ABB Datacentre Executive Sets Up Cloud Automation Business To “Mobilise The Industry”
The company will develop automation solutions for data centre and mission-critical clients.
Jim Shanahan, previously Global Head of ABB’s Data Centre Software business, has set up Cranntech to develop automation solutions for data centre and mission-critical clients.
The company provides data centre process management which utilises software to simplify and optimise processes such as incident response and maintenance while delivering content to a mobile platform. This is a relatively new discipline in the industry and Shanahan cites the current lack of available solutions on the market as his motivation for the start-up, saying: “One of the biggest ironies in data centres is that we still have maintenance crews with clipboards taking care of sophisticated cloud infrastructure, while even the pizza guy switched to electronic dispatch years ago.”