Tyco Electronics has acquired the intellectual property (IP) rights to the 9th wire hardware technology that powers its AMPTRAC Intelligent Infrastructure Management System (IIM).
Tyco Electronics acquires smart technology IP
9th wire technology provides real-time monitoring of planned and unplanned changes to layer 1 physical infrastructure. It allows patch fields, without active electronics, to communicate with analysers and work with licensed IIM software from iTRACS Corporation. The combined solution makes it easier for IT administrators to maintain an accurate configuration management database, meet corporate needs for maximum network uptime, enhance asset location and turn cabling systems and their connected devices into smart networks.
“Tyco Electronics is investing in the Intelligent Solution arena to provide IT and facilities managers with the tools they need to perform real-time analysis to expose inefficiencies and optimise the use of their assets”, says Stephen Mitchell, Vice President of the AMP NETCONNECT business unit of Tyco Electronics: “The 9th wire IP acquisition demonstrates our commitment to that investment, to our AMPTRAC product line and to Tyco’s efforts to provide the industry with the best networking intelligence solutions available”. A component of the acquisition provides an established community of vendors a license to the intellectual property, with the intent to position this passive real-time hardware technology as an industry standard. Mitchell says that Tyco Electronics is the leading provider of IIM solutions based on the 9th wire technology in data centres and office networks. He adds that the AMPTRAC connectivity management solution offers the benefits of seamless integration, fast implementation, and one-stop installation support.
Tyco Electronics Ltd. is a leading global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, specialty products and undersea telecommunication systems, with fiscal 2009 sales of US$10.3 billion to customers in more than 150 countries. They design, manufacture and market products for customers in a broad array of industries including automotive; data communication systems and consumer electronics; telecommunications; aerospace, defense and marine; medical; energy; and lighting. More information on Tyco Electronics can be found at
www.tycoelectronics.com
Building & Facilities Management – July 2010
VWS (UK) Ltd is A RoSPA Gold Medal award winner
VWS (UK) Ltd is celebrating winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards in 2010. VWS (UK) Ltd is the registered name for Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, ELGA Process Water and ELGA LabWater. The Gold Medal (7 consecutive Golds) award was presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on May 11th. The ceremony took place alongside Safety & Health Expo 2010, Europe’s leading annual health and safety exhibition. The RoSPA Awards scheme is not only about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work; it also encourages organisations to develop robust health and safety management systems.
David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “VWS (UK) Ltd has shown a commitment to protecting the health and well-being of its employees and others. Organisations which do this deserve to have such dedication recognised and that’s where the RoSPA Awards come in. “As well as there being clear ethical reasons and legal requirements for good health and safety management, there is also a strong business case. RoSPA is delighted to publicly honour organisations which have demonstrated their work to improve performance in this sphere.” Ian Stewart, CEO VWS (UK) Ltd, said: “We are delighted to receive this award for the 7th consecutive year. Health and safety will always be a high priority for our company and we will continue to actively promote a positive health & safety culture to achieve the highest possible standards.”
The majority of awards are
non-competitive and mark achievement which is graded at merit, bronze, silver and gold levels.
Organisations maintaining high standards can win gold medals, President’s Awards and Orders of Distinction.
Competitive awards go to the best entries in 23 individual industry sectors and there are special awards for workforce involvement, training, occupational health, environmental management and the management of occupational road risk. There is also a trophy for the best organisation operating or based in Scotland. RoSPA’s top accolade is the Sir George Earle Trophy.
The RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2010 are sponsored by NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the leading health and safety professional examining body.
This year, three days of award ceremonies were held in Birmingham from May 11-13th and gala dinners were hosted by Lord Jordan of Bournville, RoSPA President, Lord Hunt of Wirral, RoSPA Vice-President and Lord Brougham and Vaux, RoSPA Vice-President, for representatives of award-winning organisations. An award ceremony will also take place in Glasgow in September. Email:
sales.uk@
veoliawater.com www.veoliawater.com
Memco appoints Paul Simmons as Managing Director
Global elevator safety and
communications specialist Memco has appointed Paul Simmons as its new Managing Director. Paul succeeds Peter Bailey who retired in April 2010 after 19 years at Memco.
Prior to joining Memco Paul spent 13 years at 3M, the global consumer and industrial products group. He progressed from Operations Director of a new acquisition to become General Manager of 3M’s largest UK business, Industrial Adhesives and Tapes. While at 3M Paul completed his Black Belt in Six Sigma techniques, leading training and business
change projects in the US and Europe over a two year period. Earlier in his career he worked for Interconnection Systems Ltd and Mars Drinks in operations and product
development roles. Paul has a BEng (Hons) degree in Engineering Production from the University of Birmingham.
www.memco.co.uk Email:
sales@memco.co.uk
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