Emerson completes acquisition of Avocent  
ConvergenceAsia staff
16/12/2009

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling business-critical continuity, has strengthened its data centre infrastructure management portfolio with the completion of its acquisition of Avocent.

“This addition allows us to combine physical infrastructure and IT device knowledge to give Emerson Network Power the most comprehensive infrastructure management solution on the market and a set of capabilities previously unavailable from any single source,” said Ed Feeney, Emerson executive vice president, and business leader of Emerson Network Power.

Avocent’s technologies and solutions provide additional visibility into the data centre infrastructure, bolstering Emerson Network Power’s infrastructure management capabilities and ultimately giving data centre managers better control of energy consumption, IT operations and costs.

“Combining Avocent's technologies with our own data centre power, cooling and infrastructure management solutions will allow us to help our customers better manage reliability, availability and lifecycle costs through a simple yet comprehensive view of the complete data centre physical infrastructure," added Feeney.

Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, Avocent's infrastructure management technology is recognised as a leader in managing IT device operations and performance information, blending hardware, software and embedded technologies in a unified platform that simplifies monitoring, managing and problem solving in any size data centre. By improving visibility and access across a wide range of physical infrastructure, Avocent technologies complement Emerson Network Power's existing power, precision cooling and monitoring solutions.

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