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No. 01 | 2022 | Customer Magazine
Datwyler IT Infra
Stürmsfs AG, Goldach:
FIRST PRIVATE 5G NETWORK
IN SWITZERLAND
Interview with Tilo Nemuth:
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
IN THE BUILDING SECTOR
Micro data centres:
MORE THAN A
PRODUCT INNOVATION
EDITORIAL
CONTENTS EDITORIAL
LEADERSHIP
EDITORIAL
03 Leadership in troubled times
REFERENCE PROJECTS
04 Stürmsfs AG, Goldach: First private 5G network operating in Switzerland
06 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou: Intelligent technology for sports mega event
08 Buntweberei, Eislingen: A holistic experience
in troubled times
10 PSA International Pte Ltd, Singapore: Fibre optic network for mega container terminal
12 Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance: Modern data network for 1200 trainees
First private 5G network operating 13 Mandalika International Street Circuit: In pole position
in Switzerland – page 4 14 HDB modernisation projects, Singapore: 28th, 29th and 30th term Dear Readers,
15 Children’s Hospital, Lianyungang: Solid basis for state-of-the-art medical system
16 Mubea Automotive Components Co. Ltd., Shenyang: Integrated IT infrastructure Many things are not the same as they used to be. Not that
18 Avenue South Residence, Singapore: Aiming high: Travelling cables for luxury everything has got worse – on the contrary: for example, our
residential tower blocks IT infrastructure solutions are even more effective and use-
ful to society than ever before. Today many of us also enjoy
a substantially higher standard of living than previously.
MARKET
Unfortunately, however, there are also factors which have
19 Europe: High-performance company networks from Datwyler and Nokia tended to produce a negative trend in recent years. From
20 Worldwide campaign: The new Quality Policy one day to the next, global supply chains have found them-
21 Asia-Pacific: BICSI hybrid event in Singapore selves in considerable difficulty. Computer chips and wheat
Artificial intelligence in theory
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Supplier of the Year as well as gas, oil and various other important raw materi-
and practice – page 22 22 Europe: Artificial intelligence in theory and practice als are still only available in limited quantities and at high
23 Saudi Arabia: Agreement with MachinesTalk prices. Suddenly some countries are not accessible, or only
24 Germany: Improving the framework conditions for data centre operators with difficulty; and – like us – established customers and
China: Outstanding success suppliers find themselves in a transformation process with
25 Switzerland: Strategic partnership with Alltron AG an outcome which is as yet unpredictable.
26 Europe: Rack catalogue available
27 Italy, Austria: MDC partners certified Such dramatic changes, hurriedly introduced in some cases,
and the associated planning uncertainty have forced many frequent team calls and workshops and via different func-
of us to reflect on our type of business management and tions – CEO, Finance, HR, Product Management, R&D, Qual-
KNOW-HOW
to adapt to the environment accordingly. Some time ago ity und Global Operations – we can exchange views, ensure
28 Building sector: “The key to greater sustainability lies in the property portfolio” we at Datwyler IT Infra already began enabling individual we have an insight into what is happening locally, and show
Interview with Dr.-Ing. Tilo Nemuth, Managing Director of Julius Berger International regions to implement company strategy so that in practice all the staff that we have not abandoned them.
The ultimate in flexibility – page 32
30 Micro data centres: More than a product innovation they are able to act independently without operational in-
tervention “from the top”, from head office. Agile thinking and acting are just as much a central com-
INNOVATION ponent of our company philosophy as a quick and consist-
32 Modular patch panel solution: The ultimate in flexibility We accordingly delegate decisions to the lowest possible ent decision-making culture. And, if mistakes do occur
34 Copper data technology: Unshielded Cat.6A solution level, so that the local Datwyler teams can respond to the somewhere, we try to learn as much as possible from them.
Imprint 35 Monitoring and security: Rack Monitoring System situation on the spot with speed and agility. While trust in So that we can offer you, Dear Readers, as perfect and com-
local managers and their teams brings much dynamism, prehensive a service as possible in troubled times. In fact
entrepreneurial spirit and motivation to the organisation, it the one from Datwyler IT Infra.
Publisher and Dätwyler IT Infra AG, also requires the very careful and diligent selection, guid-
editorial responsibility: 6460 Altdorf / Switzerland, ITinfra.datwyler.com
Editors: Sybille Borries, Sonya Eisenegger, Dieter Rieken ance and training of the individual exponents. Enjoy the read!
Authors: Soubhi Al-Aliwi (soa), Gary Ang (gaa), Sybille Borries (syb), Gerardo Cetrulo (gec), Chen Chen (chc), Jimmy Chiam (jic), Ivan Corsini (ivc),
Malin Christ / Fink & Fuchs AG (mac), Mark Egloff (mae), Ralf Fischinger (raf), Alexander Funk / MicroStep Europa GmbH (alf), Andreas Klodner (ank), This strategy has proved effective. For over two years the With kind regards
Alexander Kölbel (alk), Vangelis Kostas (vak), Suresh Kumar (suk), Karsten Lengnink (kal), Norbert Ludwig (nol), Tze Wei Pang (tzp), Dieter Rieken (dir),
Gary Shen (gas), Franklin Simanjuntak (frs), Bob Song (bos), Tony Tan (tot), Ivan Toh (ivt), Andreas Weng (anw), Mellon Wei (mew) Swiss members of the management team were unable to
Translation: TTC wetranslate Ltd., Bedford Translations, Bedford / UK visit the subsidiary in China to see the situation for them-
Layout: Kathrin Müller selves. But right now, when various cities and provinces are
Printing: UD Medien, Multicolor Print AG, 6006 Luzern / Switzerland
Circulation: 10,000 German / English / Chinese again in lockdown, it is clear that both the systematic digi-
Publishing frequency: Semi-annually tisation in our company and the decentralised set-up is a Johannes Müller
Sources of images: Alltron AG, Avenue South Residence / UOL Group Ltd., German DataCenter Association, HDB, HeidelbergCement / Thilo Ross, Julius Berger International, Lucky major advantage in successful crisis management. Using CEO Dätwyler IT Infra AG
Joint Construction, MicroStep Europa, Mubea Group, Nokia, PT. Gunung Sawo, Salvia Gebäudetechnik, stürmsfs ag, Adobe Stock, Datwyler picture library
Reproduction of articles: Permitted only with attribution to © 2022 Datwyler
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To set up and operate the private 5G net- plasma source. Mobile assets can also be with high bandwidth and low latency for
work Stürmsfs is working with the commu- easily incorporated in the “smart factory” sensors, machinery, vehicles and other
nications network equipment provider via wireless technology. equipment. At the same time this ensures
Nokia among others. Datwyler is responsi- that all data stay in the company and are
ble for implementing the entire technical “The networking of production technolo- processed on site in real time, which
infrastructure on site – from the cabling gy, robotics and movable assets as part of means that Stürmsfs retains full control of
through to the installed antenna technol- campus mobile radio networks is an im- its production know-how.
