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Independent Insights
FPA - Risk management and fire protection for mission-critical facilities
Developments in Technology By Barry Lee Oam, Honorary Life Member, FPA Australia Telecommunications installations are good examples of mission-critical facilities. And they have experienced some disastrous fires; prominent among them the 1975 fire...Posted: 18 November, 2008
FPA Australia - Disastrous Consequences of Cable Fires in IT&T
By Peter Johnson, National President, Fire Protection Association, Australia Fire within IT and communication networks poses risks that extend beyond data loss or business interruption, with major fires possessing a very real potential to cause com...Posted: 23 July, 2008
Vendor Insights
Xtralis - "What A Coincidence! – Very Early Warning Smoke Detection Together With Suppression Actuation"
Overview The early detection of smoke becomes significantly more difficult in areas, such as computer rooms and telecommunications facilities, where the air, and hence any smoke, is being continuously circulated and filtered by air handling systems....Posted: 23 July, 2008
Longhaus - Power, water, bandwidth, space and the modern data centre
Why going green gets the green light By Sam Higgins, Longhaus PTY LTD Understanding basic design elements, and their constraints, will determine the success or failure of the best assembled data centre strategy. At present it seems market hype is...Posted: 23 July, 2008
Xtralis - Using air sampling smoke detection to protect data centers from fire
Overview With an electrical usage 5 to 10 times the normal power requirement of a standard office, Data Centers require specialist air conditioning to maintain their ideal operating environment. Conventional ‘passive’ detectors are ne...Posted: 22 July, 2008