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Schneider Electric to Highlight Edge Compute
Opportunities for Colos and Preview Upcoming
Release of New 3-Phase Li-Ion UPS at
Datacloud Europe 2016
Schneider Electric to demonstrate its breadth of capability to support the
colocation data centre industry at Europe’s foremost business networking and
deal-making forum
Rueil-Malmaison, France – June 3rd, 2016 – Patron of Datacloud Europe for the 7th successive
year, Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, has announced
details of its participation in the region’s foremost networking and business deal making forum for data
centre and cloud players, their customers, investors and suppliers being hosted in Monaco June 8th and 9th
2016:
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Opening Keynote: “Colocation: An industry in transformation rising to the challenge of IoT and
Cloud computing,” presented by Mark Bidinger, President, Cloud & Service Provider Segment.
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June 8 at 09.05
Panel Discussion: “Data Centre: In the Cloud, at the Edge” moderated by Greg Jones, VP
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Strategy, Cloud & Service Provider Segment. June 8 at 15.35
Solution Presentation: “OCP and the move to open source for data centres,” presented by
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Brice Martinot-Lagarde, Global Solution Architect Cloud & Service Providers. June 9 at 10.25
In addition, the company will announce the upcoming release of its Galaxy VX 3-phase UPS power
protection solution for large facilities, data centres and business critical applications. Available in
Europe from December 2016, Galaxy VX joins a growing range of Schneider Electric’s innovative 3phase UPS solutions to utilise Li-Ion battery technology – a feature which the manufacturer is the first
to bring to market and will be extending to its whole 3-phase portfolio. The new UPS provides a
modular and scalable pay-as-you-grow solution with flexible operating modes for wide a range of
applications. Galaxy VX will help to address efficiency issues in hyperscale data centres, providing a
low TCO without compromising availability and reliability service level demands.
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In his opening keynote, Mark Bidinger, will not only address contemporary challenges facing colo and
Cloud service providers, but also discuss how the industry can respond to the growing demand to
scale quickly and support application-specific requirements:
“Big Data and the IoT continue to drive data centre expansion,” says Mark Bidinger. “But large scale
data centres are not being designed and constructed fast enough to keep up with demand. At the
same time, some Cloud services are unable to meet customer requirements if they are too remote and
bogged down with excessive latency. These sorts of factors are driving demand for micro data centre
solutions based upon proven designs, which can be factory engineered and delivered in weeks for
edge of network and regional deployment.”
Following on from some of the themes arising in the keynote, the Panel Discussion moderated by
Greg Jones of Schneider Electric brings together Fabrice Coquio, President of Interxion France; Phill
Lawson-Shanks, Chief Architect & VP of Innovation at EdgeConnex; Knut Molaug, CEO of Green
Mountain and Daniel Beazer, Analyst at BroadGroup to talk about a new form of hybrid computing
ecosystem to provision the availability requirements of IT networks and bandwidth-intensive content.
“To support the needs of today and tomorrow, computing power and storage are simultaneously
centralizing in cloud data centres and becoming distributed towards the network edge,” says panel
moderator, Greg Jones. “We’re bringing together leading lights from Europe’s data centre industry to
deliberate upon this emerging trend and consider the effect upon data centre infrastructure
simplification, uptime and availability, and both physical and cyber-security.”
The Solutions Presentation delivered by Brice Martinot-Lagarde, will discuss the potential impact of
the Open Compute Project on data centre architecture for Internet Giants, major Cloud service
providers and large enterprises. It will also explore the potential of OCP for the colocation market, as
well as the associated advantages and limitations of new Open Compute Architectures.
For more information, you are warmly welcome to visit Schneider Electric on Terrasse #3 during
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Datacloud Europe, Monaco, June 8 – 9 , or visit our website www.schneider-electric.com.
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Media Contact
Schneider Electric
Laetitia Cousin Lainé
Phone: +33 1 41 39 38 56
laetitia.cousin@schneider-electric.com
Media Contact
Spa Communications for Schneider Electric
Rory Flashman
Phone: +44 1892 883460
rflashman@spacomms.com
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160,000+ employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are
safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology,
software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies
reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.
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Media Contact
Schneider Electric
Laetitia Cousin Lainé
Phone: +33 1 41 39 38 56
laetitia.cousin@schneider-electric.com
Media Contact
Spa Communications for Schneider Electric
Rory Flashman
Phone: +44 1892 883460
rflashman@spacomms.com