Racktivity and Comutel Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Innovative Solutions to Data Centers and Telecommunications Providers Across Eastern Europe
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Posted on May 14, 2012 at 2:07:01 AM
Racktivity and Comutel Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Innovative Solutions to Data Centers and Telecommunications Providers Across Eastern Europe
LOCHRISTI, Belgium, May 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Comutel, part of the Telelink group, to bring next-generation energy and environment
monitoring and management solutions to customers in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia,
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Ukraine and Hungary
Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and environment monitoring and
management solutions, and Comutel, a highly respected Serbia based system integrator, have
announced a strategic agreement to help data center customers reduce costs and improve
uptime through innovative energy management and monitoring software, smart power
distribution and environmental sensor technology.
Comutel, part of the Telelink Group, has a 21-year history of excellence and is the
leading Cisco Gold Partner in Serbia. The company has helped clients including leading
regional telecom providers, public companies, government departments and major financial
institutions in a wide range of data center projects.
"Our customers are keen to improve the efficiency of their data centers as the demand
for IT services grows across the region," explains Miodrag Radulovic, CEO for Comutel.
"Racktivity provides a range of solutions that address critical energy and management
concerns for a wide remit of organisations, both in our extensive internal testing process
and in discussion with key customers it has become clear that there is a significant
opportunity across the region by working closely with Racktivity."
Comutel will offer the complete Racktivity portfolio including Racktivity's Data
Center Performance Manager (DCPM) suite, the only distributed software solution to manage
up to thousands of smart PDUs and a wide range of other critical data center components -
UPS, ATS/STS, airco, gensets, other smart PDUs brands, etc. - as a single environment.
Racktivity's EnergySwitch series of next-generation smart Power Distribution Units feature
a real-time operating system delivering the highest degree of granular real-time
power-quality type metrics. The range is complemented by the Racktivity EnergySensors
offering a granular set of monitoring features including temperature, humidity and motion
sensing as well as smoke detection, water leak detection and dry contact for rack door
intrusion detection. Finally Comutel will also have access to the new Racktivity DC2Sensor
for monitoring DC Power.
Aggregating AC power, DC power and all relevant environmental metrics through one
single open platform (DCPM) for both concentrated data centers and thousands of smaller
distributed remote locations such as PoPs, bay stations, optical nodes, head ends, etc.)
Racktivity addresses real pain points and is a tangible solutions provider for national
and international telecommunication and broadband service providers.
Comutel is part of the Telelink Group, which comprises of over 700 employees with
offices in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Ukraine
and Hungary generating annual revenues in excess of 70 million Euros. Alongside a broad
portfolio of professional IT solutions and services Telelink also offers managed services
addressing complex information and communication needs of small and medium enterprises and
specific governmental and private organizations on the basis of partial or complete
outsourcing of ICT equipment and processes.
"Our partnership with Comutel is more than just a resale agreement," explains Hans
Witdouck, CEO for Racktivity, "We will be working closely alongside Comutel to bring the
benefits of our technology to its existing and prospective clients through technical
assistance, education and by raising awareness of the benefits that Racktivity brings to
data centers across the world."
Racktivity will also be working with other parts of the Telelink group to help
demonstrate how its energy management solutions can address real world data center issues
around power consumption and management. Last year Racktivity was rated as one of the Top
100 most innovative companies in Europe by Red Herring, an influential technology
publication.
About Racktivity
Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and environment management offers
the industry's only integrated hardware and software for data centers. The Data Center
Performance Manager (DCPM) suite measures, monitors and manages power across distributed
data centers and gives customers full visibility and control of their data center energy
consumption while integrating seamlessly with other data center applications and PDU
appliances.
As part of the Data Center Performance Management system Racktivity's EnergySwitch
family of smart Power Distribution Units (PDUs) equips data centers with the most advanced
metering, switching and predictive analysis capabilities available on the market today.