ogy. Intel supports this development with portant precondition for a higher level of
key technologies for connectivity and IoT automation, productivity increases, and “Even today a high degree of automa-
Edge Computing. thus ultimately for Industry 4.0. The Nokia tion in our production is a key factor in
Digital Automation Cloud is an industry- our company’s success,” says Marcel Mei-
5G technology will smooth the path of
Stürmsfs towards “smart manufacturing”:
In future all the relevant production assets
will be interconnected via this particularly
high-performance radio standard. The
software used here is the IndustryFusion
open source solution, an easy-to-imple-
ment multi-manufacturer networking so-
lution which creates an interoperable link
between machinery, factory and Cloud
Stürmsfs AG in the municipality of Goldach is one of the highest-performing providers of end-to-end solutions platforms.
in the steel, metal and alternative materials sector on the Swiss market.
Stürmsfs AG, Goldach:
FIRST PRIVATE
5G NETWORK
er, Divisional Head of Procurement/Cor-
porate Development and a member of
the Management Board at Stürmsfs.
Meier is convinced that efficiency can be
operating in Switzerland
substantially boosted, particularly in the
areas of production, logistics and work-
ing processes, on the basis of the data
obtained via networking. The focus is on
the integrated intelligent control and
networking of machines, logistics and
workers. AI-based improvements are on
The focus at Stürmsfs is on the networking of production facilities, including the agenda.
this CNC cutting system from MicroStep.
Stürmsfs AG is networking its production with strong “In Nokia, Intel and Datwyler as well as
the IndustryFusion Foundation we have
partners like Nokia, Intel and Datwyler as well as the Networking production facilities and compatible campus solution and platform strong partners and are happy to pro-
Swiss IndustryFusion Foundation. mobile assets for digitisation. Stürmsfs has therefore vide them with the opportunity of exten-
The industry-quality private 5G network succeeded in taking an important step sively testing technologies and use cases
currently comprises two production facili- towards the smart factory,” says Patrick with us in a real production environ-
ties on the main Stürmsfs production site Langelaan, Nokia’s Vice President for the ment,” says Meier.
Stürmsfs AG, one of Europe’s most mod- Federal IndustryFusion Foundation, the in Goldach. In the next phase of the pro- Enterprise Market in Southern Europe.
ern steel and metal service centres, has company in Goldach on Lake Constance ject a wide variety of production facilities Nokia’s private 5G network hardware and
started operating the first private 5G net- plans to design its production processes will be interconnected via 5G technology On-site data processing in real time the stuermsfs end-to-end plant server are
work in Switzerland. In collaboration with even more efficiently in future with In- and IndustryFusion software – including, The provision of the Nokia Digital Automa- based on a broad range of Intel network-
Nokia, Intel and Datwyler as well as the dustry 4.0 solutions. for example, a CNC cutting system or a tion Cloud provides reliable connectivity ing and edge technologies. (alf/raf)
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2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou:
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY
for sports mega event
With its high-performance product volleyball, table tennis, handball, gymnastics, boxing, martial arts, in-
door football and other contests.
solutions Datwyler is making a small but
important contribution to the success The indoor swimming pool is at the northern end of the Sports Cen-
tre. It is a professional sports facility for swimming and diving compe- The basketball stadium is the largest indoor stadium of the Asian Games.
of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. titions which can accommodate 6,000 spectators. This is where the
swimming, diving and synchronised swimming competitions will be
held during the 2022 Asian Games. The appropriate IT infrastructure
On 16th September 2015 the President of the Olympic Council of Asia For decades in China Datwyler has been synonymous with premium
(OCA) announced that the 2022 Asian Games would be held in Hang- The “Jade Cong”, the facade of which was inspired by a neolithic quality IT infrastructure solutions coupled with first class service.
zhou. Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian jade artefact from the excavations near Liangzhu, is a centre for ball
Games after Beijing and Guangzhou. games of every description. Its 184,500 square metres comprise a As a supplier to the 2022 Asian Games Datwyler has delivered 500 kilo-
training and handball hall, five further competition centres, a news- metres of high-performance copper data cable, used to implement
As the opening ceremony approaches Hangzhou has been stepping room and residential accommodation for athletes, as well as public over 10,000 data connections in five of the most important venues:
up the construction of infrastructure facilities and sports venues. infrastructures, car parks, underground logistics and a lot more. The the Olympic Sports Centre, the Jade Cong ball game centre, the table
Whether newly built or undergoing renovation, all the facilities and Asian Games will stage basketball, volleyball, handball, fencing and tennis arena and the Hangzhou Umbrella hockey arena.
venues are not only being equipped with cutting-edge technology, taekwondo competitions.
but are also architectural masterpieces, constructed to the highest On top of this there are around 300 kilometres of single-mode fibre
environmental standards. A sustainable low-carbon, energy-efficient The Canal Asian Games Park optic cable for indoor and outdoor use, each with between four and
design and appropriate IT solutions will ensure that the venues will The Canal Asian Games Park in the city centre is the only new build 288 fibres, depending on the requirement.
