FESD Dubai set to showcase disaster prevention technology at German Innovation Center

'When it comes to security, FESD's engineers have always prided themselves on thinking outside of the box' states FESD Dubai Product Manager, Tanja Spoerl. 'And when we were recruited to develop fire protection for the IT community, we decided to develop our technologies not from the vantage point of fire engineers, who tend to be concerned only with the maintaining the integrity of buildings, but from the perspective of IT managers and their priorities, mainly downtime.'

Created in 1998 through a joint research and development initiative between FESD and the Max Planck institute, FESD's Disaster Prevention Systems differ from traditional room extinguishing systems by utilizing an active detection system, which allows for the earliest possible detection of fire, and by utilizing Argon, an inert human/hardware gas, to safely secure sensitive hardware.

'During our research on the relationship between fire and the business community we noticed that room extinguishing systems were not facilitating the up-time tech-dependent companies require' explains Ms. Spoerl. 'By relying on passive detection systems which delay the recognition of fire and using chemical gases, such as FM 200, which corrode hardware and prevent IT managers from accessing their equipment, the majority of room extinguishing systems are clearly built on the assumption that maintaining the integrity of building infrastructure is key to operational continuity and not the hardware and networks required to keep a business running.'

On display at the German Innovation Center is the company's latest OFP disaster prevention solution, featuring enhanced networking capabilities which allow IT and security managers to receive information and updates on the environment surrounding crucial equipment, such as temperature, humidity, and smoke measures, by email, SMS, and SMTP messages.

FESD's disaster prevention systems will be on display and open to the public at the German Innovation Center until the end of 2005.