APC Announces the 2008 APC Custom AV Manufacturer’s Representative

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, has announced the winners of its 2008 APC Custom AV Manufacturer’s Representative and Dealers of the Year Awards. An awards presentation was held in Orlando on June 17 at the InfoComm ‘09 Conference, the largest and most comprehensive professional and commercial AV event in the world. The APC Custom AV Award winners were selected based on year-over-year revenue growth, sales volume and customer satisfaction. An extraordinary amount of candidates, totaling 12 custom manufacturers’ representatives and more than 500 custom dealers, were considered for the award.

“We are proud to recognize the 2008 APC Custom AV Manufacturer’s Representative and Dealers of the Year Award winners for their impressive growth and continued commitment to sales success,” said Bryan West, vice president of channels, APC. “Our network of representatives and dealers work hand-in-hand to deliver reliable solutions and we are honored that they choose APC as their trusted provider.”

2008 APC Custom AV Manufacturer’s Representative of the Year Award Winner

Orion Integrated Systems, an independent manufacturers’ representative firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was honored with the 2008 APC Custom AV Manufacturer’s Representative of the Year Award. Orion specializes in designing custom residential control systems, high-end audio-video electronics and theater interiors throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Asked about the successes that lead to winning the award, Scott Summers, owner of Orion, said “APC’s strong products, coupled with Orion’s more than 30 years of experience, makes for a winning combination. We are thrilled to be recognized for our dedication to the APC brand.”

2008 APC Custom AV Dealers of the Year Award Winners

Northeast – Frankentek (www.frankentek.com) is a Medford, New Jersey-based design, engineering and installation firm with more than 20 years of experience in custom home electronics. Frankentek holds offices internationally and has been an APC dealer since 2007.

Southeast – Jobe Systems (www.jobesystems.com) of Houston, Texas, has provided custom, lifestyle-enhancing electronic products for more than a decade and has been an APC supporter since 2006.

Midwest – Triphase Technologies (www.triphase-tech.com), headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, and founded in 1997, is known for its innovative design, high-quality installations and superior customer service. Triphase has been working with APC since 2006.

West – Hermary’s (www.hermarys.com) of San Carlos, California, has completed more than 1,500 sophisticated electronics design and installation projects in the past 45 years.

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Save Energy and Money with APC’s New Power-Saving Surge Protector

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced the introduction of the APC Power-Saving Surge Protector with LCD Timer®, an on/off programmable surge protector that provides guaranteed protection from damaging power surges and spikes.By setting the APC Power-Saving Surge Protector with LCD Timer to power on or off at select times, consumers are able to save energy and money by avoiding wasted energy draw to idle electronics.

“Traditionally, surge protectors were designed for the sole purpose of protecting equipment from dangerous power transients,” said Dave Johnson, senior vice president, Home & Business Networks, APC.“The new APC Power-Saving Surge Protector with LCD Timer provides guaranteed protection with the added benefit of energy and cost savings.By setting the timer to distribute energy only when needed, consumers can realize a significant savings of standby energy each year.”

APC’s Power-Saving Surge Protector with LCD Timer can be set to turn on or off at any preferred time on any selected day with as many as five scheduled settings.For example, users can program a charging station to power on upon arrival home from work to recharge an mp3 player and cell phone and then programmed to power off the next morning once the user departs for work.The LCD timer’s flexibility allows multiple users to set a variety of on/off times for all of their energy needs.

APC’s Power-Saving Surge Protector with LCD Timer is available in two models.The P4GC model offers four timer controlled outlets in a convenient wall-tap unit.The P6GC model has five timer controlled outlets and one always-on outlet in standard strip form with a 3-foot cord.Both units offer two block spaced outlets for odd or large-shaped plugs, as well as status lights indicating ‘building wiring fault’, ‘timer enabled’ and ‘protection working’.