be intelligent, multifunctional, open and beautiful. among the 53 arenas in Hangzhou available for the Asian Games. A
business complex and parks as well as sports facilities were created The cabling systems in copper and fibre optic technology form the
The Olympic Sports Centre on a total area of 467,000 square metres. The sports facilities include basis for reliable interference-free transmission of all the data and ap-
The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre covers a total area of almost a table tennis arena seating 7,000 and a hockey arena, known as the plications during the coming Asian Games in Hangzhou. As well as
400,000 square metres. The main stadium at the southern end, also “Hangzhou Umbrella”, with 5,000 seats. communication technology in the narrow sense of the term, this also
called “The Butterfly Lovers’ Stadium” to commemorate a local leg- includes a conference system, camera surveillance, access control, the
end, can accommodate 18,000 spectators. It will be the venue for the The new Park is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. It provides parking guidance system, intelligent lighting control and the informa-
Corridor in the main stadium of the Olympic Sports Centre World Basketball Championships. It can also be used for badminton, full 5G coverage and has a driverless shuttle system. tion sharing system. (gas)
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Buntweberei, Eislingen:
A HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE
Salvia Gebäudetechnik has set up the entire network infra-
structure of the “Buntweberei” in Eislingen using products
and solutions from Datwyler IT Infra.
The new headquarters of Salvia Gebäudetechnik
on the “Buntweberei” site
area and Sky Bar, the historic “Kesselhaus” a 10 gigabit backbone of Cat.7A type CU Spaced throughout the workplace areas of and Communication Technologies at Sal-
– an event location –, a pop-up store with 7702 4P copper cable and Cat.6A connec- the building are several consolidation via Gebäudetechnik. “I am talking about
a café run by the fashion designer Karo tion technology, which covers all five build- points which are connected to the floor product quality, great flexibility, and espe-
Kauer as well as an exclusive fitness and spa ings. Altogether 17 distribution cabinets and distributors by fibre optic breakout cables. cially reliability of supply, which is very im-
club owned by handball player Michael over 800 copper data ports were installed portant in challenging projects such as
“Mimi” Kraus. on the campus for this purpose. Here Datwyler met Salvia’s requirements these.” (anw/dir/alk)
for measured cut-to-length OM4 multi-
The builder’s own new head office is also lo- Mini Data Centre for central server room mode trunk cables factory-fitted with con-
cated on the site. With a workforce of 1500 The network infrastructure of the Salvia ad- nectors, enabling rapid installation. The Mini Data Centre at Salvia head office
on 25 sites and many years of project expe- ministration building comprises a server is the central computing node of the entire
rience, Salvia Gebäudetechnik is one of the room and six floor distributors which are Great flexibility “Buntweberei”
leading German companies for building networked via a fibre optic backbone. At The access switches are positioned decen-
projects of all sizes. Its range of services the same time the server room is the central trally, directly at the consolidation points,
covers the entire technical life cycle of computing node of the “Buntweberei”. A which allows Salvia great flexibility with the
buildings – from the initial feasibility studies four-rack Mini Data Centre from Datwyler workstation cabling. Moreover the entire
through all the planning phases and execu- was used here. Each cabinet is equipped administration building as well as individual
Since October 2019 the “Buntweberei” has greater Stuttgart area, a venue designed to tion to the operation of buildings and sites. with DIMS, the Datwyler Infrastructure Man- outdoor areas are supplied with WLAN to
been taking shape on the former site of the combine fun and adventure, health and agement System (see page 35). Salvia uses ensure mobile working conditions.
Wurster weaving mill in Eislingen. By July pleasure, business and networking. Among Salvia has set up the entire network infra- this to monitor access, vibration, tempera-
2022 Salvia Gebäudetechnik wants to cre- the enterprises offering visitors a holistic structure of the “Buntweberei” with prod- ture, atmospheric humidity and leakage. “Our experience with Datwyler on this pro-
ate a new venue on this large site covering experience are the Industrial Design and ucts and solutions from Datwyler IT Infra. The system relays any malfunctions to the ject has been nothing but positive,” re-
more than 10,000 square metres in the Lifestyle Hotel “Loom” with a co-working A key element of this is the campus network, IT team’s service hotline. ports Michael Tietz, Head of Information
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Kräne richtig??
PSA International Pte Ltd, Singapore:
FIBRE OPTIC NETWORK
for mega container terminal
The largest automated terminal in the world is being of communications networks, was award- door applications as well as 14 server racks Lucky Joint completed the installation in the reliability of the product solutions used
ed the contract for installing the fibre optic in which the cables are terminated. January 2022. After successful tests it was and the excellent support from the Dat-
created on the south western tip of Singapore. Specialist cables which ensure the secure data trans- handed over to the end customer in March. wyler IT Infra team – both important fac-
cables from Datwyler ensure control of the port cranes. fer and video surveillance (CCTV) of the Datwyler was chosen because the compa- PSA International is very happy with the tors for a project in such a challenging en-
port cranes. ny had already supplied reliable high qual- new IT infrastructure, particularly as regards vironment. (jic)
ity product solutions for earlier PSA pro-
Lucky Joint commissioned Datwyler to sup- jects and is one of the port operator’s
PSA is one of the leading global port opera- 2027 the three existing ports in Tanjong ply fibre optic cables for outdoor and in- approved quality brands.
tors with terminals at over 50 locations in 26 Pagar, Keppel and Pulau Brani will be con-
countries, their most important ports being solidated and moved to Tuas, on the south Termination of the cables in the server racks Robust cables for harsh environments
in Singapore and Antwerp. PSA manages western tip of the island state. When the In order to connect the cranes to the exist-
more than 60 deep-sea, rail and inland ter- fourth and final construction phase is com- ing network, 150 kilometres of fibre optic
minals as well as associated companies. plete the Tuas Mega Port will be the largest cable were installed outdoors alone, some
These include freight distribution complex- fully automated container terminal in the of them in cemented cable ducts which are
es with offices and warehouses as well as world – with automated cranes, drones, filled with sea water at high tide.
marine service providers whose core busi- driverless transport vehicles and just-in-
ness includes pilotage and towage. time services. To meet these particular requirements spe-
cialist “FO Outdoor” cables with a double PE
The next milestone in the evolution of the Lucky Joint Construction Pte. Ltd., one of sheath and steel armour were used here – ro-
port of Singapore is the Tuas Mega Port, Singapore’s major providers of manage- bust products suitable for harsh environmen-
which PSA put out to tender in 2019. By ment and installation services in the field tal conditions, even for installation in water.
