Schneider Electric system enhances
physical security at the edge
A combination of video clip capture and
badge rack access control helps facility and
IT managers protect edge data centres and
maintain compliance.
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The new NetBotz appliance line-up
features NetBotz Rack Monitor 750
and the NetBotz Camera Pod 165.
Continuing 20 years of innovation in data
centre and IT environment monitoring,
the NetBotz 750 introduces a powerful
new software platform and simplified
sensor management, as the first line of
defence against IT downtime.
Designed to provide IT professionals with
the visibility and monitoring needed to
contend with physical and environmental
threats to edge data centres, such as
high heat and humidity, water leaks,
smoke and fire, as well as theft and
accidental errors by people with access
to the physical infrastructure.
IT equipment has
become so resilient
in recent years that
people sometimes
forget how much the
environment matters.
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As an EcoStruxure Ready device, alerts
and sensor data from multiple NetBotz
monitoring units can be managed
centrally in the cloud-based DCIM
platform, EcoStruxure IT.
chneider Electric, a leader in
Digital Transformation of energy
management and automation,
has announced the new APC NetBotz
Monitoring and Management System to
bring enhanced monitoring, management
and control to IT environments.
Ron Catanzaro, Vice President of
Rack Systems and NetBotz, Schneider
Electric, said: “IT equipment has
become so resilient in recent years that
people sometimes forget how much the
environment matters.
“With the proliferation of edge networks
today, IT is frequently deployed in
atypical compute locations with high foot
traffic and unpredictable environmental
conditions, so it is critical to introduce
sensing, surveillance and access
control. The next generation of NetBotz
is the solution ready to protect these
highly specialised environments.”
Organisations lose as much as US$100
million a year to downtime according
to Infonetics Research and common
environmental risks like leaks, high heat
and humidity accounted for 11% of all
data centre outages in a calendar year.
Building on the best-in-class security
and environmental monitoring of the
current NetBotz product suite, the
features of the next generation product
line include:
• Integrated surveillance, sensing
and badge access control requiring
only a single IP address simplifies
management and speeds installation
• New high definition, low-light
cameras provide the enhanced
visibility required to mitigate unique
edge data centre threats
• Video clip capture based on alerts
like motion detected or door opened
reduces complexity in managing
surveillance footage
• Combination of badge rack access
control and clip capture provides
a powerful audit trail, helping
organisations maintain compliance
with various data standards bodies
• Native support for wireless sensors
speeds installation, eliminating the
rigid cabling infrastructure typically
required of environmental monitoring.
The NetBotz Rack Monitor 750 and
Camera Pod 165 are available now.
The NetBotz 250, which was launched
in October 2016, will continue as
the entry-level environmental
monitoring solution. u
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