Racktivity was founded in 2009 in Ghent, Belgium, by Wilbert Ingels, an experienced
executive in data center technologies, and by Kristof De Spiegeleer, serial entrepreneur
and visionary. Racktivity's headquarters is located in Lochristi, Belgium.
http://www.racktivity.com
Editors, for further information, please contact:
Anne Harding
The Message Machine (PR for Racktivity)
anne@themessagemachine.com
+44-1895-631448
Source: Racktivity
LOCHRISTI, Belgium, May 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Comutel, part of the Telelink group, to bring next-generation energy and environment
monitoring and management solutions to customers in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia,
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Ukraine and Hungary
Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and environment monitoring and
management solutions, and Comutel, a highly respected Serbia based system integrator, have
announced a strategic agreement to help data center customers reduce costs and improve
uptime through innovative energy management and monitoring software, smart power
distribution and environmental sensor technology.
Comutel, part of the Telelink Group, has a 21-year history of excellence and is the
leading Cisco Gold Partner in Serbia. The company has helped clients including leading
regional telecom providers, public companies, government departments and major financial
institutions in a wide range of data center projects.
"Our customers are keen to improve the efficiency of their data centers as the demand
for IT services grows across the region," explains Miodrag Radulovic, CEO for Comutel.
"Racktivity provides a range of solutions that address critical energy and management
concerns for a wide remit of organisations, both in our extensive internal testing process
and in discussion with key customers it has become clear that there is a significant
opportunity across the region by working closely with Racktivity."
Comutel will offer the complete Racktivity portfolio including Racktivity's Data
Center Performance Manager (DCPM) suite, the only distributed software solution to manage
up to thousands of smart PDUs and a wide range of other critical data center components -
UPS, ATS/STS, airco, gensets, other smart PDUs brands, etc. - as a single environment.
Racktivity's EnergySwitch series of next-generation smart Power Distribution Units feature
a real-time operating system delivering the highest degree of granular real-time
power-quality type metrics. The range is complemented by the Racktivity EnergySensors
offering a granular set of monitoring features including temperature, humidity and motion
sensing as well as smoke detection, water leak detection and dry contact for rack door
intrusion detection. Finally Comutel will also have access to the new Racktivity DC2Sensor
for monitoring DC Power.
Aggregating AC power, DC power and all relevant environmental metrics through one
single open platform (DCPM) for both concentrated data centers and thousands of smaller
distributed remote locations such as PoPs, bay stations, optical nodes, head ends, etc.)
Racktivity addresses real pain points and is a tangible solutions provider for national
and international telecommunication and broadband service providers.
Comutel is part of the Telelink Group, which comprises of over 700 employees with
offices in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Ukraine
and Hungary generating annual revenues in excess of 70 million Euros. Alongside a broad
portfolio of professional IT solutions and services Telelink also offers managed services
addressing complex information and communication needs of small and medium enterprises and
specific governmental and private organizations on the basis of partial or complete
outsourcing of ICT equipment and processes.
"Our partnership with Comutel is more than just a resale agreement," explains Hans
Witdouck, CEO for Racktivity, "We will be working closely alongside Comutel to bring the
benefits of our technology to its existing and prospective clients through technical
assistance, education and by raising awareness of the benefits that Racktivity brings to
data centers across the world."
Racktivity will also be working with other parts of the Telelink group to help
demonstrate how its energy management solutions can address real world data center issues
around power consumption and management. Last year Racktivity was rated as one of the Top
100 most innovative companies in Europe by Red Herring, an influential technology
publication.
About Racktivity
Racktivity, an innovator in next-generation energy and environment management offers
the industry's only integrated hardware and software for data centers. The Data Center
Performance Manager (DCPM) suite measures, monitors and manages power across distributed
data centers and gives customers full visibility and control of their data center energy
consumption while integrating seamlessly with other data center applications and PDU
appliances.
As part of the Data Center Performance Management system Racktivity's EnergySwitch
family of smart Power Distribution Units (PDUs) equips data centers with the most advanced
metering, switching and predictive analysis capabilities available on the market today.
Racktivity was founded in 2009 in Ghent, Belgium, by Wilbert Ingels, an experienced
executive in data center technologies, and by Kristof De Spiegeleer, serial entrepreneur
and visionary. Racktivity's headquarters is located in Lochristi, Belgium.
http://www.racktivity.com
Editors, for further information, please contact:
Anne Harding
The Message Machine (PR for Racktivity)
anne@themessagemachine.com
+44-1895-631448
Source: Racktivity