CONTENTS
OPINION 9 Swiss quality arrives in UK Company spotlight on Reichle & De-Massari AG
10 Say hello to BS EN 50173-6 Heralding service integration over structured cabling 26 Understanding the voice challenge Why voice is still the most critical channel
D ATA CENTRES
12 Are you cool? A look at greener data centre cooling 14 The colocated future is bright Beating the capacity crunch using colocation 34 Invisible data centres How the cloud is making technology invisible to users 36 Dealing with power loss The dangers of underestimating power requirements
CONVERGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE
16 Going wild with your network Remote resource management in the spotlight 18 The dangers of dead data Why your data centre drives need shredding 32 A new future for CSPs Spotlight on converged services for SMBs
TEST AND MEASUREMENT
28 Testing the Ethernet waters Four decades of Ethernet evolution – and counting… UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
20 Towards an all-IP future The evolution of real-time unified communications CASE STUDIES
24 Tapping the power of smart security Delivering a video surveillance system to APC Overnight 40 Mapping the power of colocation Physical and electronic connectivity is everything
BETTER BUSINESS
38 Exhibition Press Packs enhance your Public Relations strategy REGULARS
5 Foreword 6 Industry News
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