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APC’s Newest NetShelter Products Allow Businesses to Deploy Equipment

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, announced today that it has expanded its NetShelter product line to include innovative rack enclosures that can be installed in virtually any open office environment.Designed for space-constrained companies looking to create or expand a network closet or server room, the APC NetShelter CX Office Enclosures offer integrated cooling, sound dampening and power distribution.The APC NetShelter CX Office Enclosures keeps equipment cool and managed in a remarkably quiet and aesthetically-pleasing rack enclosure. The enclosures, built using a wood composite material, are available in 18U, 24U and 38U sizes and provide exceptional compatibility, convenience and safety of equipment.

The APC NetShelter CX Office Enclosure eliminates the need for dedicated IT space and gives customers the ability to install a network closet or server room almost anywhere.A host of unique, installer-friendly features ensure quick and easy system deployment and the closets’ professional-quality appearance blends seamlessly into any office environment.Additionally, the APC NetShelter CX Office Enclosures combine high thermal capacity and noise reduction with superior reliability and all-inclusive plug-and-play specification.

“IT managers and SMB owners often cannot find or build space for server and networking equipment and are typically forced to adjust or adapt to an unsatisfactory alternative,” said Dave Johnson, senior vice president, Home & Business Networks, APC.“APC’s NetShelter CX Office Enclosures allow IT professionals the flexibility and convenience of deploying new or additional IT hardware safely into the open office environment.”

APC’s NetShelter CX AR4018 model features a physical capacity of 18 rack spaces, noise reduction of 18.5 dB, a maximum recommended thermal load of 1.2kW (4,100 BTU/hr), an integrated power distribution of 15 x surge-protected outlets and a power consumption of 19 Watts.

APC’s NetShelter AR4024 model features a physical capacity of 24 rack spaces, noise reduction of 18.5 dB, a maximum recommended thermal load of 2.4kW (8,200 BTU/hr), an integrated power distribution of 15 x surge-protected outlets and a power consumption of 38 Watts.

APC’s NetShelter AR4038 model features a physical capacity of 38 rack spaces, noise reduction of 18.5 dB, a maximum recommended thermal load of 3.6 kW (12,300 BTU/hr), an integrated power distribution of 15 x surge-protected outlets and a power consumption of 57 Watts.

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Schneider Electric Launches Energy University to Drive Energy Management Awareness

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the debut of Energy University™ by Schneider Electric, a vendor-neutral, online educational community that provides the fundamentals needed to implement successful energy efficient solutions scaling various applications. The courses are designed to provide anyone involved in the decision-making, management, planning, design, or construction of a space impacted by energy, a level of expertise to address efficiency issues and apply safe, reliable and cost effective measures.

“Schneider Electric believes there is a significant opportunity for sustainable energy savings that is unaddressed by industry and consumers today. Through Energy University, we expect to enable anyone to better understand and act on these opportunities, so they can do more with less,” said Paul Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Energy and Solution University, Schneider Electric. “Energy University will reduce complexity and raise awareness by providing global users easy access to practical education on all aspects of energy management.”

Energy University courses are product-agnostic and focus on the critical concepts and best practices necessary to achieve a high degree of energy management. Subject matter experts from all areas of the company assist in the development and creation of the courses. As the demand for new technologies and knowledge increases, Energy University will be incorporating additional courses to the program.

Currently, 11 foundational courses are offered— a sample of topics includes:

· Energy Efficiency Fundamentals

· The Economics of Energy Efficiency

· Going Green with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

· Trusted Advisor Program Overview

· Alternative Power Generation Technologies

· Data Center Efficiency: Reducing Electrical Power Consumption

· Lighting Basics for Energy Efficient Applications I

Each course can typically be completed in less than one hour and the added ease of an online platform makes learning convenient and accessible from any internet-ready computer. The self-paced learning experience is enhanced by an accompanying quiz for success measurement and preparation for the certification exam. The certification verifies that a user has a comprehensive understanding of energy management and is able to independently handle situations related to energy awareness, problem solving and solutions design.

