Australia’s reliance on power is phenomenal and digitalisation is only increasing our dependency. Can you imagine the impact of even a 5-minute outage? Each year we consume on average, a total of 229.40 billion kWh or an average of 9,179kWh per capita, but what happens when something goes wrong? A disruption to the power; are you prepared? In fact, did you know there are nine types of power disruption, and they occur more than you think? In 2018 alone over 1 million people were affected by power outages in Australia. When a disruption occurs, what can you do to protect [...]

You might not be aware but there are nine types of power disruption, and they occur more than you think. These power problems are potentially harmful to your business, hardware, and data, so what are they? Power Failure The most common source of power issue is Power Failure or blackout and is the complete interruption of the electrical supply. Everyone has experienced this and it can be caused by a variety of sources including utility failures, storms, objects striking lines or poles, fire, and human error. Equipment damage and data loss are common consequences. Power Sag This is a sudden [...]

The Challenge In 2019, network security is primarily focused on protecting networks against cyber-attacks and as a result, administrators often inadvertently overlook the constant danger from environmental threats. Protection from environmental threats brings a crucial layer of physical security to any IT environment—big or small—by constantly monitoring and protecting your IT assets from environmental threats and human error. Being immediately aware of air conditioning failures, fires, leaking pipes, smoke, condensation, and other hazards gives you time to respond to problems before they become catastrophic—and when human error is a factor, recorded video clips show you exactly what happened. Staff simply [...]

If your on-premise environment were to have an outage, how long could you cope before significant damage was done to your business? Recent emphasis on the cloud has created the emergence of “the forgotten edge”. A bit like relatives who you’ve been meaning to catch up with; your edge needs a bit of love too. With less equipment on-premise, these environments are becoming “out of sight – out of mind” and arguably get less attention from IT Managers today. However, we’re making a big call here and saying that those on-premise environments are even just as or even more important [...]

or How I learned to like The Workload Concentration Bubble  As an avid user of live optics to analyse environments for sizing, I was recently discussing the outputs with a peer, I realised there was a lot more to this particular graph than at first appears. For those that don’t know, Live Optics is a free online tool by Dell to collect and analyse data about your IT workloads and environment - www.liveoptics.com . It allows you to create some really great graphs of your workloads in Windows, VMware, Linux, UNIX. You can run it on non-Dell environments as well. [...]

You have had the phone call, you are moving office and you are responsible for the IT relocation – as well as doing you day to day job. Any change has risks associated with it and a relocation of IT equipment would have to be one of the riskiest of all. Lots of moving parts, different vendors in the mix, interdependencies built up over many years. Now the CEO wants you to move it over a weekend to the new office with no issues? But with a bit of planning and work, your IT relocation can be successful. Here are [...]

Most mainstream UPS (Uninterruptible power supply) vendors will be releasing Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries in their products in the coming months (This article dated April 2018). What are the features and differences of Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) over traditional Sealed Lead-Acid (SLA) battery currently used in UPS systems? This FAQ will help you to understand the new technology and where it may help you. Why Li-Ion batteries in UPS now? Rechargeable Li-Ion are already available with cell phones, computers, power packs and power tools for a number of years, but only recently have had the right balance of price, energy density, [...]

For Medline Industries Inc (Australia) Established in 1910, Medline Industries Inc has grown from a small manufacturer of aprons, surgical gowns and uniforms to a thriving $8 billion global enterprise.  Currently, Medline manufactures and distributes a vast range of medical and surgical products to healthcare institutions and retail markets around the globe with offices in 20 different countries, Australia being one of these. The Challenge Nicholas Refalo, System Administrator and Zefeel Ali, Network Engineer for the Australia and New Zealand division had a challenge on his hands. Their office currently located in Kings Park was relocating to a new site [...]

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Did you know that there were over 250 power outages across Australia last year (2016) within an average outage of 64 minutes? Are you able to protect your self for this amount of outage? From the yearly report from Eaton, the below infographic summaries the power outages in Australia.   For the complete report,