Emerson Network Power Announces Collaboration with Fluent to Improve Data Center Modeling
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Integration of Liebert XD into Fluent CoolSim(TM) Program Enhances Data Center Analysis and Solution Modeling
Columbus, Ohio [September 25, 2006] - Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity(TM), today announced a collaboration with simulation software developer Fluent Inc. to help organizations better optimize data center airflow and reduce the risk of heat-related equipment failures. Fluent is a recently acquired and wholly-owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes.
Fluent will incorporate data on Liebert's precision cooling air conditioning units, including Liebert XDV and XDO supplemental cooling units, into CoolSim(TM) innovative software from Fluent. The CoolSim solution allows users to perform comprehensive cooling audits of data centers using computer-simulated airflow modeling. Emerson Network Power will also equip its Liebert application engineers with CoolSim. They will use the software to generate comprehensive cooling audit reports to help diagnose, troubleshoot and solve critical problems and recommend equipment that directly matches the needs of their customers.
"Businesses are continuing to install high-density servers that are creating heat loads that their current cooling systems weren't designed to handle," said Dave Kelley, manager, application engineering, Liebert Precision Cooling at Emerson Network Power. "With CoolSim software from Fluent, we can provide greater visibility into existing conditions and more precisely configure solutions tailored to those conditions."
Kishor Khankari, CoolSim project manager at Fluent, added, "The Liebert XD products have emerged as very practical and flexible solutions to rising heat levels in data centers, and we are pleased that we have been able to integrate them into CoolSim. Now, CoolSim users can quickly and easily complete their cooling audit and, as a result, almost instantly pinpoint potential solutions to address any identified problems."
The Liebert XD was the first system to address the challenge of high density cooling. Cooling modules can be installed either on the top of the rack or in the ceiling and provide focused, high-efficiency cooling using a refrigerant rather than water. Cooling modules are connected to an overhead piping system and can be easily added or relocated using flexible tubing and quick-connect coupling.
For more information on Liebert mission-critical power and cooling 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(TM). 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 2005 were $17.3 billion. For more information, visit www.gotoemerson.com.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company and its global network of channel partners provide sales, support and training for customers. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., with more than 40 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ approximately 1,400 people and distribute ANSYS products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
About Fluent Inc.
Fluent Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., (NASDAQ: ANSS), the world's largest provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and consulting services. Fluent software is used for simulation, visualization and prediction of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer and chemical reactions. It is a vital part of the computer-aided engineering (CAE) process for companies around the world and is deployed in nearly every manufacturing industry. Using Fluent software, product development, design and research engineers build virtual prototypes and simulate the performance of proposed and existing designs, allowing them to improve design quality while reducing cost and speeding time to market.
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