Cable run-in in ducts which are periodically filled with sea water
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The new BIBF Training Centre in Bahrain Bay
Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance:
Modern data network for Secure high-performance cabling Mandalika Int. Street Circuit:
IN POLE POSITION
Datwyler is supplying the 10 gigabit-com-
1200 TRAINEES
patible communications cabling installed
in the new building. Among other things it
comprises 100 kilometres of Category 6A
shielded copper data cable and 3000 Cate-
gory 6A RJ45 modules. In addition, for the Speed and technology: the factors in
backbone Datwyler supplied OM4 multi- motor sport which determine racing
mode fibre optic cable with the appropriate success. It is much the same in data net-
connection technology together with net- works – as demonstrated by this project
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance relies on work cabinets of various heights. from Indonesia.
Datwyler to supply a high-performance communications The project was successfully completed us- The “Pertamina Mandalika International
network for its new headquarters. ing the professional support of AMPS W.L.L., Street Circuit” is a motor sports race track
a local Datwyler Solution Partner. The AMPS on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The 4.3
team has been working with Datwyler for kilometre circuit is on the coast of Manda-
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Fi- 1200 trainees on nine floors occupying four years, and this positive experience has lika in the midst of tropical scenery. Here the
nance (BIBF) is the leading provider of around 25,000 square metres. It has a large reinforced its confidence in the IT infrastruc- “Asia Talent Cup”, a motorcycle road race, is
training and further education courses in auditorium, “smart classrooms”, modern ture provider’s high-quality product solu- held. In 2021 the “Superbike World Champi-
the Kingdom. The Institute, which is affili- computer labs, and is the only place in the tions. In the project AMPS also cooperated onship” also took place here, and the “Mo-
ated to the Central Bank of Bahrain, plays a whole region where the trade in financial closely with telecommunications company toGP” in March 2022. The “GT World Chal-
central role in training qualified specialists products can be simulated. Batelco, which installed the complete pack- lenge Asia” is to follow.
for the country’s banking and financial sec- age of electrical and low voltage systems
tor. Since it was established in 1981 the All the facilities on campus are equipped and ensured that all the project require- Hotels and various other single-purpose
goal of the BIBF has been to improve spe- with state-of-the art technologies. These ments were met in full, from the specifica- buildings will be erected on the extensive
cialist training in this field. were introduced at the same time as im- tion phase through to acceptance. site, which occupies around 120 hectares.
proved educational opportunities and Originally built as a race track with ample
At the end of 2021 the BIBF moved into a training schemes so as to give the students The IT infrastructure was successfully hand- >>
new ultra-modern head office in Bahrain the skills and experience demanded by ed over to the Institute in October 2021 – in
Bay. The new building can accommodate employers. time for the start of teaching. (suk)
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Glimpse into an IT cabinet
during installation
“discharge areas”, consideration is being brought the Datwyler solutions into play. Children’s Hospital, Lianyungang:
given to also using part of it as link roads The general contractor approved these
SOLID BASIS
to the new resorts, i.e. for normal traffic. because Datwyler has a market reputation
for supplying technically high-quality ca-
Datwyler partners make the running bling products at competitive prices.
Naturally an international motorsport circuit
needs a modern IT infrastructure, for the in- The installation took place between De-
ternet connection and camera surveillance
(CCTV) for example. So last year the general
contractor, PT. Mandalika Sesuatu, planned
cember 2021 and February 2022. Datwy-
ler’s Indonesian distributor, PT. Gunung Sa-
wo, provided PT. Brain with the requisite
for state-of-the-art
medical system
a new installation which includes both the system components, including high-speed
paddock and the race track itself. copper and fibre optic cables as well as
connection technology and accessories –
Entrusted with this installation was PT. Ben- from a single source and all from Datwyler.
hil Raya Internasional – PT. Brain for short –
a system integrator and at the same time The new IT infrastructure was handed over
a certified Datwyler Solution Partner. Puji- in March 2022, in time for the “MotoGP”.
yono Wahyuhadi, the company’s CEO, (frs)
In order to take full advantage of the potential of its
medical system, the Children’s Hospital in Lianyungang
decided on an integrated IT infrastructure solution from
Datwyler as part of its computerisation project.
HDB modernisation projects, Singapore:
28TH, 29TH AND 30TH TERM The Children’s Hospital in Lianyungang several generations of hard work and per- ly decided on a high-performance struc-
was founded in October 1951 by Dr. Liu severance. It not only performs health care tured cabling system and Mini Data Centre
Yilin, a physician who graduated in Germany. and preventative medical duties, but also from Datwyler.
shines in medical technolo-
Datwyler’s elevator travelling cables do Supplier for three projects in succession gy for specialist fields, at the Over 2000 data connection points
their job unobtrusively around the world Some of these elevator companies have same time integrating re- The end-to-end cabling, which was in-
– including in much of Singapore’s pub- entrusted Datwyler with producing and search, teaching and further stalled between March and June 2021, in-
lic housing. delivering the travelling cables for their postgraduate training. cludes more than 2000 data connection
current 29th and 30th term HDB projects. points. The Mini Data Centre supplied to
The Housing & Development Board (HDB), There are altogether around 300 elevators When the Children’s Hospi- the hospital is an all-in-one system with
a statutory board under the Ministry of per term. The Datwyler team having tal began planning a com- integrated climate control, energy distri-
National Development, is responsible for worked with Hitachi Elevator in Singapore puterisation project two bution, uninterruptible power supply
public housing in Singapore. The great ma- for the last 15 months, the 28th term is years ago, it was the de- (UPS) as well as intelligent environmental,
jority of the country’s housing develop- gradually nearing its end. clared aim of those in charge monitoring and management systems. It
ment projects are under public ownership to use only the most reliable comprises five racks and a precision in-
and are managed by the HDB. Around 80 For the 29th term project HDB is working IT infrastructure for the cut- row cooler and is a completely closed sys-
percent of Singapore’s inhabitants live in with Mitsubishi Elevator, and is back with ting-edge medical system tem, so in that respect is very energy-
buildings which mainly were and are being Hitachi Elevator for the 30th. Both have al- throughout the hospital. efficient.
