Environment, Global: With the advent of blade and other high-density server configurations, heat densities continue to climb to challenging levels. In many instances, the amount of heat generated per rack exceeds what traditional data centre cooling solutions can handle effectively.

3G, Global:  Andrew Corporation has introduced what is believed to be the industry's first all-digital remote radio head, a high-power unit that is intended to provide cost savings and coverage flexibility for global 3G networks.

Power supplies, IP, Global: In response to increasing demand for IP-based solutions with built-in power availability capabilities, American Power Conversion (APC) has announced that the Nortel Business Communications Manager (BCM) 50 now offers an interface to APC’s USB-signalling uninterruptible power supply (UPS) products. The Intelligent APC UPS interface feature provides battery health alerting, power quality monitoring and graceful shutdown of the BCM in the event of an extended power outage.