"Only through education and awareness can companies take advantage of the significant energy savings available to them today," said Andy Chatha, President and CEO of ARC Advisory Group. "By providing users with commercial-free knowledge and expertise of various topics, they will be able to implement sustainable energy-efficient solutions that are good for the environment and good for their bottom line."

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APC Presented with Two Distinctive Awards from Everything Channel

APC by Schneider Electric was named a 2009 CRN Channel Champion in the Power Protection and Management Category and a 2009 Everything Channel Five-Star Partner Program Guide Certification winner.The CRNChannel Champion study measures overall Solution Provider perceptions of vendor products and services and is the largest and broadest-based technology integrator market study in the industry.The Five-Star Partner Program Guide Certification acknowledges a company’s commitment and strength of its programs for reseller partners which include IT integrators, technology solution providers, and consultants.

“We are delighted to receive these awards of distinction and are pleased that our partners recognize our continued commitment to providing them with the best resources they need to remain successful,” said Marc Sherman, vice president, marketing, North America, APC. “APC is dedicated to becoming the partner of choice and we are committed to driving innovative solutions with our partners that help customers achieve a highly reliable and efficient infrastructure.”

In 2008, APC launched an enhanced channel partner program that aligns key industry trends with business opportunities for channel partners.The certification program provides partners with an opportunity to develop sales and engineering competencies in power, cooling, security, services and environmental management.The program allows partners to differentiate themselves by providing a more reliable and highly available infrastructure for today's demanding technology deployments.In addition, APC expanded its North American partner-focused resources and adapted a new sales coverage model to align resources based on type of partner and needed tools to succeed.

“Solution Providers have come to rely on the CRN Channel Champions study as a way to evaluate the leading technology vendors in the channel today. Additionally, the Five-Star Partner Program honors those vendors for their commitment to their partners, and their efforts to build quality programs.We congratulate the winners for delivering high-quality solutions that satisfy business partners," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.

The CRN Channel Champions survey was conducted between January 2009 and February 2009.Solution Providers were chosen at random from CRN’s subscriber list and were pre-qualified to ensure that they worked in the category, were familiar with the products and had a significant relationship with the vendor(s) being rated.Many respondents were qualified to rate more than one vendor.CRN specified that VARs and technology integrators rate only those vendors with whom they had either a strategic partner type of business relationship, when possible.Vendors rated in each category were chosen on the basis of market share data provided by major research firms.In the case where market share data was not available, vendors were chosen by CRN senior editorial staff recommendations.VARs and technology integrators were asked to rate the relative importance of the individual evaluation criteria.To derive the overall score for each vendor, the raw satisfaction scores were weighted according to the relative importance of the evaluation criteria.

Research for the 2009 Everything Channel Partner Programs Guide and the Everything Channel Five-Star Program was conducted by Everything Channel's Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED). IPED analyzed 130 vendor programs rating vendors' responses to nearly 60 in-depth questions about their partner programs in the six elements of sales support, marketing support, partner profitability, channel operations, communications and partner recruitment.

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APC Expands its Innovative Smart-UPS® RT Product Line

APC by Schneider Electric today announced it expanded its APC Smart-UPS® RT product line with four new models which offer excellent power quality, performance and versatility in 3U and 12U size for rack/tower installation.Designed for IT or facilities professionals who manage space-constrained server rooms and network closets, the new APC Smart-UPS RT 5kVA and 6kVA (3U) and 15kVA and 20kVA (12U) models provides worry-free uninterruptible power protection for increased availability.APC’s Smart-UPS RT models are ideal for small and medium businesses looking to protect networking hardware from power disturbances and outages, prevent data loss and boost availability levels. The expanded APC Smart-UPS RT product line includes versatile double conversion online UPS models offering users a flexible electrical configuration: the 5/6kVA provides multiple output voltages of both 208V and 120V, while the 15/20kVA has a removable input/output wiring tray that allows quick and easy installation and maintenance of the UPS.

“Industry trends such as convergence, consolidation and virtualization are not only driving the need for increased availability in data centers, but also network closets and server rooms,” said Dave Johnson, senior vice president, Home and Business Networks, APC.“Networks in space-constrained locations present several challenges for IT and facilities managers.APC’s Smart-UPS RT product line offers the level of control, monitoring and management that these environments and today’s systems demand.”