built to create enough affordable housing ready started and will be completed at the
for the country’s growing population. end of 2022. Both Mitsubishi Elevator and In an early project phase in For Datwyler in China this project was the
Hitachi Elevator have ordered the travel- housing stock – with product solutions August 2020 Datwyler IT In- first with a Mini Data Centre, for which suit-
Since the 1990s the HDB has increasingly ling cables for these term projects from which are seldom seen but which can be Energy-efficient solution: fra was given the opportu- able products were specifically developed
been concentrating on modernising existing Datwyler. relied upon to do their everyday job, trans- Mini Data Centre with integrated in-row cooler nity of participating in the in Taicang. Since then the Datwyler team
flats in older properties and installing new mitting power and data between the cab- planning of the technical has been using the experience gained in
facilities, for example elevators which stop at The Datwyler team in Singapore is thus ins and controls and ensuring perfect solutions. Like the First Peo- this project to support other Chinese cus-
each floor. The agency awards the contracts making an important contribution to the round-the-clock operation under great In recent decades it has developed into ple’s Hospital in Lianyungang (see Panora- tomers in implementing similar IT infra-
for this to various lift manufacturers. modernisation of the country’s public mechanical stresses. (ivt) one of China’s leading hospitals thanks to ma No. 1/2021) the Children’s Hospital final- structure projects. (tot)
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Installing the air conditioning unit for the Mini Data Centre
Hardware, software and services need and specification, Mubea awarded reliability of the solution and the improved
As a provider of end-to-end IT infrastruc- Datwyler the contract to implement an in- user convenience.
tures Datwyler IT Infra has in the past years tegrated Mini Data Centre solution for the
invested increasingly in the development Shenyang site. Mubea also saves a lot of time and money
of products and services for new genera- due to the integrated IT support and ex-
Mubea Automotive Components Co. Ltd., Shenyang: tion data centres. Datwyler has thus pro- This included not only the data centre itself tended technical services. (mew)
duced innovative solutions for use in Micro but also, with CABNAVI, an intelligent ca-
Integrated IT infrastructure solution
Data Centres (MDCs) and modular Mini ble management platform with graphic
Data Centres which can be seamlessly in- visualization (see Panorama No. 2/2020),
tegrated into a company’s existing struc- which was combined with an electronic
FROM A SINGLE SOURCE
tured cabling systems. patch panel.
In China, moreover, Datwyler provides a Within one week in December 2021, thanks
unique digital service platform and a sim- to the excellent cooperation of Mubea,
ple-to-operate intuitive and efficient plat- Datwyler’s technical team succeeded in
form for the visualisation and manage- completing the final tests and acceptance
ment of cabling systems, which mean- of the Mini Data Centre. By contrast with a
ingfully complement the range of IT infra- traditional data centre the Datwyler solu-
structure solutions. tion was operational immediately upon ac-
ceptance.
It goes without saying that Datwyler’s inte-
Installation of the Mini Data Centre in
In only one week Datwyler implemented a reliable grated solutions meet the highest quality In addition to the Mini Data Centre Datwy-
the premises of Mubea Automotive Components standards and are tailored to a customer’s ler supplied Mubea with many other prod-
and cost-efficient Mini Data Centre solution on the specific need and requirements. ucts forming part of the integrated IT infra-
Mubea site in China – including a cable management structure solution: single-mode and OM3
Operational within one week multimode fibre optic cables for indoor
software platform. A good example of the successful imple- and outdoor use, flame-retardant low-
mentation of such a solution is the mod- smoke, halogen-free shielded copper data
ernisation project at Mubea Automotive cables, including type IOT101-24-BK intelli-
New generation data centres are designed with environmentally friendly low-carbon Components in Shenyang. Since 2013 the gent copper cables, and shielded keystone
to manage digital transformation, enable in- technologies. They typically feature the use globally active lightweight design special- patch panels.
telligent upgrades, reflect innovation and of cutting edge technology, high-perfor- ist has been manufacturing components
cope with the requirements of 5G, Industri- mance computers, exceptional energy effi- for the automotive industry on a produc- Convenient and cost-effective
al Internet applications, Cloud Computing ciency and a high level of security. The de- tion area of 7000 square metres at the Chi- The decision to purchase the complete IT
and Artificial Intelligence. These new data velopment of information technology and nese site. infrastructure from Datwyler as the single
centres are secure, reliable infrastructures the rapid increase in data have accelerated source proved very advantageous for Mu-
based on multiple data sources, enabling the change from traditional data centres to In mid October 2021, after several rounds bea: today the automotive supplier on the
efficient data processing and equipped this new type. of discussion which served to determine Shenyang site benefits from the excellent The Mini Data Centre following acceptance
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Avenue South Residence, Singapore: Europe:
AIMING HIGH HIGH-PERFORMANCE
Travelling cables for luxury residential COMPANY NETWORKS
tower blocks from Datwyler and Nokia
Datwyler is supplying the high-rise travelling cables for the 56-floor
towers of the Avenue South Residence – and is thus contributing to Together with Nokia Datwyler is offering end-to-end
the reliability of the lifts. solutions for industry-compatible 4.9G/5G Private Wireless
and Passive Optical LAN infrastructures in several European
The Avenue South Residence is a new luxu- ited together with partners, is located in a skyline, but also high-altitude natural sur-
ry residential project in Singapore. It basical- central position right beside the central roundings thanks to its 18 “Sky Gardens”. countries.
ly comprises two 56-floor towers with 1074 business quarter and the future Greater
residential units together with retail premis- Southern Waterfront district. It offers resi- What is more, both residential tower blocks
es on the ground floors. The new building dents not only a magnificent view over Sin- set new standards as the world’s highest
project, developed by the UOL Group Lim- gapore’s new waterside promenade and construction project in prefabricated pre- The cooperation between Nokia and Dat- network. In doing so the company carries
finished volumetric construction (PPVC). In wyler encompasses the fields of technolo- out the necessary cabling with copper, fi-
this method all the rooms are delivered to gy, sales, marketing and service. The two bre optic or wirelessly with 4.9G/5G, and
the building site as ready-made modules in- companies are jointly implementing tai- implements Micro and Mini Data Centres
cluding fixtures and fittings, and there they lor-made, cost-effective and high-perfor- for on-site data processing.
are assembled into complete towers. mance data networks for their customers,
based, for example, on Passive Optical LAN In return Datwyler enjoys Nokia Reseller
Project-specific cables (POLAN) or 4.9G/5G Private Wireless. status with access to their entire portfolio.
