UPS Systems offer software-based scalability.
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Allowing IT managers to increase capacity without adding UPS hardware, Liebert NX series can be scaled from 40-80 kVA or 80-120 kVA, in 20 kVA increments, via software download. Scalability is enabled by SoftScale(TM) technology, which also optimizes UPS efficiency curve by allowing UPS to operate with same efficiency at 50% utilization as it does at 100%. SoftScale technology, along with Liebert NX paralleling capabilities, helps increase reliability while providing built-in redundancy.
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Emerson Network Power Announces Software-Based Scalability for Liebert UPS Systems
Columbus, Ohio [March 27, 2007] - With power requirements for IT equipment rising, and IT management struggling to balance operating expenses and growth, Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity(TM), today announced SoftScale(TM) technology. SoftScale, the first software-based approach to UPS scalability, allows enterprises to purchase the UPS capacity they need today while providing the flexibility to unlock additional capacity in the future through a software download.
SoftScale delivers on the promise of Liebert Adaptive Architecture by providing IT and data center managers with increased operating flexibility, higher availability, and lower total cost of ownership. Operating flexibility is enabled through faster response to unpredictable changes in data center equipment or power requirements. UPS systems with SoftScale offer improved availability by growing capacity without adding hardware, minimizing the parts count and maintaining the simplicity of the UPS system. Cost of ownership is reduced by eliminating the cost associated with UPS installation when additional capacity is required.
"If your power system can't adapt to change, your data center can't adapt to change," said Peter Panfil, vice president of power engineering for Liebert Solutions, Emerson Network Power. "With SoftScale, we are providing IT managers with a new, non-intrusive way to add UPS capacity as their needs change. Imagine if a growing family could buy a five-bedroom home for the price of a three-bedroom home and use only three bedrooms until they need more space, then obtain keys to the additional rooms. That's the kind of flexibility SoftScale provides."
SoftScale will be available in early summer of 2007 in the Liebert NX product line. Systems will scale from 40 to 80 kVA, or from 80 to 120 kVA, in 20 kVA increments.
SoftScale is enabled by advances in UPS design that optimize the UPS efficiency curve. This allows the UPS to operate with the same high efficiency at 50 percent utilization as it does at 100 percent utilization, eliminating any efficiency penalties of operating a UPS at a reduced load. SoftScale technology has the added benefit of allowing smaller data centers to take advantage of the higher reliability and lower cost per kilowatt of a large UPS compared to a smaller UPS.
"According to our newly-released 'The New Data Center 2006' benchmark study, power capacity and scalability is the top data center challenge for 63 percent of enterprises," said Andreas M. Antonopoulos, SVP and founding partner of Nemertes Research, a research advisory firm. "Often companies run out of power despite having plenty of open floor-space. Power capacity problems have even led to forced data center moves and expensive new construction where the existing power infrastructure could not be upgraded without downtime or enormous cost."
SoftScale is ideal for organizations with small and medium size data centers that are facing unpredictable demands on their IT systems or are anticipating future growth but want to limit capital spending to current needs. In a recent Emerson Network Power study of this market, capacity growth was cited as one of the top three criteria purchasers and influencers consider when selecting a UPS system.
"Emerson Network Power is responding to the market with this new technology," said Sal Azzaro, director of facilities for Time Warner Cable of New York City. "Our power technology needs change as we add new customers and expand our services. IT managers can now increase capacity without adding UPS hardware, which creates a level of flexibility in how we will plan for the future that simply hasn't existed. SoftScale technology, along with the Liebert NX paralleling capabilities, can increase reliability and simplify service while providing built-in redundancy."
For more information on Liebert technologies and services 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.gotoemerson.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 2006 were $20.1 billion. For more information, visit www.gotoemerson.com.
