Intelligent Data Centres Issue 08 | Page 38

FEATURE Dean Boyle, CEO of EkkoSense Critical – for both real-time and simulation/ risk management uses. Our customers use load banks to simulate capacity increases and they find EkkoSoft Critical’s ability to demonstrate loads as part of their broader data centre activities a great way of optimising their risk management strategy. “It’s great that we’ve now completed our technical integration with EkkoSense and we look forward to now offering the solution to more customers across Europe.” Rentaload offers a portfolio of smart electrical load bank solutions for testing resistive loads for initial data centre commissioning (Level 4 and IST Commissioning Tests) and deployment. RENTALOAD’S RACK-MOUNTED LOAD BANK SOLUTIONS PROVIDE HIGHLY ACCURATE INSIGHT INTO A DATA CENTRE’S FUNCTIONALITY UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. 38 Issue 08 Designed for server room power acceptance testing during the building, renovation or maintenance of data centres, Rentaload’s rack-mounted load bank solutions provide highly accurate insight into a data centre’s functionality under normal operating conditions. EkkoSoft Critical offers a practical and cost-effective way for organisations to achieve real time visibility of their critical data centre heartbeat data. Because of this, EkkoSense’s intuitive SaaS offering provides an entirely complementary solution to the Rentaload proposition. “Applying Rentaload’s proven load bank technology is a great way for organisations to test the actual future load of their data centres and ensure whether their initial power and cooling provision is adequate and compliant,” added EkkoSense’s CEO Dean Boyle. “Integrating with EkkoSoft Critical provides a great value add for Rentaload’s existing customers, while our joint proposition opens up new opportunities across Europe for both our organisations, particularly those looking for greater insight into their data centre power, cooling and space performance.” Maximising data centre performance with EkkoSoft Critical Thanks to advanced DCIM-class features such as powerful M&E Scenario Planning and Simulation and unique cooling analytics capabilities, EkkoSoft Critical delivers the management and analytics solutions that help operations teams to maximise their data centre performance. EkkoSoft Critical offers the industry’s most comprehensive software-driven thermal optimisation provision, helping EkkoSense customers to achieve data centre cooling energy savings of 25 to 30%, typical ROIs of less than a year and significant benefits in terms of released capacity, reduced energy costs and ongoing ASHRAE standards compliance management. ◊ www.intelligentdatacentres.com