12 December 2024

Peter Savereux, Marketing Manager, Highlight

Investing in network monitoring equipment is a critical decision that can impact the efficiency and effectiveness of an organisation’s IT operations. Choosing the right solution requires careful consideration of current needs, future goals, and the primary purpose of the monitoring system. Here are some key factors to consider:

Define the purpose
The success of a network monitoring solution hinges on a well-defined purpose. Businesses must clearly identify what challenges the tool will address and how it will contribute to operational improvements. With a defined purpose, decision-makers will then be able to evaluate vendor claims and focus on solutions that can deliver measurable results.

06 December 2024

Martin Hodgson, Director, Paessler GmbH

IT monitoring presents most enterprises with quite a dilemma: you need to invest a lot of time and money in something that, in the best-case scenario, will never be needed. On the other hand, you can’t do without monitoring.

Every enterprise is dependent on the availability and performance of its IT. Businesses are required to keep on top of an ever-growing number of systems, even as cyber-attacks increase in scale and sophistication. With so many solutions to choose from, how can leaders ensure they select a monitoring tool that suits the unique needs of their enterprise? Here are the key considerations for enterprises when choosing a network monitoring solution.

06 November 2024

Alan Beresford, Managing Director, EcoCooling Ltd

Choosing the right cooling solution for your data centre is essential to protect you and your stakeholders’ assets and reputation. Overheating components can lead to costly system failures and interruptions to business, while well-cooled data centres are bastions of productivity and efficiency.

But the right solution right now could be woefully inadequate to keep up with the demands of technology in five or 10 years. High Performance Computing (HPC) has increased in power exponentially and its cooling demands have grown in step with this.

30 October 2024

Nick Ewing, Managing Director, EfficiencyIT

There's no one-size-fits-all when it comes to data centre cooling. The optimal solution will always be application-specific and based on the customers’ requirements.Historically, air cooling has been the primary method used to maintain optimum cooling temperatures within data centres. However, the growing demand for AI and GPU-accelerated computing has increased rack densities and power consumption, and increased the heat generated by the servers, necessitating more effective cooling strategies such as liquid cooling.

07 October 2024

Erik Hoeboer, Marketing Manager for Business EMEA, Netgear

Robust and reliable digital infrastructure is the backbone of any successful business. Whether you’re upgrading your existing setup or building a communications network from scratch, there are some essential considerations to ensure success.

1. Assess your business needs
Before diving into specific models or brands, consider the unique needs of your business, its size, the number of employees and the type of operations you run. Are you in one location or spread across several sites? Understanding the scale and complexity of your network will help you determine the necessary capacity and features of your routers and WiFi systems.