HUNTSVILLE, Ala., September 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)
– Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT), a global leader in IT Operations
Management, today announced multiple new offerings allowing IT managers
to get spiraling energy costs under better control by making real-time
energy measurements that can lead to rapid remedial actions from the
desktop to the data center. Not only do these solutions help IT
administrators monitor and reduce energy costs associated with the
desktop, server room and data center, but they also help organizations
launch or sustain their green-IT programs. Today’s move by Avocent is
also a direct response to demands by IT directors and data center
managers for systems that can more closely align IT objectives with
strategic business objectives.
“For nearly a year, we've been using Avocent's LANDesk Management
Suite to create policies that help us manage power settings on our
laptops and desktops, and we're pleased with the reduced energy costs
we're seeing," commented Keith Brown, Network Administrator with
Gwinnett Medical Center. "We've realized that by closely managing power
consumption with the LANDesk Management Suite has resulted in a
significant difference to our bottom line. In healthcare, 'Going Green'
not only makes a difference for the environment, but also helps
streamline our resources. This leads to additional benefits and
improvements in patient care, which is our ultimate goal."
“Avocent has both the power management and total remote access
management solution we were looking for,” said Carlos Nieves, Data
Center Manager with CompuCredit. With DSView 3 Power Manager and other
Avocent solutions deployed, CompuCredit has been able to utilize a
personnel model that has enabled us to cut our costs and improved our
overall ability to remotely support our critical infrastructure. The
robust capability and user-friendly performance of the Avocent power
management and other tools has proven to be a winning combination for my
organization.”
Power use and overall power management have become top concerns for
many enterprises, and key considerations in the deployment of today’s
newer, more powerful desktop and server solutions. Recent independent
research finds that nearly 60% of data center managers are actively
looking into IT solutions that help them manage costs associated with
power consumption. In their efforts to control upwardly spiraling
energy costs, IT managers are turning to flexible infrastructure
management solutions that can address these power issues at any level,
from end-node desktop systems to centralized, rack-based servers.
The three new power management-related announcements are:
- For desktops: Avocent is introducing increased power management
functionality in its LANDesk® Management Suite. Existing functionality
provides centralized management of power-related policies. The new
customer-driven functionality, while also enabling administrators to
control end-node power consumption with policies, adds new reporting
features with a tool that allows administrators to understand the
specific financial impact of proposed power management policies. In
addition, multiple power companies offer rebates to organizations
deploying the power conservation features in LANDesk Management Suite,
effectively providing immediate ROI.
- For server rooms: Avocent is introducing a new line of low-cost
power strips for small and medium-sized businesses. The low-cost power
strips will enable cost-effective power management from any location
over an IP network, and include software to allow consolidated
management of multiple power strips. These products are part of
Avocent’s overall vision to help make IT infrastructure of any scale
more accessible and ultimately more manageable.
- For data centers: Avocent is introducing intelligent power
distribution units (iPDUs) that work closely with DSView® 3 Power
Manager software. The new iPDUs are unique in allowing metering of
energy consumption down to the outlet level, enabling an IT manager to
know exactly how much power is being consumed by any given device
plugged into that outlet. The improved ability to gather and aggregate
power information, regardless of location within a data center, helps
managers reduce overall energy consumption costs and outages, while
improving operating efficiencies.
“Enterprise management software tools need to be integrated with
building management and facilities components to provide a single,
unified view of the thermal and energy profile of the data center,” said
Rakesh Kumar, vice president of research, Gartner. “Ideally, this
should use real-time data, which can then be analyzed to show energy use
trends. Also important will be the ability to use virtualization
capabilities for application and virtual machine migration to shift
workloads to lower-utilization periods. This will involve automated
power down of servers and, subsequently, power up and workload moves.”
Each of the offerings announced allows customers improved
infrastructure management and provides greater visibility and control
over power-related functionality, in turn enabling more accurate
planning of IT budgets and physical and virtual assets. As key
components within Avocent’s overarching IT Operations Management
framework, these tools help to decrease the number of uncontrollable
energy variables being measured and can lead to a sustained competitive
advantage.
“The rising cost of power has dramatically changed the face of
enterprise IT and datacenter facilities, and we’re finding that
companies reviewing the total cost of an IT asset over time are
including energy expenses, and not just the initial outlay,” commented
Avocent chief technology officer Ben Grimes. “With power control inside
the desktop and server, power control strips for rack-based equipment,
and the overarching management software layer over that equipment, we’re
helping customers measure and control power consumption, as well as
helping them understand overall asset costs. Our power management
solutions at the desktop, server room and datacenter levels are not only
cost-effective but they help IT administrators make well-informed
decisions based on granular, real-time data.”
Availability
Each of the solutions announced are currently available. For more information, visit www.avocent.com
About Avocent Corporation
Avocent delivers IT operations management
solutions that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase
the availability of critical IT environments 24/7 via integrated,
centralized software. Additional information is available at
www.avocent.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking
statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These include statements about new hardware and software
products and sales growth from these products and the Company's
transformation in becoming a leader in IT Operations Management. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements
made, including the risks associated with general economic conditions,
risks attributable to management changes and transition, risks
attributable to future product demand, sales, and expenses, risks
associated with reliance on a limited number of customers, component
suppliers, and single source components, risks associated with
acquisitions and acquisition integration, risks associated with product
design efforts and the introduction of new products and technologies,
and risks associated with obtaining and protecting intellectual property
rights. These factors are described in our annual report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2008.
Other risks may be detailed from time to time in reports to be filed
with the SEC. Avocent does not undertake any obligation to publicly
update its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances
after the date hereof.
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