PRESS RELEASE
American Power Conversion Announces Two New Partners to Its BLADE READY™ Program
High Density Hosting, Inc. and Verari Systems, Inc. Join the BLADE READY Vendor Community to Assist in the Support of Growing Worldwide Blade Server Deployment
By Chet Lasell 800-788-2208
WEST KINGSTON, R.I. – March 19, 2007 – American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a global leader in power, cooling and management solutions, today announced that two new industry partners recently joined APC’s BLADE READY™ program (www.BladeReady.com). As members of the BLADE READY program, High Density Hosting, Inc. (HiDHo), a provider of next-generation data center solutions, and Verari Systems, Inc., the premier developer of powerful, flexible and scalable platform-independent blade computing systems, will assist companies with blade implementation and enable operational excellence in blade environments.
“Blade Servers are the fastest growing segment in the overall server market with an increasing number of companies utilizing compact blade servers in replace of rack-mounted units,” said Aaron Davis, APC’s chief marketing officer. “The addition of HiDHo and Verari Systems to the BLADE READY program strengthens our vendor community and enables us to better serve companies deploying or considering blade environments.”
The BLADE READY program unites APC with vendors of complementary data center infrastructure technologies to deliver comprehensive interoperable products, solutions, and services for blade server environments. Together, BLADE READY members help enterprises assess, design, procure, stage, implement and interconnect blade servers and related equipment. Members in this program include a group of strategic, best-in-class hardware and software vendors that help enable operational excellence and unsurpassed compatibility with blade network environments.
“Verari Systems has designed and manufactured some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, defining a new era in high performance utility computing for the enterprise data center,” said David Driggers, CTO, Verari Systems, Inc. “As a member of the BLADE READY program, our customers are now assured the highest level of dedication and expertise, providing high density blade server clusters and rack-optimized servers.”
“HiDHo was established to address the growing need of facilities to power and cool the ever-increasing high density server market,” said Robert Filipovich, chief technical officer, HiDHo. “Companies are becoming more aware of the advantages of blade technology to power and cool high density server environments; however few are aware of the challenges involved in the successful deployment of this technology. Utilizing APC’s InfraStruXure® architecture, HiDHo provides its customers the most reliable, high-density, rack-mounted solutions for power and cooling. This high standard of excellence and reliability is further demonstrated by HiDHo’s recent addition to the BLADE READY vendor community.”
To take advantage of the technology trend, the BLADE READY program offers a single stop 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.
For more information about BLADE READY, please visit www.BladeReady.com or call 800-877-4080. For more information about APC’s blade ready products and solutions, please visit 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®, its revolutionary architecture for on-demand data centers, as well as physical threat management products through the company’s NetBotz® 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, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company.
About Verari Systems
Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible and scalable platform-independent blade-based compute and storage solutions that are defining a new era in enterprise and high performance utility computing for the data center. Organizations such as Akamai, CGGVeritas, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm and Sony Imageworks, as well as top universities and research institutions worldwide, are among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density blade servers, modular storage blades, rack-optimized servers and award-winning software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions, please visit us on the web at http://www.verari.com or call (888) 942-3800.