Under contract from Schindler Datwyler IT
Infra will supply around four kilometres of Unlike traditional copper cabling systems, Hardware, software and know-how
project-specific flat multimedia-compatible users of POLAN can make significant sav- With Datwyler as a sales and systems inte-
high-rise travelling cables during the course ings on procurement and operating costs. grator Nokia is strengthening its Europe-
of 2022 to construct the lifts. In addition, 5G mobile wireless technology wide partner network. To this end Nokia
facilitates comparably high transmission has trained the Datwyler team on products
The installation of the lifts with “Schindler rates, low latency, and provides a high lev- and solutions relating to Private Wireless,
R.I.S.E.” – an acronym for “Robotic Installa- el of flexibility without the expense of ca- GPON and POLAN devices, and supports it
tion System for Elevators” – is the first time bling. with technical advice and service level
this innovative method is being used in the agreements (SLA) for the Nokia equip-
Asia-Pacific region. It involves a self-climb- As part of the partnership Datwyler is au- ment. Customers in the enterprise market
ing robotic system carrying out the installa- diting and documenting an existing net- can thus profit from the combined exper-
tion and assembly work in the lift shaft. work, pinpointing potential weaknesses, tise of both companies.
and taking over the planning including im-
Datwyler is making a major contribution to plementation of the desired new campus The new partnership is already bearing
the efficiency and reliability of the lifts in the fruit. In addition to fibre optic cabling Dat-
Avenue South Residence with its premium- wyler has supplied Nokia OLT and ONT de-
quality, pre-assembled lift cables, which Raoul Harlacher (left), Partner Sales Manager vices for initial POLAN projects and has in-
have all the relevant certificates. The pres- at Nokia, and Karsten Lengnink, Head of stalled a 5G company network in Switzer-
tigious project is scheduled for completion Partner Management at Datwyler IT Infra land (see page 4). (kal)
in 2023. (ivt)
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Asia-Pacific:
BICSI HYBRID EVENT
in Singapore
Datwyler addressed the topic of “Micro Many tests and trial runs having been carried
Data Centres in the Era of Edge Comput- out to ensure the best possible preparation.
ing” – a session with consequences.
Josh Soo, Technical Manager at Datwyler, used
Worldwide campaign: In early November 2021 the Datwyler Team in
Singapore took part in the first Hybrid Confer-
the event to exchange ideas with the audience
as part of a “Sharing Session”. In his presenta-
THE NEW
ence & Exhibition organised by BICSI (Building tion he covered the challenges of Edge Com-
Industry Consulting Services International). The puting and provided information on the added
event was a resounding success. value of an appropriate technical solution such
as the Datwyler Micro Data Centre (MDC).
QUALITY POLICY
Soo analysed the requirements of MDCs
based on the 5W1H concept, a questioning
method to define and solve a problem. He
also dealt with the critical points in the pro- Presentation of a Micro Data Centre on the Datwyler
duction of conventional data centres and ex- exhibition stand
plained how MDCs in growth sectors can be
used to manage the demands of the Edge
Computing age. The hybrid event was a good opportunity for
the representatives of participating companies
The presentation only lasted 45 minutes, but in the region to find out about Datwyler’s Edge
Datwyler IT Infra has made further improvements to the level of the MDC solution had clearly made a lasting Computing solutions in person – and the Dat-
product and service quality for its customers. impression, as afterwards a number of audi- wyler team in Singapore was able to make valu-
ence members headed for the Datwyler exhi- able contacts despite the continuing Covid 19
Josh Soo of Datwyler Singapore giving his talk bition stand to see the MDC for themselves. restrictions. (tzp)
As a company with strong Swiss roots, the outstanding quality of the classroom and online training sessions, a quiz and a Quality Inspec-
products offered by Datwyler has always been part of the “corporate tion Competition. With these and other activities Datwyler is ensuring
DNA”. Nowadays, however, the proverbial “Swiss quality” no longer re- that all the teams around the globe are constantly “fit” and state-of-
lates only to the products supplied. The end-to-end customer-specif- the-art, so that in future their premium quality solutions, products and
ic IT infrastructure solutions now available from Datwyler also include services can prove attractive to customers. (nol/vak) Germany, Austria, Switzerland:
services and software solutions.
This has changed the quality perspective in the company: customers SUPPLIER OF Cabling category, came third in the Fibre
THE YEAR
should also be inspired by the superb services and software solutions. Optic Cabling class.
Over recent months Datwyler has formulated this wider perspective Ralf Klotzbücher, Vice President Sales &
in a new quality policy. It serves to further improve the quality level of Marketing and Managing Director of Dät-
products and services on an ongoing basis. wyler IT Infra GmbH, accepted the awards
in Datwyler’s offices in Hattersheim.
