Rackspace Technology modernises Cando Rail Services railcar and shipment tracking
NEWS ackspace Technology , a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company , has announced
R it has partnered with Cando Rail Services , an international service provider of rail solutions , to architect a solution that improved railway IoT data processing through a serverless environment .
With over 42 years of experience , Cando offers specialised rail support services to optimise the bulk material supply chain and is a crucial linchpin between industrial customers and Class 1 railways . While developing its digital supply chain platform , Cando partnered with Onica , a Rackspace Technology company , to implement best practices that efficiently process and push through sensor data collected from the train carriages .
The company was already using Amazon Web Services ( AWS ); however , it wanted a serverless environment and needed an experienced partner to help with ongoing optimisation , enhancement and support .
Additional priorities included incorporating and following all security and CI / CD best practices and building new workloads for Cando ’ s proprietary Quasar platform . After completing an audit of the existing Quasar platform architecture , Onica recommended upgrades to everything from the database architecture to the AWS infrastructure .
“ Onica helped us create a super collaborative , highly functioning team that optimised our entire infrastructure and architecture from the ground up ,” said Corrie Banks , Director of Logistics , Cando . “ They executed the cut over from our old environment to the new environment in two hours , absolutely flawlessly .”
Iceotope named in Sunday Times ’ BGF 10 Green Tech to Watch UK companies
ceotope , a leader in
I chassis-level liquid cooling technologies from the cloud
to the Edge , has been acknowledged as a Sunday Times BGF 10 Green Tech to Watch in this year ’ s Sunday Times Tech Track 100 listing .
David Craig , CEO , Iceotope , said : “ Being recognised as a Green Tech to Watch by the Sunday Times BGF demonstrates the growing understanding of Iceotope ’ s chassislevel immersion cooling technologies and the positive impact they ’ re having in enabling the data centre industry to easily accommodate the increasing heat loads from the latest processor roadmaps and making their net-zero emission pledge a reality by bringing game-changing reductions in energy and water consumption .” the company ’ s position as a significant player in the liquid cooling market and as the leader in chassis-level liquid cooling .
Stephen Welton , Executive Chairman , BGF – the main sponsor , said : “ Turning netzero emission pledge into reality is a huge opportunity for investors , but it requires significant capital . BGF plans to increase investment into sustainable businesses from 5 % today up to 20 % in the next 18 months . The 10 Green Tech to Watch is a great platform to showcase promising companies in this space .”
The inclusion in this group of pioneering tech companies recognises
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