products & innovations
Node4 launches next generation fully
managed data centre firewall services
Node4 has launched N4Protect and N4Protect+, two highly sophisticated firewall services
for maximum protection against security threats. The new services offer customers
security at a range of capability levels, providing cost effective, scalable and resilient
security solutions with some of the industry’s most sophisticated threat reporting.
N4Protect and N4Protect+ are built on Fortinet’s FortiGate firewall hardware platform,
allowing businesses to reap the benefits of Node4’s investment in an advanced adaptive
threat protection system. This actively compares notes with millions of other Fortinetenabled devices in the field to adapt to developing threats as they appear.
Both Node4 security services incorporate geographic dual resiliency, with dedicated
multi-tenant firewalls in the company’s Data Centres in Leeds and Northampton.
Node4’s base level product, N4Protect, provides all the features expected of a
standard firewall, while N4Protect+ enhances this protection further with adaptive
Unified Threat Management and heuristic analysis. Node4 customers can also add
Node4’s Anti-Virus and Intrusion Protection ‘plug in’ services to both products. Both
services are fully managed by Node4.
For further information visit www.node4.co.uk
CUMMINS QSK60 DIESEL SERIES SETS NEW STANDARD
FOR POWER, PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY
Cummins Power Generation has introduced the QSK60-G22 engine as part of the QSK60
Diesel Series. Having previously only been available in a 60Hz version, the new 50Hz
generator means the manufacturer is now able to deliver 2,750kVA of power utilising the
powerful and more fuel efficient 60-litre engine.
Ideal for mission critical applications that require quick, responsive and reliable emergency
power – such as data centres, the C2750D5B provides the highest level of reliability as all the
parts are designed, tested and supported to work together in this specific configuration.
Cummins calls this, The Power of One, where all the major components – engine,
alternator, transfer switch and control system – are engineered and manufactured by a single
supplier to work seamlessly together for the life of the product.
The introduction of the C2750D5B also builds on the success of equivalent models in
the 60Hz market and provides high levels of power density due to its smaller footprint. With
this high level of power, together with its
performance and the reliability, the QSK60
Diesel Series gives
peak performance
and cost savings over
the life of the system.
For further
information
visit power.
cummins.com
Dell Delivers
hyper-converged
infrastructure portfolio
for flexible, scalable
and streamlined IT
Dell has announced expansions to
its hyper-converged infrastructure
portfolio to help customers accelerate
and simplify IT deployment and
management to meet their goals now
while also preparing for the future.
New additions, from VCE VxRail
appliances and VxRack systems to
flexible VMware Virtual SAN Ready
Nodes and next generation Dell XC
Series hyper-converged appliances,
help Dell offer a variety of hyperconverged solutions from reference
architectures to purpose built
engineered solutions.
Hyper-converged infrastructures
continue to gain momentum as
organisations reap the benefits of
faster time-to-value and more efficient
operations from flexible, scalable,
streamlined IT.
Dell has built its hyper-converged
infrastructure portfolio to address
multiple customer criteria for solution
deployment success. This includes
options that offer customers the
flexibility to prescriptively build their
own solutions, start small with scalable
appliances, or deploy full stack, prebuilt engineered solutions. Dell’s
hyper-converged infrastructure portfolio
enables precise alignment with an
organisation’s unique IT environment,
workloads, and performance and
scalability requirements.
For further information visit
www.dell.co.uk
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