WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power
Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of high
availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI),
today announced its new Blade Readiness Assessment Service that provides IT
professionals with an assessment of the feasibility of successfully deploying
blade servers in their current data center installations. The Blade Readiness
Assessment Service provides evaluations of essential data center NCPI
components including power, cooling, facility and rack capabilities, as well
as management systems. For each assessment, APC's Global Services staff
conducts site surveys and provide a report that includes identifying
constraints, as well as offering power and cooling enhancement options, and
optimal blade deployment strategies. The assessment service also benchmarks
the power and cooling performance of the facility against typical and best-in-
class deployments.
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IT industry research and analysis firm Gartner predicts that blade servers
will account for 20 percent of all server shipments worldwide by 2010.* This
would make blades the fastest growing server by a wide margin. To
successfully deploy these high-density processors, however, managers must
avoid costly mistakes that can lead to overheated equipment, data loss and
premature equipment failure.
"Deploying blade servers provides tremendous benefits, but, at the same
time, these powerful devices introduce critical challenges in the data center
such as new power and cooling requirements," said Dwight Sperry, APC's vice
president, Enterprise Systems and Business Networks. "The Blade Readiness
Assessment Service is one of APC's services that helps IT professionals
determine if their data centers are capable of deploying this new technology,
as well as allow them to optimize their NCPI over the complete data center
life cycle."
A typical customer for this type of assessment survey is a facilities or
IT manager of a small to medium data center (under 5000 sq. ft.) who plans to
consolidate using blade servers or implement technology upgrades. The
assessment includes analysis of a data center's current power and cooling
constraints. APC Global Services staff provide an analysis of the current
installation's ability to support blades and determine how many blades can be
installed, and where. In addition, APC will measure the current power and
cooling capacity at the room level and at the row level to determine the
actual as-installed power and cooling capabilities, which are typically not
the same as the nameplate values of the equipment. Similarly, APC also
measures existing temperature conditions using thermal imaging, which
indicates where unacceptable or marginal overheating conditions currently
exist and will likely represent failure locations in any blade server
deployment.
The Blade Readiness Assessment Service is currently available in North
America and the United Kingdom. The cost of a Blade Readiness Assessment
begins at $6,000 USD. Please call your local APC sales representative or APC
at 800-877-4080 to schedule an assessment. 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.
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.
Additional information about APC and its global end-to-end solutions is
available at http://www.apc.com or by calling 800-877-4080.
* Gartner report G00128143, "Capitalizing on the Blade Server
Opportunity," June 29, 2005.
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 director, investor relations, 401-789-5735, ext. 2994,
debbie.hancock@apcc.com
SOURCE American Power Conversion
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CONTACT:
Chet Lasell, director, public relations-North
America, +1-800-788-2208, ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com, or
Debbie Hancock, director, investor relations, 401-789-5735, ext.
2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com, both of APC
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