Panduit acquires Unite Technologies

Blurb:

Datacenter infrastructure provider Panduit acquires Unite Technologies to bring more products into their Unified Physical Infrastucture solution. Also boosts their presence in Europe.

Tickers:

EQIX, RAX, SU, VMW

Tags:

Datacenters, Infrastructure, Convergence

Notes:

Part of a megatrend toward convergence of logical and physical infrastucture management.

PRESS RELEASE

Tinley Park, IL - August 22, 2012: Panduit Corp., a global leader in Unified Physical Infrastructure based solutions, today announced the acquisition of Unite Technologies Ltd. Unite specializes in energy management, power, security, and environmental monitoring solutions for the enterprise and the data center.

Unite Technologies' expertise complements Panduit innovation in the infrastructure management space and expands Panduit Unified Physical InfrastructureSM based solutions for the enterprise and the data center environment. The acquisition will bring an end-to-end physical to logical view and unmatched management of the physical infrastructure to Panduit and Unite Technologies' customers.

"Unite Technologies brings innovative technology and a highly skilled team to Panduit. Unite has a proven track record of success in helping forward thinking customers measure and monitor energy usage, enabling energy management capabilities that address high priority business and operational objectives," according to Tom Donovan, President, Panduit Corp. "The Unite solutions are an excellent complement to the Panduit offering." Simon Terry, Unite Technologies CEO added, "We are thrilled to be joining the Panduit team. Our combined solution will help customers harness the power of infrastructure management in new data centers and maximize utilization of existing data centers."

Panduit Infrastructure Management Leadership

Today, Panduit PIM™ software platform and PanView iQ™ hardware help ensure that a clients' physical infrastructure remains in alignment with organizational objectives by monitoring and analyzing data, empowering clients to make informed business decisions aligned to best practices, policies and procedures. The solution helps to define mission-critical business services, and maps IT (e.g., servers, switches and software applications) to facilities (e.g., power, cooling, and cabling). Combined with the Unite Technologies 6 Zone™ Data Center and Energy Management offering, Panduit solutions provide:

Centralized tracking of IT infrastructure assets on a single platform
Power consumption and energy management and reporting
Proactive capacity trend analysis and insights into capacity limitations and stranded capacity
Access control, security and environmental monitoring
Process documentation of IT assets, moves, adds, and changes
Visibility of under-utilized assets and resources and unauthorized patch field changes
Root cause analysis of physical network problems
Interoperability and integration with leading network, storage and power systems
For more information email panduit-unite@panduit.com.