Nexans Wins ‘Data Centre Solution Vendor’ Award at The Integrator ICT Champion Awards 2017

Dubai, UAE, July 4, 2017: Nexans, the worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems, announced that it has won the ‘Data Centre Solutions Vendor of the Year’ award at the 5th Integrator ICT Champion Awards held recently in Dubai. Nexans was recognised for the inroads it has made in the Data Centre market with its product innovations that meet key operational, economic, energy saving and future growth requirements.

“Nexans has been at the forefront in bringing in innovative Data Centre solutions that helps reduce costs of operations and provide scalability options for future expansions. Along with our ‘Smart Choices for Digital Infrastructure’, our cabling solutions have become preferred choices for Data Centre upgrades in the region and receiving this accolade is a proof of the popularity of our solutions,” said Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East, South & East Africa at Nexans Cabling Solutions.

“This award is very special to us as it is recognition of our efforts in providing continuous innovation in the Data Centre cabling space and a testimony of our team’s commitment to providing the highest-level expertise, excellence, customer service and support to our customers and partners,” Mr. Helmy added.

Nexans’ Data Centre solutions include LANmark copper and fibre cabling that provide a migration path to 10/25/100Gigabit/s transmission speeds as well as optimize often limited space usage. The company’s latest Data Centre innovations under the name of ‘Smart Choices for Digital Infrastructure’ includes different Data Centre infrastructure technologies that help managers to support flexible, cost effective bandwidth architectures, optimized space usage and faster modular deployment.

The company’s LANmark cabling helps minimize Data Centre disruptions, reduces recurring costs and ensures greater continuity for better business vitality. Nexans LANmark-7A and LANmark-8 are designed for scalable and cost-effective high-speed Data Centre applications and helps customers scale up to 25G and 40G Ethernet over copper cabling. Nexans was the first global vendor to offer commercially available Cat 8 cabling solutions in this region.

Nexans’ LANmark ENSPACE solutions for Data Centres includes patch panels, cables and connectors which will help Data Centres meet the growing data demands. ENSPACE brings a number of benefits to the end-user by optimising space usage and cable management. With ENSPACE the company can offer end-users a fibre cabling solution that is able to reduce rack space by 50% compared to conventional fibre systems.

“Nexans offers solutions that enable enterprise customers to build and operate an efficient and cost-effective digital infrastructure that will support their growth objectives. Our cabling solutions enable high bandwidth to manage any unprecedented increase in data transmission and at the same time maximises the up-time for Data Centres. Being recognised for our efforts in the Data Centre space is definitely a huge achievement. We look forward to surpassing our clients’ expectations with continuous innovation, service and support,” Mr. Helmy concluded.

The 5th Integrator ICT Champion Awards selected winners based on an online industry survey that was conducted for over month and included shortlisted nominees in various categories. The awards were hosted by JNS Media International, the publishers of VAR Magazine and The Integrator. Nexans was selected for the ‘Data Centre Solutions Vendor of the Year’ category for its attractive offerings and deployments for the growing Data Centre market.

Nexans brings energy to life through an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions that deliver increased performance for our customers worldwide. Nexans’ teams are committed to a partnership approach that supports customers in four main business areas: Power transmission and distribution (submarine and land), Energy resources (Oil & Gas, Mining and Renewables), Transportation (Road, Rail, Air, Sea) and Building (Commercial, Residential and Data Centres). Nexans’ strategy is founded on continuous innovation in products, solutions and services, employee development, customer training and the introduction of safe, low-environmental-impact industrial processes.

In 2013, Nexans became the first cable player to create a Foundation to introduce sustained initiatives for access to energy for disadvantaged communities worldwide.

Nexans is an active member of Europacable, the European Association of Wire & Cable Manufacturers, and a signatory of the Europacable Industry Charter. The Charter expresses its members' commitment to the principles and objectives of developing ethical, sustainable and high-quality cables.

Nexans, acting for the energy transition, has an industrial presence in 40 countries, commercial activities worldwide, is employing close to 26,000 people and generating sales in 2016 of 5.8 billion euros. Nexans is listed on Euronext Paris, compartment A.

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