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Accelerating the Industrial applications move to the edge, no matter
the environment or specific challenges.”
Edge through partnership regional manager for sales and business
Adds Pieter van der Merwe, the
development for Africa and Middle East
at Stratus Technologies: “The EcoStruxure
MDC’s open architecture is ideal for
ndustrial edge computing has emerged (6U, 12U or 42U rack sizes), optimised deployment by VARs, especially system
as a bona fide subset of edge computing, for the harsher industrial operational builders, system integrators and end users
Ibringing data, storage and analytics closer technology (OT) environments. looking to install MDC solutions. It can
to where content is created or consumed. “Our partnership with Stratus, and be used in applications like monitor and
To this end, Schneider Electric and Stratus the resultant development of EcoStruxure control and integrate into control rooms or
Technologies have forged a partnership that MDC, has led to four important features command centres.
sees the global leaders providing a solution and fundamental pillars of industrial “It can even work alongside the
that moves data acquisition and processing edge computing: sustainability, efficiency, world-class AVEVA software and a unified
to the factory floor while dramatically adaptability and resiliency,” says Rohan de operations centre and can deployed in a
consolidating industrial software workloads. Beer, Channel Manager – Southern Africa variety of industries like water, wastewater,
The Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Secure Power Division, APC by Schneider mining, F&B CPG, pharmaceutical/life
Micro Data Centre (MDC) with Stratus Electric. science, power, oil and gas,” he concludes.
Fault Tolerant redundant ftServer has been “With the combined efforts of
purpose-built for the rigors of industrial Schneider Electric, Stratus Technologies The Schneider Electric EcoStruxure MDC
environments. The jointly developed and AVEVA, we have provided our channel with Stratus ftServer offer key features for
solution features Schneider Electric’s UPS’, partners and end user customers with a edge locations such as:
Stratus Fault Tolerant redundant future proofed platform, growing as more • Built-in security, fluid, vibration and
ftServer and pre-installed AVEVA smoke sensors.
software, all in an enclosed rack • Deployment in confined spaces - the
MDC “in a box” fits in factories or
facilities running edge computing
applications.
• Performance tested, characterised and
validated – the solution is prewired,
verified and configured out of the box.
• Project execution complexity is
mitigated resulting in a 40% reduction in
field engineering time, 7% reduction in
maintenance costs, and a 20% increase
in speed-to-market.
• Stratus’s ftServer’s virtualisation
capabilities consolidate workloads.
This includes running (in tandem)
monitor and control, on-premises
historical, manufacturing execution,
asset performance management,
and automated material handling
applications as well as advanced AI and
ML (machine learning) applications.
• Schneider Electric’s smart,
uninterrupted power supply (UPS) offers
protection against electrical hazards,
remote support, calculated shutdowns
and integration into the Stratus ftServer.

Contact Schneider Electric South Africa,
Phone 086 130-0222, za-ccc@se.com,
www.se.com/za/en

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