Built on the same standards as the award-winning APC Smart-UPS family with more than 20 million installed, notable highlights and benefits of the expanded Smart-UPS RT models include: adaptability, with a flexible electrical configurations; availability, with hot-swappable batteries to ensure uptime; manageability, with bundled management solutions that allow configuration and diagnoses of the UPS- remote or at the site, and a display that communicates UPS status for fast diagnosis and control; and serviceability, with field replaceable receptacle panels that allow direct connection enabling fast installation of new IT equipment.

All Smart-UPS RT models are tested and certified for use within APC’s InfraStruXure® architecture and are application optimized and compatible with a variety of operating systems and network management platforms.The Smart-UPS RT product line also offers a wide range of options and related products and services.Users can select additional items such as external battery enclosures, external power distribution units, NetShelter® racks and enclosures, service bypass panels, service offerings, and management capabilities.All models come with a remote management capability featuring APC’s PowerChuteÒ monitoring and management software.In addition, centralized management of the Smart-UPS RT is simple using APC’s InfraStruXure Central as well as other server management tools.

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APC’s “Go Green and Stop the Red” Event Series Helps Companies

APC by Schneider Electric today announced the "Go Green and Stop the Red" event series.The half-day seminars, co-hosted by APC, Microsoft and NetApp, at their technology demonstration centers across the United States, will examine how to leverage advances in data center applications and architecture to yield a more positive impact on the environment and the company’s bottom line.

“Businesses are continually faced with the challenge of how to maximize efficiency and savings, while minimizing space and waste,” said Alistair Pim, APC’s vice president of global strategic alliances.“This event series features presentations from experts that look at how adopting sustainable IT practices such as virtualization, can be cost effective solutions for long-term business growth.”

Industry analysts agree, "deploy virtualization projects to save assets, support and energy costs. Such projects can produce a reduction of more than 80% in energy consumption," stated Rakesh Kumar, Gartner's research vice president, in the May 7, 2009 report “How to Cut Your Data Center Costs”.

This seminar series will feature industry experts who will demonstrate how to:

* Connect virtual and physical infrastructures to achieve a holistic
view of your data center energy consumption.
* Accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve cost efficiencies
by implementing data management solutions.
* Build pay-as-you-grow data center architecture to reduce operating expenses today and plan more effectively for tomorrow.


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APC by Schneider Electric Wins Green Enterprise IT Award from Uptime Institute

APC’s InRow® Cooling Technology Honored in the Energy Efficient Products: IT Category

West Kingston, RI, May 12, 2009 — APC by Schneider Electric today announced it was selected as a winner in the Energy Efficient Products category of the 2009 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards, presented by the Uptime Institute and co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Award winners were announced at a ceremony at Uptime Institute’s 4th Annual Institute Research Symposium: LEAN, CLEAN and GREEN, in New York City. Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and best-selling author delivered the ceremony’s keynote address.

The GEIT Awards honor companies that have made significant strides in creating reliable, sustainable and energy-efficient data centers. APC’s InRow® cooling products with active response controls and integrated thermal containment was selected as a winner for its innovation and leadership in driving sustainability initiatives.

“We congratulate and honor APCfor its pioneering work in reducing energy consumption in data centers,” said Kenneth G. Brill, founder and executive director of the Uptime Institute. “APC’s successful initiatives serve as a great example to its industry peers of the realistic impact and feasibility of energy efficiency initiatives.”

“We are pleased to receive this award recognizing our continued commitment to providing the best products and solutions to support our customers’ initiatives to achieve efficiency in the data center,” said Dave Guidette, senior vice president, Enterprise Systems and Service, APC.

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APC Announces Integration with Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007

Providing a Comprehensive View of the Health of an IT Environment. APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced a software integration initiative that will enable APC’s data center management suite to tightly couple with Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager 2007.This integration will give data center managers the ability to view and manage physical infrastructure, including power, cooling, physical space and security, as well as providing a comprehensive view of the health of servers, applications, and clients within the data center.

