R&M, a leading Swiss developer and provider of connectivity solutions for high-performance network infrastructures, together with four of the region's leading technology vendors, is set to host its ‘Data Center Network Day.’

Under the theme ‘How to Measure and Ensure Data Center Performance,’ the event will take place on April 8 at the InterContinental Abu Dhabi.

It is targeted at data centre consultants and IT decision makers from all major industry verticals and will feature presentations by R&M, FNT Software, TTK, Fluke Networks and one of the largest IT companies in the world that will educate attendees on the various technologies and procedures necessary to ensure that their data centres are performing up to expectations.

Alfred Thereat, head of trading and data centre consultancy, R&M Middle East, Turkey and Africa, said: “We received an overwhelmingly positive response when we held our Data Center Network Day event in November of last year so it was only logical to make this a regular feature.

“The presence of so many leading IT vendors at a single platform gives attendees a comprehensive overview of every critical element in the design and operation of a high-performance data centre. This time, we will focus on the measurement of data centre performance. This is dependent on a number of complex and often interrelated factors which IT teams often find difficult to address.”

R&M is also set to launch its HD Traffic Access Point (TAP) solution at the event. A TAP is a passive fibre optic splitter which can be easily installed between two network devices such as switches, routers, and storage, to provide network and security personnel with a connection for monitoring.

As they do not have IP addresses, the HD TAP Modules are isolated from external access, eliminating the possibility of remote attack. R&M has designed this solution to be fully compatible with all major manufacturers' monitoring solutions for Ethernet and Fibre Channel.

The collaboration between R&M and the four market leading vendors will give attendees a comprehensive understanding of a broad range of topics that touch upon every aspect of the modern data centre.

The vendors will bring with them deep knowledge of various market verticals including government, telecom, utilities, banking and finance, and education.

The presentations scheduled at the event include R&M - ‘HD Traffic Access Point (TAP) Solution’; FNT Software - ‘DCIM integration’; TTK - ‘Addressing Water Leak Detection to protect critical environment’; and Fluke Networks - ‘Monitoring your datacenter performance.’ - TradeArabia News Service