TechTarget´s SearchDataCenter.com 2007 Products of the Year Program Honors Emerson Network Power`s Liebert NX with Softscale
Liebert NX with Softscale Wins Silver in Data Center Backup Power category
Columbus, Ohio (January 31, 2008) — Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, was honored for the second consecutive year by TechTarget`s SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year competition with a silver award for the Liebert NX with Softscale™ in the Data Center Backup Power category.
The awards were presented by the editors of TechTarget`s Data Center Media Group and were judged by the SearchDataCenter.com editorial staff, in conjunction with a team of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants, on six criteria: innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value. Judges selected among data center products introduced, upgraded and shipped between Oct. 31, 2006 and Nov. 1, 2007.
Scalability was cited by judges as a key benefit for the Liebert NX with Softscale, which is designed for small and medium size data centers facing unpredictable changes in their IT systems. The system can be sized to a data center`s existing requirements and then easily scaled with a simple software key as power demand grows. Modules can adapt from 40 kVA to 60 kVA to 80 kVA or from 80 kVA to 100 kVA to 120 kVA. This allows data center managers to scale power capacity without having to buy new modules, reducing the unit’s footprint on the data center floor as well as the amount of hardware data center mangers must manage. The Liebert NX also offers the ability to parallel unlike power capacities. For example, a customer can allow an 80 kVA system to be paired with a 40kVA system. Paralleling can be done for redundancy or capacity.
Judges also recognized the Liebert NX with Softscale for its energy efficiency. The unit offers a 97 percent efficiency rating, which exceeds the 95 percent "state-of-the-art" designation published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2007.
For more information on the Liebert NX with Softscale, or other Liebert technologies from Emerson Network Power, visit www.liebert.com.
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™. The company is the trusted source for adaptive and ultra-reliable solutions that enable and protect its customers` business-critical technology infrastructures. Backed by the largest global services organization in the industry, Emerson Network Power offers a full range of innovative power, precision cooling and connectivity products and services for computer, communications, healthcare and industrial systems. Key product brands within the Emerson Network Power family include Liebert, ASCO, Astec, and Lorain. The Liebert Adaptive Architecture creates power, cooling and monitoring platforms for IT systems that combine high reliability and flexibility while delivering the lowest total cost of ownership. For more information on Liebert visit www.liebert.com. For more information on the full spectrum of enterprise-wide solutions from Emerson Network Power, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2007 were $22.6 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com
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