“IT services are further developing into a complex combination of people, processes, and technology, and we are looking forward to working with Microsoft to provide our mutual customers with the necessary tools to enable a sound IT and physical infrastructure,” said John DiPippo, senior vice president, Data Center Solutions, Services, and Software, APC.“Integrating APC’s data center management suite with Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager will allow datacenter managers to not only understand the needs of an IT environment, but how the physical infrastructure can support those needs.”

APC’s comprehensive Data Center Physical Infrastructure Management Suite, including InfraStruXure® Central, Change Manager and Capacity Manager, consists of design, operations and monitoring capabilities providing comprehensive management for power, cooling, security and space.APC’s InfraStruXure Central supports multi-vendor physical infrastructure equipment, allowing for the consolidation of detailed information of all the physical devices in this one monitoring application.APC’s Change Manager provides inventory management and workflow tools to enable datacenter operators to map the IT and physical infrastructure equipment that is located within the data center.When combined with Capacity Manager, these applications provide data center operators the ability to perform predictive simulation and modeling of the physical infrastructure – evaluating ‘what-if’ scenarios before they occur.

Microsoft’s System Center Operation Manager provides a management solution addressing end-to-end service monitoring in the enterprise IT environment.A comprehensive view of service health is key to business continuity and delivering an agile, rapid response to events that may impact the normal running of business and ultimately cost an enterprise money.

“Microsoft System Center delivers comprehensive, integrated, cost effective management capabilities across the enterprise while enabling customers to also have deep insight into their physical and virtualized IT infrastructure through Operations Manager 2007,” said JD Marymee, Director of Strategic Partner Alliances, Management and Services Division, Microsoft.“We are pleased to work with APC to provide our mutual customers with the capabilities to extend System Center Operations Manager monitoring capabilities throughout their complex IT environments through integration with APC’s comprehensive Data Center Physical Infrastructure Management Suite.”

Together APC’s data center management suite and Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager solution will share key data points, including alarm notifications and historical data on the targeted server deployment environment.In addition, provide a comprehensive look at how the physical and IT environments operate independently and influence each other, providing critical operating information on power and cooling capacity.Linking these two management suites will allow datacenter managers to better visualize the datacenter, deploy new technologies and services and the physical infrastructure to support them.
In the first release, APC expects that customers will have access to the integrated APC InfraStruXure Central and Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager solution worldwide in Q1 2009.Today, clients can contact APC and Microsoft to start the process of evaluating their current facilities and data center strategy to better manage and control their energy consumption and costs.


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APC Introduces First Open InfraStruXure Central Architecture at CeBIT

APC Adds Comprehensive Monitoring, Integration, and Energy Cost Management Functionality to its DataCenterPhysical Infrastructure Management Suite. APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced the latest version of APC’s InfraStruXure® Central, Capacity Manager and Change Manager, the next evolution of its Data Center Physical Infrastructure (DCPI) Management Suite of applications, now featuring an open and flexible architecture to integrate with existing IT and building management systems. In addition, energy cost tracking, vendor-neutral communication capabilities and predictive simulation provide a new class of data center energy management, satisfying the requirements of higher density and dynamic data centers.

Integration with APC’s DCPI Management Suite is achieved through the open Web Services Application Programming Interface (API), which provides data and events insight into other systems and the ability to include InfraStruXure Central data and alerts into their own dashboards. IT and network management systems will become capable of viewing alerts in their user interface, generated by devices managed by InfraStruXure Central.

“The ability to compile and view data from multi-vendor IT and building management systems into one centralized dashboard is essential for maintaining uptime and maximizing energy efficiency,” says John DiPippo, senior vice president, Data Center Solutions, Services, and Software, APC. “The added functionality in APC’s DCPI Management Suite provides a central repository for critical information and advanced simulation capabilities helping customers change and grow to accommodate their business needs.”