This is complemented by Datwyler’s sustainability strategy, now an in- Datwyler excels in two categories in the
tegral part of the new quality policy. Datwyler aims at carbon neutral- LANline Online Reader Awards. “We were particularly pleased with our
ity by 2030, thus making a contribution to limiting global warming. good placings in the vote for Supplier of
Datwyler IT Infra took to the stage twice in the Year 2021. This encourages us to work
To promote quality consciousness within the company, Datwyler has the LANline Online Reader Awards for even harder,” says Klotzbücher. “A big thank
been carrying out various activities in all its branches since August “Supplier of the Year 2021”: Datwyler was you to everyone who took part in the LAN-
2021: these include videos, a poster campaign, town hall meetings, Staff at Datwyler’s plant in Taicang at the end of their “Quality Week” awarded second place in the Copper Data line survey and voted for us.” (dir) Ralf Klotzbücher with the LANline trophies
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Saudi Arabia:
AGREEMENT WITH
MACHINESTALK
Datwyler Middle East has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
Europe: with MachinesTalk.
ARTIFICIAL MachinesTalk is a company owned by NOMD
Holding Co., one of the leading IoT solution
INTELLIGENCE
providers in Saudi Arabia.
Adrian Bolliger at the
C-Leve Strategy Forum 2021 With the agreement signed in February Dat-
wyler and MachinesTalk state their intention
to step up their collaboration in order to sup-
in theory and practice ply their customers in the Kingdom with in-
novative IT infrastructures and services.
MachinesTalk was one of the first companies
in the country to be certified by the Commu-
nications and Information Technology Com-
In Europe Datwyler IT Infra is working closely with mission as an IoT Virtual Network Operator.
The so-called IoT-VNO Certificate allows Ma-
the AI Business School (AIBS). This benefits staff and It is also important for the Datwyler man- chinesTalk to provide the relevant services in
customers alike. ager to let other interested companies the Kingdom.
share in the experience gained in Altdorf –
for example by giving presentations. Over the past three years Datwyler Middle
AIBS, a global training provider with the fo- At Datwyler IT Infra’s Swiss head office these East has collaborated with MachinesTalk as a
cus on artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, technologies are not merely theory, but Both Datwyler and AIBS are involved in “C- strategic partner. Now both firms will devel-
data and digitisation, has been supporting established practice, as the plant in Altdorf Level”, a community of top managers from op IT infrastructure use cases, chiefly to sup- Mohamad Sayaf, Chairman of MachinesTalk, and Asem Shadid, Managing Director of
Datwyler IT Infra throughout Europe since is currently forging ahead with its conver- the 450 biggest companies in the DACH re- Datwyler Middle East (3rd and 4th from left), together with their teams
2021 in promoting and speeding up the sion into a “smart factory” (see Panorama gion (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Bol-
company’s digital development and digital No. 2/2021). liger, who sits on the Top Executive Advi-
transformation. sory Board, recently gave a talk on the port the “Saudi Vision 2030” projects and boost the project business, drive forward
“We have started to use technologies such transformation journey of Datwyler IT Infra help organisations in the country to run their product and solution development, and im-
“Cooperating with AIBS is mainly about as artificial intelligence, robotics or robotic at the C-Level Strategy Forum. IT infrastructures seamlessly and scale their prove the provision of services for the cus-
promoting the understanding and enthu- process automation, for example. We will business with ease. The plan is jointly to tomers of both companies. (soa)
siasm of our local teams in the use of new subsequently incorporate machine learn- Also dealt with were the AI applications
digital technologies,” explained Adrian ing, which can take over tasks or subtasks currently being put in place in the Datwy-
Bolliger, Managing Director Europe at Dat- from staff. At the same time it is important ler plant, since the machines already are Mohamad Sayaf, Chairman of MachinesTalk
wyler IT Infra. “That way we can have a to take the staff with us on this journey,” says linked via IoT. The aim is to use the machine (left), and Asem Shadid, Managing Director of
voice worldwide and give our customers Bolliger. Datwyler should take this knowl- data to acquire knowledge which can be Datwyler Middle East (right)
the best explanation of new develop- edge to customers and use it to support used to optimise the processes via artificial
ments and solutions.” them in their IT projects. intelligence. (dir)
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Symbolic handshake:
Andrej Golob, CEO
Alltron AG (on the left),
Germany: and Adrian Bolliger,
Managing Director
IMPROVING THE FRAMEWORK Europe, Datwyler IT Infra
CONDITIONS FOR DATA CENTRE
OPERATORS
Datwyler IT Infra has been a member of ther,” explained Ralf Klotzbücher, Vice
the German DataCenter Association President Sales & Marketing and Manag-
(GDA) since February. The GDA represents ing Director of Datwyler IT Infra in Hat-
the interests and concerns of data centre tersheim. “As equal partners we assess,
operators in politics, society and the me- develop and implement the IT infrastruc-
dia. Its objective is to achieve a lasting im- ture of our customers on their road to
provement in the framework conditions successful digitisation; we increase their
for operating data centres in Germany. value creation, reduce overall costs and
the complexity of their IT infrastructure –
“Organisations are only ideally placed for all over the world. We would like to pass Switzerland:
future technical developments if they this know-how on to the GDA.” (dir)
STRATEGIC
have appropriate sustainable IT infra-
structures. If the IT infrastructure is un- GDA website: https://www.german-
suitable, digitisation does not succeed ei- datacenters.com/en/home/
PARTNERSHIP
China:
with Alltron AG
OUTSTANDING
Together Datwyler and Alltron are supplying end-to-end
SUCCESS solutions for data centres in Switzerland.
"
In 2021 Datwyler in China again re- proof that the company has made a name
For years Datwyler has been working suc-
cessfully with Alltron as a distributor in the
We are convinced that with our
ceived coveted awards for its IT infra- for itself in this field as well. passive component sector. In addition to combined strengths we can jointly
structure solutions.
Not least, Datwyler continues to excel with
data cables and patch cables, panels, sock-
ets and ports, the ICT distributor has re- develop the data centre market.
Last year Datwyler was once more delight- outstanding achievements in high-perfor- cently also been supplying racks from Dat- Adrian Bolliger, Managing Director Europe at Datwyler IT Infra
ed to be honoured as “China Intelligent mance IT infrastructures for airports. The wyler IT Infra.
