INTELLIGENT DATACENTRES
Siemon, Signify and Mart Networks
bring data centre and intelligent building
infrastructure expertise to Oman
Prem Rodrigues, Director
of Sales and Marketing for
the Middle East, India and
SAARC at Siemon
iemon, a leading global network
infrastructure specialist, has
joined forces with Signify,
formerly Philips Lighting, a
leader in lighting, connected lighting and
lighting for the Internet of Things, and
value-added distributor Mart Networks
to deliver an Emerging Technology Forum
which presented innovative solutions
and technologies that are making next
generation data centres and intelligent
buildings a reality.
Over 70 delegates including end-users,
consultants and system integrators attended
the successful event which took place at
the Crown Plaza hotel in Muscat, Oman.
The exponential growth of the Internet of
Things (IoT) and Big Data is putting increased
pressure on IT infrastructures in commercial
buildings and in data centres. More and
more IP enabled devices are converging onto
the building infrastructure and data centres
are required to process and store exorbitant
volumes of data generated by these devices.
The immediate challenge for organisations
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is to understand how best to design and
implement the right network infrastructure
solutions to support this development.
Narender Vasandani, Technical Services
Group Manager for Middle East and India
at Siemon, kicked off the forum with a
presentation of Siemon’s ConvergeIT
solutions for intelligent buildings.
He explained how a converged approach
to an intelligent building’s network
infrastructure can provide significant cost
savings and sustainability over the life of
the facility by utilising a structured cabling
system that converges critical data, voice,
video, low-voltage lighting and building
management systems onto a single unified
physical infrastructure and delivering data
and Power over Ethernet to end devices.
He went on to demonstrate how
increased pressure on data centres such as
the need for increased equipment density,
ease of installation, accessibility and thermal
efficiency can be addressed through careful
component selection.
Attendees learnt how inventive data
centre cabinet solutions offer innovative
zero-U space between bayed cabinets
that can be utilised for patching, power
distribution and cable management to free
up valuable horizontal mounting space
inside the cabinet to enable higher active
equipment density.
Vasandani also discussed the importance
of cabling selection in addressing
requirements for higher data throughput
and speeds with new Base 8 plug and play
fibre systems providing an easy and efficient
migration path to 40 and 100 Gb/s speeds.
Sahil Shehri, Network Solution
Architect and Technical Manager for MEA
at Mart Networks, concluded the forum by
taking a closer look at the role enterprise
switching solutions play in the data centre
environment.
“We are delighted with the amount of
interest this Emerging Technology Forum
received,” said Prem Rodrigues, Director
of Sales and Marketing for the Middle
East, India and SAARC at Siemon. “Strong
attendance confirms there is great interest
in solutions that help businesses future-
proof their network infrastructures and the
forum gave us a valuable opportunity to
position the company as a leader in network
infrastructure solutions in the region. We
will continue to build our presence in Oman,
as we continue to provide technology and
services that optimise data centre and
intelligent building infrastructures.”
Fatih Simsek, end-user segment
marketing manager at Signify Middle East,
said: “We are pleased to have been able to
share our knowledge, opportunities and best
practices from proven smart office projects
that we implemented around the world with
the Omani market to support the country’s
Smart City initiative and sustainability goals
by enabling smart sustainable workspaces
that allow an increase in efficiency,
productivity and workplace innovation.”
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