InfraStruXure Central’s new Modbus TCP output provides a standardized method of integrating rack level power, cooling, and environmental data and alarms with building management systems, including Schneider Electric’s Andover Continuum and TAC Vista. The integration of these management systems provides the ability to correlate the physical infrastructure of the data center “white space” with the supporting building infrastructure. The latest version of InfraStruXure Central also provides the data center operator with a comprehensive mass configuration capability, allowing users to create, store and push the configuration out to similar APC devices with a Network Management Card

The rise in energy costs is a key imperative for implementing comprehensive and intelligent physical infrastructure management, to provide data center operators with critical information needed to design, monitor and operate their physical infrastructure. Increasing energy demand is driving the need for a method to calculate and report energy usage efficiently, in order to allocate energy costs to different business units within the same organization or to customers within co-location or hosting environments. Capacity Manager now offers an Energy Cost Management Report plug-in, which provides visibility into the energy usage of a specified group of equipment, based on kW/hour.

Capacity Manager has also been expanded with the ability to model raised floor environments and calculate the airflow of both perimeter and InRow® cooling solutions, highlighting cooling capacity issues which may lead to hot spots, reduced availability and stranded capacity. Furthermore, additional capacity aspects, such as weight limits, network and power port count, are now also taken into consideration when recommending the best location for new equipment, as well as generate a report on available rack space.

InfraStruXure Central ships as a server appliance, available in three categories: price, value, and performance each with increasing scalability. All appliances are pre-loaded with a new class of data center management software, which includes; Change Manager, Capacity Manager, and Surveillance modules, plus ModBus TCP output, all of which are enabled through license keys. APC also provides a complete set of services to support customers; including installation, deployment, configuration, and consulting services. Specialized training and education services are also available.

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APC’s Electrical Efficiency Assessment Service Ensures Availability and Maximizes Efficiency

Vendor-Neutral Recommendations Optimize Power and Cooling Infrastructure and Plan for Future Growth or Consolidation. APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced the launch of the Electrical Efficiency Assessment Service designed to address the growing concern of energy efficiency in the data center. Delivered by APC’s global Professional Services organization, the vendor-neutral suite of services includes comprehensive evaluation of energy use in customers’ facilities with detailed reports on total data center input power, IT load, Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), and power and cooling conditions. Consultants also provide proposals to resolve issues with a range of recommendations to suit customer needs.

“There are and will continue to be business and regulatory climates that demand increased efficiencies within the data center,” said John DiPippo, senior vice president, Data Center Solutions, Services, and Software, APC. “APC’s new Electrical Efficiency Assessment Service brings significant return on investment as customers optimize current infrastructure and plan for future growth or consolidation.”

The Services team audits existing data centers and provides customers with detailed proposals to improve their current data center efficiency. The proposal recommends a range of solutions that yield minimum to maximum estimated efficiency gains, allowing customers to implement specific changes that best fit their business needs and data center environments. Issues typically found in data centers often are addressed with a combination of airflow and cooling management techniques, smarter hot-cold aisle configurations and containment systems, upgrades to UPS systems, as well as modernization of rack enclosures with new intelligent systems.

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APC Extends Its Innovative MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 UPS Product Line from 800kVA to 1100kVA

Designed For Large Data Center, Industrial, Electrical Room, Factory Floor, and Lab Applications the New MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 Models Enable Increased Scalability. APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced the release of the MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 1000/1100kVA uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Designed for flexibility to meet the needs of many environments, including high power, and no rear access, the MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 UPS line also offers paralleling capability, with an external static switch, to enable scalability for increased capacity or redundancy. These new high power solutions, which can boost capacity from 1000kVA up to 3300kVA, allow IT and facilities managers to respond to increasing demands placed on power infrastructure in growing facilities.

“The widespread use of blade servers and similar flexible architectures requires adaptable solutions to address critical power needs,” said Dave Guidette, senior vice president, Enterprise Systems and Service, APC. “By introducing the new MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 systems we are providing our customers with a very cost effective means to meet these needs, while redundancy options assure the highest level of power protection.”

