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Schneider Electric Announces Strategic Technology Acquisition of Viridity EnergyCenter DCIM Software
The acquisition will merge Viridity’s unique IT discovery and method of measuring server power consumption with Schneider Electric’s data centre software to deliver best-in-class asset tracking, capacity planning and energy visualisation for superior energy management.
Dublin, Ireland - December 20, 2011 — Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced a strategic technology acquisition of the Viridity EnergyCenter 2.0 platform, the flagship product of a well-known start-up specializing in DCIM management software that provides a cross-functional solution for understanding the connection between physical infrastructure, IT equipment and the applications that run on them.
With this investment Schneider Electric will acquire the intellectual property and software behind the Viridity EnergyCenter 2.0 platform, software that enables auto-discovery of IT assets to optimize capacity utilization at the IT asset level. This investment will augment the StruxureWare™ for Data Center Operations DCIM suite, which is designed to solve the most complex challenges of operating enterprise data centres.
David Cappuccio, Research Vice President and Chief of Research for Infrastructure & Operations at Gartner Inc., noted in a recent report*, "Forward-thinking companies have realised that to run data centres efficiently, and to extend their lives indefinitely, it is not logical to treat data centre facilities and IT assets separately, because without one the other can't operate. When enterprises start to focus on all the components that make up the ecosystem, they will begin to make informed long-range decisions.”
StruxureWare for Data Centers is a combination of Schneider Electric’s market leading Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and Data Centre Facility Management (DCFM) software tools. The complete suite is able to provide data gathering, monitoring, automation, and planning and implementation functionalities to enable an integrated and multifaceted view of all the mission critical physical systems of the data centre. As a cornerstone of this suite, c-level executives, data centre managers and facility managers alike have complete visibility and control over their data centre’s daily operations.
"We are very pleased to welcome the Viridity team and their award-winning Energy Center 2.0 platform and look forward to incorporating this solution into Schneider Electric's line of software solutions,” commented Jim Simonelli, CTO, IT Business, Schneider Electric. “Our entrepreneurial cultures are extremely complementary and we expect immediate synergies in the development of Schneider Electric’s next generation DCIM software.”
This strategic investment in Viridity’s EnergyCenter 2.0 software will enable our customers to meet their most pressing data centre energy challenges while gaining efficiency in all levels of their daily data centre operations. The ability to measure energy consumption accurately and by device will differentiate Schneider Electric and the StruxureWare for Data Center Operations suite, ultimately helping customers make the most of their energy.
StruxureWareTM for Data Centers Operations suite is available today. Viridity’s EnergyCenter 2.0 software will continue to be supported by Schneider Electric’s world-class global service and support organization. For more information on our complete line of data centre software solutions please visit www.apc.com/software.
*Gartner, Inc., IT and Facilities Working Together Is a Requirement to Improve Data Centers, David J. Cappuccio, August 4, 2011.
About Schneider Electric
As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centers/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company's 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of more than $26 billion in 2010, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations “Make the most of their energy.”
For more information contact:
Anju Birdy Field Marketing Manager UK & Ireland APC by Schneider Electric Tel: +44 (0) 118 903 7800 Email: Anju.Birdy@apcc.comWeb: www.apc.com/gb Press enquiries: Damien Wells Director SPA Communications Tel: +44 (0)7900 302102 Email: dwells@spacomms.co.uk |
