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01732 759725 05 magazine Racking up the benefits For Clive Partridge, Rittal Technical Manager, IT infrastructure, the Rittal TS IT Rack has all the attributes of an ideal solution, including a safe environment for servers and other equipment; compliance with current standards; a modular design for future modification/upgrade; and an optimum price/performance ratio. On top of this, the TS IT Rack (and optional accessories) offers largely tool-less assembly, saving time and money, and a vertically divided rear door (fitted as standard on racks over 24U) giving direct access to all equipment. See it at Data Centre World at the Excel, London on March 11-12. www.rittal.co.uk World’s lightest Dynabook Europe GmbH describes the Portégé X30L-G as the world’s lightest 13.3in fully featured business laptop with Intel 10th generation processors.Weighing just 870g, the MIL-STD-810G-tested device has a light but robust magnesium chassis and a Sharp-developed non-reflective 13in IGZO FHD LCD screen, combining high brightness (470NIT) and reduced power consumption (battery life is 14.5 hours, with four hours from a 30-minute charge). Face and fingerprint biometric authentication, Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM) and Dynabook BIOS help prevent unauthorised access to data. uk.dynabook.com Bringing data to life AV One has installed a Barco UniSee touch- enabled video wall in the Aberdeen head office of OPEX Group, a provider of data analytics to the oil & gas industry. OPEX Group CFO Sarah Christie said: “Our business is built on data and the actionable, profitable insights that can be gained from that data. We need to be able to bring information to life in a clear, immediately understandable way, which is why visualisation technology was so important when we were designing our new headquarters.” www.barco.com A good yarn Targus is burnishing its eco-credentials with the Cypress EcoSmart Collection of laptop bags, backpacks, briefcases, sleeves and slipcases, made from recycled plastic bottles and certified by Global Recycled Standard (GRS). Joanne Sessler, Targus Vice President of global design and innovation, said: “By being GRS Certified, we are able to trace the yarn fibre back to the recycling system it came from, as well as the people who were making the yarn, so we know it is being made as sustainably as possible.” The Cypress EcoSmart Collection will go on sale in April. www.targus.com Car talk Automobili Lamborghini is on track to become the first car maker to incorporate full in-cabin car control by Amazon Alexa after showing a Huracán EVO super sports car equipped with Amazon’s cloud-based voice service at January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Alexa integration will enable drivers to do more than ever with simple voice commands. As well as being able to place calls, get directions, play music and audiobooks and check news and weather by voice, drivers will be able to adjust functions, such as climate, interior lighting and seat heating, and control the growing number of connected devices that work with Alexa, including entry gates, thermostats and lights, directly from the vehicle. Colours you can trust The flagship model in NEC Display Solutions’ PA Series of professional desktop displays, the MultiSync PA311D desktop monitor offers enhanced colour and true 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution, making it ideal for industries where picture quality and colour accuracy are crucial. The 31-inch display delivers uncompromising image quality and reliable colour reproduction thanks to its 10-bit IPS and wide gamut covering professional colour spaces (sRGB, Adobe RGB and DCI-P3) and standard video colour spaces (Rec. 709, Rec. 2100). Jan Gräf, Product Manager Desktop Displays at NEC Display Solutions Europe, said: “Picture clarity and quality are vital in today’s visual-focused businesses, where one mistake could create the need for costly delays and redesigns.With our latest display monitor, we’re delivering the accuracy and reliability organisations need.” www.nec-display-solutions.com INNOVATIONS Power and flexibility Following the success of its first full Windows 10 tablet, the Mesa 2, Juniper Systems Limited has brought out a new version featuring a more powerful, quad- core Intel Pentium processor and twice as much RAM (8MB). This combination gives the Mesa 3 the power and flexibility to run multiple processor-intensive applications, while Microsoft Windows 10 provides access to the data, maps, mapping systems and office software users might need. The waterproof, dustproof and shockproof Mesa 3 is IP68-rated, MIL-STD-810G-tested and comes with a hot-swappable 8 to10-hour battery. https://junipersys.com