Building Brand”, awarded by the Qianjia Airport Construction Magazine and the Chi-
Brand Lab. na Airport Construction Network yet again The “Competence Center Data Center” set
presented Datwyler with the prestigious up at Alltron Solutions under Marco Duca-
In the “Structured Cabling Systems” catego- award of “China’s Preferred Brand for In- ti has strengthened the confidence of both End-to-end data centre solutions servers, storage and end devices, while
ry the company defended its fourth place. tegrated Cabling in Airport Construction” parties in developing the data centre mar- The partnership puts both companies in Datwyler provides the whole IT infrastruc-
But that’s not all: for the second time Dat- and in addition chose the company as ket jointly and even more intensively in fu- a position to offer their customers end- ture, from racks through power supply
wyler received the “Brand Recommenda- “Highest Market Share Brand in the Airport ture. To this end Datwyler and Altron en- to-end data centre solutions. Alltron con- and cooling to monitoring and physical
tion Award for Data Center Industry” – clear Industry”. (chc) tered into a strategic partnership in March. tributes the active components such as security. >>
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Italy, Austria:
"
“We are convinced that with our combined
Thanks to the expanded partnership
MDC PARTNERS
strengths we can jointly develop the data
centre market. Good relationships with major
manufacturers, an extensive customer land-
with Datwyler we can offer services
scape and great data centre expertise make which extend far further than was
Alltron an ideal partner for Datwyler, allow-
previously possible.
CERTIFIED
ing us to respond as effectively as possible to
customers’ wishes as providers of end-to- Andrej Golob, CEO of Alltron
end solutions,“ said Adrian Bolliger, Manag-
ing Director Europe at Datwyler IT Infra.
“Thanks to the expanded partnership with
Datwyler we can offer services which ex- Making partners more successful Upcoming event in Flums
tend far further than was previously possi- Small and medium-sized partners such as On 6th September 2022 Datwyler and All- Expert installation and service partners “just around the corner”?
ble,” commented Andrej Golob, CEO of All- value added resellers should also profit tron are organising an exclusive half-day
tron. “From planning, the choice of com- from the joint venture. They themselves event at the Hagerbach Gallery in Flums, Who wouldn’t want that! A scheme from Datwyler makes this
ponents together with their installation, op- should be enabled to adopt a forward- with talks and a tour of Datwyler IT Infra’s possible for Micro and Mini Data Centres (MDCs).
eration and maintenance, through to the looking managed service provider business underground data centre. (mae)
consideration of planned future growth, model and become data centre operators.
this partnership means that our companies Micro Data Centres represent a possible
are becoming overall solution providers in way for resellers to get started in this field There is more information about this at
the Swiss ICT ecosystem.” of business. alltron.ch/datwyler-mdc they can expect rapid response times when The STW portfolio covers fibre optic net-
servicing is required. works for every field of application, includ-
ing high speed solutions for data centres.
Datwyler has trained and certified new part- Since 2022 STW has not only been certified
ners for MDCs in Europe in recent months. as a Solution Partner for Datwyler’s MDCs, it
It started with GTI Srl, based in Modena. In has also started operating its own Micro Da-
late 2021 GTI was trained at the Swiss head- ta Centre at its head office.
quarters of Datwyler IT Infra in Altdorf, and
Europe: started 2022 as the official partner for Micro Other training courses and certifications will
and Mini Data Centres in Italy. follow shortly. Datwyler IT Infra is currently
RACK CATALOGUE
in discussion, for example, with interested
Maurizio Truglia, Datwyler sales engineer in companies in Switzerland and Germany.
Italy, is convinced that GTI is the ideal part- (gec, ank)
ner. “The company has many years of expe-
AVAILABLE Massimo Angelo Merola, Cabling and Data
Centre Specialist, and Dante delli Esposti,
rience and a great deal of technical know-
how in the fields of Voice-over-IP, Unified
Collaboration, data networks, data centres
Dieter Kaltenriner (right), Managing Director
COO, STW Spleisstechnik West GmbH, and
Cabling Installer and KNX Specialist, both GTI Srl, and security. It also shares the approach we Bernhard Wetsch (left), Sales Engineer,
with Maurizio Truglia, Sales Engineer, and take, that of wanting to improve the pro- Datwyler IT Infra GmbH in Austria, in front
Gerardo Cetrulo, Project Leader IT Infrastructures, duction, trading and organisational proce- of the new Micro Data Centre
both Datwyler IT Infra (from right to left) dures of their customers and making them
maries covering Micro and Mini Data Cen- able locking systems to fans and cable more competitive on the market.”
tres and Datwyler’s infrastructure monitor- management kits. In addition to Distribution Partners, Datwy-
ing system DIMS. ler IT Infra maintains a worldwide network Austria follows Italy
The catalogue is rounded off by sensors for of trained and certified Solution Partners At the beginning of this year came the next
An overview of rack solutions from Dat- As well as a large selection of standard racks the monitoring system (DIMS), which en- who support end customers in the design, European partner in the shape of STW, a
wyler – from wall cabinets to Mini Data in various sizes the short catalogue also ables the optimum control of sensitive and installation, maintenance and repair of Dat- company based in Thaur in Austria. Since
Centres. contains modular rack designs which can complex infrastructures, causing a compa- wyler cabling solutions. 2005 STW Spleißtechnik West GmbH has
be supplied as required, i.e. with the desired ny’s IT operation to become more secure been networking end customers in the Al-
Datwyler’s new product guide “Rack Solu- equipment and cabling and adapted to and more profitable in the long term. Datwyler also provides special training pine region. An expert partner in communi-
tions for Every Requirement” is a 24 page cooling concepts and security require- courses for the installation of Micro and Mi- cations networks, it supplies end-to-end ca-
overview of tried and tested and new IT ments. For all the racks Datwyler provides The new product guide is available to down- ni Data Centres (MDCs) and for the relevant bling systems, and if requested also deals
cabinets and enclosures as well as of their comprehensive accessories to satisfy every load as a PDF on the Datwyler website. Any services. This means that MDC users have a with network design, project management,
wide range of rack accessories. The short need. The products on offer range from Datwyler branch office will be pleased to certified partner nearby to provide fast un- implementation, commissioning and docu-
catalogue also provides informative sum- socket strips through intelligent configur- take orders for the printed version. (syb) complicated installation and from whom mentation for its customers.
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