Emerson Network Power
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Emerson Network Power – a division of Emerson Electric Company
– is a global technology company that specializes in the development and manufacture of power backup systems, power supplies, embedded computing solutions, precision cooling, racks/enclosures, infrastructure management, and connectivity technologies for original equipment manufacturers, telecommunications service providers, data center professionals, health care IT managers, and industrial facility managers. Emerson Network Power has global headquarters in Columbus, Ohio
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). Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing business is a founding member of the foundation.
Emerson Electric Company
Emerson Electric Company is a major multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. This Fortune 500 company manufactures products and provides engineering services for a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.Emerson is one of the largest...
– is a global technology company that specializes in the development and manufacture of power backup systems, power supplies, embedded computing solutions, precision cooling, racks/enclosures, infrastructure management, and connectivity technologies for original equipment manufacturers, telecommunications service providers, data center professionals, health care IT managers, and industrial facility managers. Emerson Network Power has global headquarters in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
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About
Emerson formed its Network Power business platform in 2000 as an extension of the company’s rebranding efforts. The platform is composed of brands and subsidiary businesses that specialize in providing solutions for technology infrastructure protection ranging from “grid-level” technologies to integrated system components.ASHRAE
ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers. Fred Stack, vice president of marketing for Emerson Network Power’s Liebert Precision Cooling business, was named chairman of ASHRAE’s Technical Committee 9.9 (Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces, & Electronic Equipment / Systems) in 2008.OpenSAF Foundation
The Open Service Availability Forum (also known as OpenSAFOpensaf
OpenSAF is an Open Source Project established to develop High Availability middleware consistent with specifications, under the LGPLv2.1 license. The OpenSAF Foundation was established by leading Communications and Enterprise Computing Companies to facilitate the OpenSAF Project and to accelerate...
). Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing business is a founding member of the foundation.
Emerson Network Power Brands and Businesses
Individual Emerson Network Power brands and businesses (along with corresponding technology offerings) include:- Aperture/AvocentAvocentAvocent, a business of Emerson Network Power, is an information technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent was formed in 2000 from the merger of the world’s two largest KVM switch manufacturers: Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation...
- Data Center ManagementData center infrastructure managementData center infrastructure management is the integration of information technology and facility management disciplines to centralize monitoring, management and intelligent capacity planning of a data center's critical systems...
Software, KVM SwitchKVM switchA KVM switch is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse. Although multiple computers are connected to the KVM, typically a smaller number of computers can be controlled at any given time...
Technology
- Data Center Management
- ASCO Power Switching and Controls
- Power transfer switches, Specialty transfer switches, Power Control Systems, Power Monitoring and Controls, Industrial Controls, Fire Pump Controllers (Firetrol), Facility Services
- Embedded Power
- AC-DC Power Supplies, DC-DC Converters
- Connectivity Solutions
- Connectors, Microwave Components, CATV Components, Coaxial Cable Assemblies, Structured Cabling & Connectors, Tools & Accessories
- Embedded Computing
- AdvancedMC Boards, AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Platforms, CompactPCICompactPCIA CompactPCI system is a 3U or 6U Eurocard-based industrial computer, where all boards are connected via a passive PCI backplane. The connector pin assignments are standardized by the PICMG US and PICMG Europe organizations. PICMG stands for PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group...
Systems, Industrial Motherboards, Open-Standard MiddlewareMiddlewareMiddleware is computer software that connects software components or people and their applications. The software consists of a set of services that allows multiple processes running on one or more machines to interact...
, VMEbusVMEbusVMEbus is a computer bus standard, originally developed for the Motorola 68000 line of CPUs, but later widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987. It is physically based on Eurocard sizes, mechanicals and connectors , but uses its own signalling system,...
Boards
- AdvancedMC Boards, AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Platforms, CompactPCI
- Energy Systems
- DC Power Supplies, Outside PlantOutside plantIn telecommunication, the term outside plant has the following meanings:*In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure , and any associated hardware located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation...
, Fiber Distribution Hubs, Telecommunications Services
- DC Power Supplies, Outside Plant
- LiebertLiebert (company)Liebert Corporation, a business of the Emerson Network Power platform of Emerson Electric, is a global manufacturer of power, precision cooling and infrastructure management systems for main-frame computer, server racks, and critical process systems...
/ChlorideChloride GroupChloride Group, a business of Emerson Network Power, is the UK's largest supplier of secure power systems to hospitals and other public buildings and facilities...
- AC Power Supplies / Uninterruptible Power SuppliesUninterruptible power supplyAn uninterruptible power supply, also uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery/flywheel backup, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source, typically mains power, fails...
(UPS), Precision Cooling Systems, Monitoring Hardware and Software, Data Center Service and Assessment
- AC Power Supplies / Uninterruptible Power Supplies
- Knurr
- Server Racks and Integrated Cabinets
- Surge Protection
- Active Tracking Filters, Surge Suppression Equipment (TVSS)