American Power Conversion Launches BLADE READY(TM) Program to Facilitate Shift to Blade Servers

		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 UNITED STATES

Vendors Align with APC to Help Enterprises Migrate to "Hot" Technology WEST KINGSTON, R.I., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of end-to-end infrastructure availability solutions, today announced its BLADE READY(TM) program (http://www.BladeReady.com), a multi-vendor approach to help enterprises plan and implement high density applications such as blade servers. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO ) The BLADE READY program unites APC with vendors of complementary network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI) technologies to deliver comprehensive interoperable products, solutions, and services for blade NCPI environments. Together, BLADE READY members help enterprises assess, design, procure, stage, implement and interconnect blade servers and related equipment. Members in this program will include a group of strategic, best-in-class hardware and software vendors that help enable operational excellence and unsurpassed compatibility with blade network environments. "CIOs are quickly recognizing this form-factor saves space and improves serviceability," said Aaron Davis, APC's vice president of worldwide marketing and communications. "However with these high density environments come power consumption and heat output unlike anything data center managers have dealt with in the past. This is literally hot, new technology. We are pleased the BLADE READY program is available as the single stop expert resource to help IT professionals tackle the challenges inherent with deploying blades." Industry research firm IDC forecasts that worldwide blade server shipments will account for 25 percent of worldwide server shipments by 2009 and notes that blade server shipments are growing at a compound annual rate of 54 percent per year from 2005 to 2009.* However, planning blade server deployments is a technical challenge. With power consumption within a rack often exceeding 3000 watts, which creates thermal hot spots in the data center, new approaches to cooling are required. The BLADE READY program is a single source for a wide variety of resources including APC's Blade Readiness Assessment Service, which is a first step in understanding the right approach to these challenges. Also available are white papers, build out guides, total cost of ownership (TCO) planning guides, and more. APC sets the standard for power backup and distribution, innovative cooling solutions, and related NCPI solutions such as its award-winning InfraStruXure(R) architecture. Through its NetBotz(R) division, APC also offers IT professionals a suite of security management products such as video surveillance and an array of environmental sensors that identify and resolve events before they result in downtime. "With the recent launch of InfraStruXure systems for high density, APC continues to set the standard for new, innovative approaches to high density data center infrastructure," continued Davis. "The BLADE READY program allows enterprises to leverage our expertise and tap into APC's world-class alliances, thereby deploying blade computing solutions in an informed way." For more information about BLADE READY, please visit http://www.BladeReady.com or call 800-505-7118. For more information about 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(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. All trademarks are the property of their owners. * Worldwide and U.S. Blade Server 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares (IDC - Doc #33631, July 2005) For more information contact: Media: Chet Lasell, APC director, public relations-North America, 401-789-5735, ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com Investors: Debbie Hancock, APC director, investor relations, 401-789-5735, ext. 2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com