-sized companies. In addition, for large data centres, Rittal is presenting separate rooms for servers and the technical infrastructure with power back-up, cooling and fire protection technology.

The "Rittal - The System." platform integrates enclosures and components for power supply, cooling, monitoring and IT-security in a comprehensive and ideally coordinated solution. Visitors are encouraged to discover the many advantages based on hands-on examples that are presented at interactivity islands.

Rittal is introducing a large number of innovations at CeBIT. These include the "TS IT"; a new IT rack including accessories. Another innovation is the new Power Distribution Unit (PDU) that uses snap-in technology and which links to the Rittal Computer Multi Control (CMC) security management concept. A new generation of Modular Safes based on the TS 8 rack platform can also be viewed. In addition to the now well-known Data Centre Containers, the company is also presenting a solution in ISO dimensions.

"Pay as you grow" principle

All the innovations are intended to help customers fulfil their requirements. Therefore the Rittal IT infrastructure solutions function according to the "pay as you grow" principle. This means they are flexible and expandable in line with current customer requirements and thus ideally adapted to the growth of the company and its business activities. The cost of the IT infrastructure can be reduced by standardization and by using coordinated system components. Efficient components and solutions, such as UPS systems or power and cooling units with a high degree of efficiency, provide optimal performance data.

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Rittal GmbH & Co. KG

Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, which has its headquarters in Herborn, Germany, is one of the world's leading system suppliers for enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure and software & services. Customers from all sectors of industry, from mechanical 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 provider Eplan and the software and consultancy company Mind8 supplement the Rittal product portfolio with interdisciplinary engineering solutions.

Founded in 1961, Rittal is now active worldwide with 10 production sites, 63 subsidiaries and 40 agencies. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rittal is the largest company of the proprietor-run Friedhelm Loh Group of Haiger, Germany. The entire group employs 11,500 people and generated revenues of about € 2.2 billion in 2011. Further information at www.rittal.com and www.friedhelm-loh-group.com.