The on-line, three-phase MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 offers scalable power protection using innovative high availability proven topology since 2001 to protect all critical loads. Single module systems are available with 1000kVA to 1100kVA power ratings, and 100 percent rated continuous duty bypass and output static switches. Relying on advanced twelve pulse rectifier and inverter technologies to restrict total harmonic distortion to less than 5 percent, the MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 delivers clean reliable power even in the harshest of electrical environments with its integrated galvanic copper isolation transformer. A 100 percent step-load capability ensures a fast response to load changes with accurate voltage regulation. In addition, the MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 incorporates fault tolerant circuitry that protects the UPS from accidental short circuits usually caused by load side failures or overloads and a 100 percent rated output static switch with a stable, reliable, pre-determined response time.

The versatile MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 interfaces with the industry’s leading universal communication protocols and incorporates four communication slots in a rack mount multi-slot case to support SNMP, J-Bus/ModBus and RS232-RS485 protocols for easy interfacing with most devices. With the available Solution-Pac power management software, the MGE EPS8000 can monitor and gracefully control and shutdown multiple servers over a network, while free MGE UPS Web-Pac software enables remote monitoring via the Internet.

The MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 can support environments such as data centers and computer rooms, as well as industrial, medical imaging, factory floor and electrical room applications. Currently available in North America , the MGE Galaxy EPS 8000 is UL-1778 and cUL (Canada ) listed. For more information on APC’s line of MGE UPS systems, visit www.apc.com or call 800-877-4080.

About APC

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, provides industry leading product, software and systems for home, office, data center and factory floor applications. Backed by the strength, experience, and wide network of Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services, APC delivers well planned, flawlessly installed and maintained solutions throughout their lifecycle. Through its unparalleled commitment to innovation, APC delivers pioneering, energy efficient solutions for critical technology and industrial applications. In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit, which recorded 2007 revenue of $3.5 billion (€2.4 billion) and employed 12,000 people worldwide. APC solutions include uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), precision cooling units, racks, physical security and design and management software, including APC’s InfraStruXure® architecture the industry’s most comprehensive integrated power, cooling, and management solution. Schneider Electric, with 120,000 employees and operations in 102 countries, had 2007 annual sales of $25 billion (€17.3 billion). For more information on APC, please visit www.apc.com. All trademarks are the property of their owners.

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APC InRoom Perimeter Cooling Solutions Provide Reliability and Redundancy

APC’s Leading Edge Precision Cooling Products Enable Customers to Meet the Changing Needs of Data Center Environments. These solutions provide high reliability for year-round operation, with the ease of service, system flexibility and redundancy necessary to keep critical technology rooms up and running.“Industry needs are affecting IT requirements at an exponential rate with variables such as increasing loads and electrical costs creating challenges for IT and facility managers,” said Dave Guidette, senior vice president, Enterprise Systems and Service, APC. “To meet these needs, APC’s complete InRoom line of perimeter cooling solutions cool up to 5kW per rack, maintain humidity, cool non-racked IT loads, and run 10 percent more efficiently than other perimeter units through the use of electronically commutated (EC) fan technology.”

APC’s InRoom Perimeter Cooling solutions enable monitoring and maintenance of temperature and humidity design conditions which is critical to the smooth operation of a data center or computer room. Tight tolerance temperature control is essential as temperature fluctuations can cause thermal stresses and premature failures in IT equipment. Low humidity can cause static discharge and high humidity can cause condensation – both extremes creating treacherous conditions for IT and networking equipment. Additionally, the APC InRoom Perimeter Cooling solutions are highly manageable with controls to ensure optimized operation, alarms to provide visibility into the health of the unit, and an easy-to-use display allowing the operator to select options from the device’s menu-driven interface to control and monitor the connected air conditioning system.

