American Power Conversion Expands Education Efforts with Launch of Data Center University

		Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading global provider of high availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services, designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. (PRNewsFoto) WEST KINGSTON, RI USA

New Initiative Offers IT Professionals Certification in Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) Planning WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of end-to-end infrastructure availability solutions, has launched Data Center University, an online educational institution for IT professionals, engineers and people involved in building or operating server rooms and data centers. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) Data Center University by APC includes both classroom and Web-based courses. The initial launch offers 14 foundational courses and six advanced courses in the subject areas of data center design, build and operations. Courses are available online at http://www.datacenteruniversity.com. All courses, which are vendor neutral and do not promote APC products, focus on the critical technologies and best practices that are relevant to leading- edge, scaleable, modular data center infrastructure. Actual data center executives with decades of combined experience participated in the development of the courses. Individuals can complete most of the online, on-demand courses in less than one hour. Data Center University is an educational partner of IEEE. "Our goal is to provide data center professionals with training on real world issues, not just theory," said Rodger B. Dowdell, Jr., APC's president and chief executive officer. "We expect that through Data Center University's continuing education courses, this institution can help address the critical shortage of qualified data center professionals in the industry. Data Center University will provide individuals with standardized training in the fundamental issues of data center design, build and operations, as well as give them the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage real world issues in today's sophisticated data center. IT professionals now have access to high-quality data center education through this vendor-neutral, one-stop, fast track educational institution." Data Center University gives IT professionals an unprecedented opportunity to broaden knowledge on a wide variety of topics related to data center design and management, including the latest high density applications that are creating challenging design issues for enterprises. Other popular courses include Fundamentals of Cooling, Fundamentals of Power, and Fundamentals of Physical Security. From now until March 31, 2006, Data Center University will offer all online courses at no charge. Beginning April 1st, each online course will cost $79. Web-based education is self-paced and available on-demand via the Customer Education Web site at http://www.datacenteruniversity.com. Beginning in the third quarter of 2006, Data Center University will offer live classroom instruction in various locations. The Web site will list future classroom schedules. Data Center University also will offer certification paths beginning in the second quarter of 2006. "Data Center University addresses the great need for advanced education in the disciplines of planning network-critical physical infrastructure and designing data centers," added Dowdell. "As APC's core expertise has expanded into areas such as data center cooling and rack systems for blade servers, Data Center University is a natural fit." For more information about Data Center University or APC's products, please visit http://www.apc.com or call 800-877-4080. About American Power Conversion Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) is a leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. APC offers a wide variety of products for network-critical physical infrastructure including InfraStruXure(TM), its revolutionary architecture for on-demand data centers, as well as physical threat management products through the company's NetBotz(R) division. These products and services help companies increase the availability and reliability of their IT systems. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. For more information contact: Media: Chet Lasell, APC director, public relations-North America, 800-788-2208 ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com