Industry’s Top Performers: Migrating businesses to high-speed IT infrastructure

Prem Rodrigues, Director for Sales and Marketing IMEA, Siemon.
Prem Rodrigues, Director for Sales and Marketing IMEA, Siemon.
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Siemon advanced cabling solutions comprise Z-MAX category 6A F/UTP and TERA category 7A and 8.2 high-performance twisted-pair copper cabling systems. Fibre cabling includes BASE 8 and BASE 12 plug-and-play fibre systems that offer a seamless migration from duplex 10 GB per second to 40 and 100 GB per second applications.

LightWays is a fully enclosed, flexible ducting system to protect, segregate and manage fibre optic cables in the most rigorous datacentre conditions. Siemon is also leading the way in the adoption of 400 and 800 GB per second solutions and is acting as the technical knowledge provider to the market.

ConvergeIT intelligent building solutions integrate critical data, voice, video, and low voltage building systems onto a single unified physical infrastructure that also delivers PoE, Power over Ethernet. Its datacentre services include comprehensive site surveys, the scope of work, thorough document review, detailed floor plans, cabling and pathway layouts, bills of material, 2D drawings and 3D BIM modelling and expert guidance on deployment strategies, standards compliance, topologies, and architectures.

Siemon solutions enable low-latency, high-speed data transmission for reliable support of today’s advanced applications. A robust fibre cabling infrastructure from Siemon with low-loss components will enable speeds of up to 400 GB per second for the datacentre backbone.

Pre-terminated cabling solutions from Siemon will help deploy IT infrastructure faster and support scaling as and when needed. To mitigate risk and increase IT security, Siemon’s Intelligent Infrastructure Management system monitors datacentre assets in real-time, and tracks move, adds and changes.

Siemon offers the most comprehensive suites of copper and optical fibre cabling systems, racks, cable management, and Intelligent Infrastructure Management solutions and has more than 400 patents specific to structured cabling.

ConvergeIT intelligent building solution integrates data, voice, video, and low voltage systems onto a unified physical infrastructure

The company’s Category 6A Z-MAX system provides best-in-class performance with the highest performance margins across all critical transmission parameters. It offers the fastest Cat6A terminations in the industry and Z-MAX jacks deliver the industry’s most reliable jack-plug connection for superior support of the latest PoE applications.

TERA Category 7A cabling far exceeds all performance requirements for 10GBASE-T and enables cable-sharing that allows simultaneous support of multiple applications over a single cable, in a single outlet. Siemon is also the first to demonstrate single-pair Ethernet over 400 meters of balanced twisted pair copper cabling. Besides, the company’s environmental sustainability benchmarks are unparalleled in the industry, including 179% global carbon negativity and zero-landfill status.

The company provides comprehensive training for installers in the areas of cabling system design, installation, and administration. Siemon Cabling System Certified Installers can offer an extended 25-year system warranty. Through this training, Siemon provides theoretical and practical knowledge for a duration of three full days to the trainees.

Siemon solutions enable low-latency, high-speed data transmission for reliable support of advanced applications

Siemon’s Registered Installer programme specifically serves the needs of integrators and installers of low voltage Intelligent Building applications. They receive industry-accredited training and knowledge to deliver best-in-class cabling solutions for IP-enabled devices and applications. Trained RIs are authorised to deploy Siemon solutions with the support of an extended 15-year RI product warranty.

Siemon’s Digital Lighting Partner programme helps low-voltage cabling contractors leverage their IP infrastructure expertise to become go-to experts in the PoE lighting space. Similarly, the Project Assistance programme helps enterprise managers locate installers and consultants for their projects. Using Siemon Certified Installer companies ensures successful and consistent network cabling projects, from concept through to implementation.

Siemon provides hands-on training to the engineers working on the project sites. The technical team members also audit the site and provide best practice recommendations and continuous improvement suggestions. This training helps engineers to overcome difficulties they might be facing at the site and maintain standard installation practices.

The company plans to launch the high-density fibre infrastructure solution LightVerse, which will enable the datacentre or enterprise network to get operational quicker with higher reliability and enhanced installation flexibility.

Siemon recently launched LightWays, a fully enclosed and flexible ducting system to protect, segregate and manage fibre optic cables in the most rigorous datacentre conditions.

It also plans to launch advanced Category 6A copper solutions under a new product line to meet the high-density, high-efficiency copper cabling needs. The company is also working to improve the software of its automated infrastructure solutions MapIT and has plans to launch the new version soon. This will provide greater flexibility, ease of use and insightful data to monitor the installed network infrastructure.

Globally, Siemon serves over 200 of the world’s top 500 companies across the education, healthcare, government, hospitality, financial services, and oil and gas sectors. It has also secured large datacentre passive infrastructure and integrated buildings projects.

TOP EXECUTIVE

Prem Rodrigues, Director for Sales and Marketing IMEA, Siemon.
Prem Rodrigues, Director for Sales and Marketing IMEA, Siemon.

As the Director for Sales and Marketing for IMEA, Prem reports to the Global Sales Director. He is responsible for incubating new strategic business and innovations across the region, along with leading the team and driving profitability. He has worked at various organisations in the Middle East region handling diverse roles and projects before joining Siemon in 2010.

As the region head, Prem and his team have been able to position Siemon as a leading provider of the datacentre, intelligent buildings, and network infrastructure products in the region. They have also been able to gather trust and satisfaction from customers, which is a great testimony to Siemon’s innovation and quality of products. This has helped drive business growth over the last decade, which the company expects to continue.

 

DREAM ROLE

Prem aims to deliver Siemon’s ambitious plan to capture a large percentage of the market share and become the leading provider of the datacentre and intelligent building solutions in the region.

ROLE MODEL

Prem finds Steve Jobs to be the most inspirational executive in business and Apple as an inspirational organisation. Prem also has been an ardent admirer of Carl Siemon’s successful years as the CEO of the company and as a mentor with whom he has been working closely for many years.

OFFLINE

Prem is a music aficionado and loves listening to different genres of music. He also loves watching biopics, documentaries, and docuseries. His involvement in charity and community service keeps him humble. Prem also loves travelling and exploring new places, meeting new people to learn about cultures across the world. At times, he unplugs completely by minimising screen time to zero. He also enjoys spending time and holidaying with kids, family, and friends.

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