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Containerised IT - thinking within the box

Containerised IT - thinking within the box

IT has always liked things that were modular. It plays to the engineering geek inside most IT professionals. When Sun announced Project Blackbox in 2006, it started a race to move from modular systems to modular data centres and a market that is estimated by Companies and Markets Research to be worth $40.41bn by 2018. Matthew Goulding takes a look at the history and benefits of modular data centres.

Balanced power prolongs life of redundant systems

Balanced power prolongs life of redundant systems

Zurich based ABB Automation and Power Technologies is using Murrelektronik's MB Redundancy Balance 24V power supply systems in generator excitation controllers to improve power plant operational reliability. Excitation voltage failures can have severe financial consequences, so redundancy is an important element of the design. However, how you manage that redundancy is equally important, as Manuel Senk explains.

Ensuring a safe passage through the minefield

Ensuring a safe passage through the minefield

MPE’s EMC filters for specialist equipment to meet the latest defence challenges have included threat detection and protection technologies to deal with explosives such as roadside IEDs and mines.

Getting to grips with IEC 61439-2

Getting to grips with IEC 61439-2

In the following article, Rittal summarises the key changes that have arisen with the introduction of IEC 61439-2 and the effects that this new standard will have on the low voltage switchgear industry.

Reliable power supplies for a world class research facility

Reliable power supplies for a world class research facility

A state-of-the-art research centre is currently being built in Hamburg, Germany. When work is finished in 2016, the European XFEL will generate ultra short X-ray flashes in a 3.4km tunnel, opening up completely new research opportunities for scientists around the world. 

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