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Protect your IT infrastructure from physical threats

IT infrastructure is the heart of any modern enterprise, and any downtime or disruption can have a detrimental effect on business operations. Dust, heat, humidity and even people can all cause damage to sensitive equipment, potentially shutting down organisations. You can protect your data centre and IT infrastructure from physical threats, both environmental and human, with APC’s Netbotz active security and environmental monitoring solutions, available now from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC).

“Protecting IT infrastructure is vital, but it is not necessarily a viable option to have a physical security guard in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Netbotz from APC offers a smart alternative solution, with a complete set of tools that automates the monitoring of infrastructure and alerts the correct people, should something happen. Netbotz delivers a scalable suite of intelligent appliances including sensors, access controls and cameras, which can be tailored to suit a variety of mission critical data environments,” says Robert Brandt, UPS and infrastructure product specialist at DCC.

Netbotz delivers a crucial layer of physical security for any IT environment, providing constant monitoring and protection for IT assets by constantly monitoring these assets for a variety of criteria. Netbotz instantly alerts relevant individuals of air conditioner failures, fires, leaking pipes, smoke, condensation and other hazards, giving people time to respond before these problems can become catastrophes. Netbotz also provides recorded video footage, so that when human error is a factor this video feed will show exactly what happened and when.

The Netbotz solution offers organisations peace of mind when it comes to IT assets, ensuring that even remote sites are monitored to the highest levels of accuracy and eliminating the dangers of human error. The system includes a monitoring appliance, environmental sensors, a colour security camera and integrated software that assesses the severity of threats and notifies appointed individuals in case of problems. The solution uses InfraStruXure Central, a central station platform application that can communicate with, configure, manage, archive and provide trend analysis on data from one to hundreds of Netbotz appliances throughout a distributed enterprise. Third party sensors can also be integrated for additional functionality such as glass breakage, gas detection, fuel levels on generators, pressure and so on.

For more information, contact Robert Brandt, DCC, +27 (0)11 201 8927, [email protected]

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