The benefits of APC’s InRoom leading edge precision cooling solutions also include:

• Modular construction that allows flexibility and adaptability;

• EC fan modules which increase fan efficiency by up to 30 percent while reducing operating costs;

• Anti-vibration mounting to isolate the fan module from the unit structure;

• Dedicated de-humidification and scroll compressors in select models to maximize efficiency;

• Front service access and proactive alarm functions which make for easily serviceable units; and

• A scalable design, which enables customers to meet the changing needs of their environments.

APC InRoom cooling solutions are available in both Chilled Water and Direct Expansion (DX), with the DX units being available in air-, water-, and glycol-cooled, as well as multicool and economizer options. Available in both upflow or downflow configurations, as well as a multitude of other options, InRoom cooling solutions are built to suit specific customer needs. Visitors to AHR Expo can receive additional information on the InRoom cooling solutions at APC’s booth (#6349). To learn more about APC’s award-winning power and cooling solutions, please visit www.apc.com or call 800-877-4080.

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APC’s New Modular Three-Phase PDU Focuses on High Efficiency and Availability

APC’s New Power Distribution Unit Features Hot-Swappable. Modular Circuit Breakers and a “Touch-Safe” Backplane. APC, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, today announced the Modular Three-Phase Power Distribution Unit (PDU). APC’s new modular PDU brings right-sized scalability and flexibility down to the rack level in the first ever fully modular PDU. Featuring hot-swappable modular circuit breakers, the new APC Modular Three-Phase PDU allows electricians, facilities engineers, and data center managers to add and replace circuit breakers, cordset and branch current monitoring without disruption to other circuits or mission critical applications.

“Implementing a modular approach in the data center is critical for appropriately scaling solutions, allowing customers to avoid over-sizing and realize an incremental growth strategy for IT architecture,” said Dave Guidette, senior vice president, Enterprise Systems and Service, APC. “APC’s new Modular Three-Phase PDU provides customers with the ability to scale their data center environment right down to the rack with an ultra-high efficiency design and unmatched flexibility.”

The ultra-high efficiency design of APC’s new Modular Three-Phase PDU allows for removal of traditional isolation/step-down transformers, and replacement with highly efficient autotransformer technology. The net results are removal of heat, and the addition of usable floor space in the data center. Where legacy design relies on distribution of 208V three phase power throughout the data center, the new APC Modular PDU distributes the three-phase power at a much higher 415V, delivering more power at the same amperage – also reducing first cost by reducing the diameter of the copper cordsets used to deliver the electricity to the rack. Using this innovative multi-angled approach helps reduce electrical usage, reclaim floor space, and ease the heat load being introduced to the cooling systems.

The APC Modular Three-Phase PDU, featuring a 12-inch wide design, is the industry’s only solution providing hot-swappable Modular Circuit Breakers. This allows data center and facilities managers to tailor power distribution quickly, and reconfigure rack power. It consists of two simple components – a reduced footprint enclosure and a three-phase circuit breaker housed in a power distribution module with pre-terminated cordsets. This configuration optimizes space and allows data center designers to repeatedly reduce the power distribution footprint in each row of IT enclosures, while mitigating any risk to users of the data center equipment.

A “touch-safe” backplane enables online reconfiguration for speedy creation of a right-sized environment. The innovative and installation-friendly design is UL listed and the only 480-415V autotransformer technology engineered with integrated hot-swap breaker modules. The distribution of these higher voltages, a relatively new concept in North America, can nearly double the power density in half the square footage occupied by traditional distribution devices, also providing an efficiency gain, allowing greater room and row-based cooling performance in higher density environments. The APC Modular PDU reduces procurement and installation costs by enabling the use of smaller diameter cord-sets, reducing heat in the data center.

The APC Three-Phase Modular PDU is currently available in North Americafor 480VAC output UPS applications. This new modular solution is highly manageable through APC’s comprehensive management solutions including InfraStruXure Central. A browser accessible, user-friendly tool, InfraStruXure Central provides monitoring of power, cooling, and environmental management at the rack or room level. For more information about APC’s innovative modular power solutions, please visit www.apc.com or call 800-877-4080.

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