We wanted to take this opportunity as the end of the year draws close to thank all of our customers, staff and partners for their support and hard work throughout 2020. It has been an incredibly tough time for everyone in both professional and personal lives. While everyone has been adapting to the impact of […]
Today we are announcing the successful completion of a new UPS room, Air Handling Unit (AHU) and air conditioning upgrade at Principality Building Society in Cardiff, Wales – A mutual building society with over 500,000 members and 160 years’ experience. With existing AHU and sensing equipment approaching end of life, Principality wanted to upgrade to […]
For a long-time energy efficiency has been extremely important in the data centre, initially this was really about cost, but over time has moved to more of a position of being a responsible ‘citizen’. It helps to reduce the impacts of climate change and meet the sustainability goals that have become such an important discussion […]
Energy efficiency is nothing new to those that work in data centres, it is something that we spend our lives chasing, looking for every improvement we can make. Advances in technology help of course, but that is not the end of the story – it needs to be managed properly. Sustainability has increasingly become a […]
Are you confident that your fire suppression is all in good order? Ask this of most data centre managers and the answer will be a confident “yes”. Every responsible DC manager will conduct regular tests of their fire suppression system including cylinder levels and pressure checks, alerts and sensor tests. Outside of this, they should […]
When it comes to data centre infrastructure management, it is an area that causes stress for many of the data centre managers that meet. One of the challenges is that DCIM is an umbrella term that covers a lot of areas from asset management to environment controls, and depending on the complexity of your infrastructure […]
Things are never quiet in the world of data centres – there is always something that needs doing. Over the last 12 months keeping the data centre running and making sure it can serve everyone’s needs when working remotely has been a major focus of attention. What we do need to be careful of though, […]
We’re pleased to announce today the extension of our long-standing relationship with University of Chichester. A new multi-year maintenance and support contract has been signed that will see Secure I.T. Environments work across the university’s two sites at Bishop Otter and Bognor. The new contract covers a range of services including repairs, support and preventative […]
We are today able to announce that Secure I.T. Environments has been accepted on to the NHS London Procurement Partnership programme under the Minor Works and Maintenance DPS. Acceptance on to the LPP programme means that NHS and public sector contracting authorities will be able to benefit from decades of experience within Secure I.T. Environments […]
An efficiently executed migration under COVID-19 safety measures, maintaining key services and data replication with no loss of connectivity. Today we are announcing the completion of a data centre migration project for the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), moving equipment and assets across a carefully choreographed weekend between sites 80 miles apart in […]
