[san-tech][02502] APCも Datacenter関連ソフトウェアに参入

Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:56:42 +0900
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APCも Datacenter関連ソフトウェアに参入することを表明しました：

"APC by Schneider Electric Establishes a Dedicated Software Business
 for Data Center Monitoring, Planning and Modeling", July 27, 2010
  http://www.apc.com/site/press_center/index.cfm/apc-by-schneider-electric-establishes-a-dedicated-software-business-for-data-center-monitoring-planning-and-modeling/

  "APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in integrated critical
   power and cooling services, today announced the formation of a
   new specialized data center software business to focus and drive
   a leadership position across all aspects of the data center
   environment. The Data Center Software business will be responsible
   for advancing all software and management systems for the data
   center physical infrastructure. The team will have direct
   accountability for software development, offer creation, sales,
   service, marketing and partner programs."



  "The software portfolio includes InfraStruxure Operations - for
   daily operations and inventory management; InfraStruxure Central
   - for data gathering and monitoring, InfraStruxure Capacity,
   InfraStruxure Change - for planning and optimization; and
   InfraStruxure Energy Efficiency - for energy analysis and modeling
   down to the server location in a rack."

具体的な製品ページは見つからないのですが・・・

Data Center University by APC
  http://lms.globalknowledge.com/ilearn/en/learner/jsp/clients/APC/customer/login.jsp

"APC Sharpens Focus on Data Center Software", July 27th, 2010
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/07/27/apc-sharpens-focus-on-data-center-software/

  "Software is also a growing focus for Schneider's rivals in the power
   and cooling business. Emerson has acquired software providers Aperture
   and Avocent in its expansion of its data center offerings."

エマーソン・ネットワークパワー事業部
  http://www.emerson.co.jp/div/network/index.html
Liebert Corporation (精密空調、Emersonの子会社)
  http://www.liebert.com/

Aperture
  http://www.aperture.com/
"Emerson Network Power Acquires Aperture", February 25th, 2008
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/02/25/emerson-network-power-acquires-aperture/

Avocent
  http://www.avocent.com/
"Emerson Acquires Avocent in $1.2B Deal", October 6th, 2009
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/06/emerson-acquires-avocent-in-1-2b-deal/


米国にはデータセンター管理ソフトウェアベンチャーがいくつもありますから、
どこかを買収するのでしょうか。

例えば
Sentilla
  http://www.sentilla.com/
modius
  http://www.modius.com/
Packet Power (電流・温度センサー付きの電源ケーブル、データは無線経由)
  http://www.packet-power.com/index.php

[san-tech][02460] 講演資料：Uptime Institute Symposium 2010, 2010/05/16-19
> Technical Innovation Presentations (TIPs)
>   http://symposium.uptimeinstitute.com/2010-program/presentations/575-tips



APC親会社 (Schneider Electric) のプレスリリース：

"2010 Half-Year Results: Strong margin improvement in first half, full
 year 2010 targets raised", 30/07/2010
  http://www.schneider-electric.com/corporate/en/finance/press-releases/viewer-press-releases.page?c_filepath=/templatedata/Content/Financial_Release/data/en/shared/2010/07/20100730_2010_half_year_results_strong_margin_improvement_in_first_half_full_ye.xml

2010 Financial Results, Schneider Electric
  http://www.schneider-electric.com/sites/corporate/en/finance/presentations/2010-financial-results.page