APC Provides Technology for New IBM Service Product that Enables Customers
to Install a New Data Center Quickly, Using Modular Building Blocks
WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power
Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a global leader in power, cooling, and
management solutions, today announced that it has been selected by IBM as a
technology provider for a new global service product offered by IBM's site
and facilities services unit. APC and IBM have jointly developed the
Scalable Modular Data Center, a new solution that helps customers rapidly
deploy a pre- engineered 500 or 1,000 square foot data center to support
their business. The new offering enables users to build a data center in
nearly any working environment, in a minimal amount of time, using IBM
Global Services' capabilities and APC's InfraStruXure(R) data center
architecture.
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"Organizations of all sizes are currently experiencing significant
challenges as a result of energy-related expenses within their data
centers," said Rob Johnson, APC's president and chief executive officer.
"The strategic relationship between IBM and APC will produce a reliable,
scalable modular data center that will provide power, cooling, racks,
security and management capabilities that directly address those energy
challenges. From our experience in marketing products to small- and
medium-sized businesses, we designed this solution to specifically meet the
customer's need for flexible infrastructure that can install in virtually
any environment and still support the cost-effective addition of components
as a business grows. We believe that aligning a world wide leader in
critical data center infrastructure with the global leader in technology
services will produce an extremely attractive offering for the small- to
medium-sized data center market."
The new Scalable Modular Data Center service product is available from
IBM's site and facilities services unit. IBM will utilize its resources for
assessments, project management integration, and ongoing solutions-related
maintenance contracts. IBM will offer its customers pre-configured APC
InfraStruXure solutions, including perimeter or InRow(TM) cooling
(depending on the density level of the solution) and NetBotz(R) physical
threat monitoring, for data centers in the range of 500 to 1,000 square
feet. The InfraStruXure design, which integrates power, cooling, racks,
management, security and environmental and services, allows the selection
of standardized components to create a solution through modular and mobile
configurations. By using standardized components, the architecture easily
scales to meet the evolving needs of growing businesses. This
award-winning, patent-pending approach provides increased availability,
improved adaptability and speed of deployment as well as lower total cost
of ownership for all IT environments.
The Scalable Modular Data Center service product is currently available
from IBM in the Americas.
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(R), 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 $2 billion for the year ended December 31,
2005, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company.
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For more information contact:
Media:
Chet Lasell, APC director, public relations-North America, 800-788-2208
ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com
Investors:
Debbie Hancock, APC investor relations director, 800-788-2208, ext. 2994,
debbie.hancock@apcc.co
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CONTACT:
Chet Lasell, director of public
relations-North America, +1-800-788-2208 ext. 2693,
chet.lasell@apcc.com, or Debbie Hancock, APC investor relations
director, +1-800-788-2208, ext. 2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.co,
both of American Power Conversion
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