dc efficiency through cabling | event Report uptime from critical systems and applications. Often the physical elements at the foundation of your IT infrastructure determine the data center’s performance, reliability, and success. To examine these issues, IT NEXT magazine, in partnership with Panduit and Sigmabyte Computers organized and event titled “Integrated Solutions for Data Center Efficiency” for IT infrastructure managers. S Vasunandan, Regional Sales Director for India & South West Asia for Panduit kicked off the session with an introduction to the company and its long history of delivering innovative cabling solutions. He also described the company’s extensive and tightly integrated portfolio of innovative physical infrastructure solutions, and mentioned the fact that Panduit collaborates closely with industry leaders like Cisco Systems, IBM, HP, Rockwell Automation and Johnson Controls to deliver comprehensive unified physical infrastructure-based solutions. He concluded his talk by pointing out that a robust IT infrastructure was necessary manage costs and meet sustainability goals, while reliably and costeffectively addressing challenges across business and technology domains. Nikhil Banka, Technical Manager–West for Panduit made a presentation on “Creating a Unified Physical Infrastructure”. He explained how trends like data center consolidation, server virtualization, and private cloud initiatives make silo-based approaches to designing, deploying, and managing the physical infrastructure a costly and time consuming process, and spoke about the need to adopt best practice methodologies that deliver robust, scalable physical infrastructures. He recommended that IT infrastructure managers look for integrated physical solutions that provide: Visibility and control for managing and automating real-time data processes Convergence of new technologies and high-speed data applications Operational efficiency through process improvement and IT initiatives, such as cooling conservation through energy efficient data cabinets Capacity management for greater real estate utilization Modular pods for high-density applications and reliable deployments Drawing on more than 20 years of personal experience in the cable installation business, Ketan Kothari, Managing Director of Sigma-Byte Computers explained the myths and facts of cabling. His talk was peppered with interesting anecdotes, and provided revealing insights about the wrong practices, design flaws and poor decisions that often compromise the proper functioning of network infrastructure and lead to sub-standard network performance. The session came to a close with a panel discussion on how to make the data center ready for the future.
ketan kothari, managing Director, sigma-by te computers pv t. ltd, el aborating on the my ths and facts of cabling technology and sharing some interesting anecdotes with the participants
a rapt audience comprising senior it managers paying complete attention to the panel discussion on ‘integrated solutions for data center efficiency’.
one of the participants of the event in a dialogue with nikhil banka of panduit to seek deeper insights into the technical aspects of cabling technology.
Participants in the deliberations included Kaushal Shah, Head-IT, Privi Organics; Niraj Godiwala, Deputy VP- IT Infrastructure, Capital First; Victor R Salve, Head – IT, Future Value Retail; and Shabbir Badra, Head–IT & GM, SI Group India. The panelists discussed the impact of trends like virtualisation, consolidation and cloud on data centers—and concurred that the trend was towards more compact and efficient facilities.
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