Businesses urged to invest in data to achieve digital transformation
Data has become an important aspect as the world rapidly adapts to new realities brought about by a highly digitised economy. File photo
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- Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, according to Mr Simonelli, has been key in designing data systems that incorporate remote monitoring, management services, uninterrupted power supply and cooling systems inside a low profile cabinet.
Businesses must invest in data management if they are to make digital transformation a reality, according to an expert in data centre management.
Speaking at the launch of Schneider Electric’s wall-mounted micro data centre during the global Innovation Summit, Mr Jim Simonelli, the Schneider Electric secure power division senior vice president for emerging businesses, told delegates that there was need to enhance cybersecurity as the world opens to new possibilities amid mounting pressure to digitise.
The wall-mounted micro data centre, he said, had been built with a creative design and functionality that will enable businesses and innovators to “open up new possibilities to deploy resilient IT, making digital transformation a reality”.
Data has become an important aspect as the world rapidly adapts to new realities brought about by a highly digitised economy.
However, digitisation has come with a lot of challenges which demand highly professionalised system and processes to protect businesses from fraud and cyber-attacks.
Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, according to Mr Simonelli, has been key in designing data systems that incorporate remote monitoring, management services, uninterrupted power supply and cooling systems inside a low profile cabinet.
The company, he said, has built on the experience to build a wall-mounted data unit that is ideal for light industrial environments.
