Data center specialist EkkoSense appoints Director of Sales for APAC.
Data center specialist EkkoSense has
appointed Michael
Yong as its Director of Sales for the APAC region. The announcement
follows last week’s news that Rahi, a global IT solutions
provider with a carefully selected suite of solutions for smart Data Centers,
is to distribute EkkoSense’s EkkoSoft Critical data
center optimization solution across the region.
Based in Singapore, Michael Yong previously held the
position of Data Center Solution Sales – APAC at global
technology firm ABB. He previously served as Sales & Operations Director
for ADC Power Concept Pte Ltdand spent more than 11 (eleven) years with
Dell as Practice Leader for Data Center Facilities for South Asia,
with APC by Schneider for ASEAN. In his new role, Michael will be
instrumental in driving EkkoSoft Critical data centre optimization across
the APAC geography.
With its distinctive combination of 3D visualization and
access to granular thermal, power and capacity data, EkkoSoft Critical is the
first solution to make real-time data center performance optimization a
reality.
Commenting on his appointment, Michael Yong
said: “Having spent almost 20 years working in the data center sector, I’m
excited to be heading up sales for the innovative EkkoSoft Critical software
proposition across the region. With its distinctive combination of 3D
visualization and access to granular thermal, power and capacity data, EkkoSoft
Critical is the first solution to make real-time data center performance
optimization a reality. I’m looking forward to sharing its benefits with data
center operations teams and enterprise customers across APAC.”
EkkoSoft Critical software delivers an average 30% data
centre cooling energy saving, significantly reducing cooling equipment capex investment requirements and delivering a
quantifiable carbon usage reduction to help data centers contribute towards
corporate net zero commitments.
The EkkoSense solution provides an attractive business case
for midsize, enterprise, and larger hyperscale data centers as it enables true
real-time M&E Capacity Planning for power, cooling and space – at a
fraction of the cost of more expensive and complex DCIM solutions. Interest in
the software is growing internationally.
EkkoSoft Critical software delivers an average 30% cooling energy saving,
significantly reducing cooling equipment capex investment requirements and delivering a
valuable contribution to corporate NetZero commitments through sustained carbon
usage reductions in the data center. The EkkoSense solution provides an
attractive business case as it enables true real-time M&E Capacity Planning
for power, cooling and space – at a fraction of the cost of more expensive and
complex DCIM solutions.
About Rahi
Established in 2012 and now with more than 30 office locations around the
world, Rahi is trusted by many of the world’s leading technology companies. The
company is headquartered in Fremont, CA, and delivers services that maximize
the performance, scalability and efficiency of today’s integrated environment.
The company has deep expertise in data center infrastructure, compute, storage,
networking, cloud services, A/V and security technologies.
About EkkoSense
EkkoSense is a data center specialist and industry leader in the provision of advanced sensing
technology, SaaS DCIM-class visualization & monitoring software and
analytics solutions for critical facilities such as data centers. The company
is committed to eliminating thermal risk and helping organizations to monitor,
manage and maximize their data center performance.
