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APC Elected to Blade.org Board of
Directors Company’s Expertise in the Areas
of Power and Cooling and Energy Efficiency will Bolster the
Board’s Overall Perspective and Capabilities
“We are honored to join the Board
of Directors of Blade.org, a well-respected and important organization,” said
John Tuccillo, vice president of global strategic alliances for APC.
“Collaboration among Blade.org members will help develop and deploy blade
platform solutions more efficiently, predictably and quickly, advancing the
overall industry. We are pleased to have the opportunity to help shape
this next evolution in the enterprise data center.” Earlier last year, APC established
the Blade.org Power and Cooling Committee, which is co-chaired by
company representatives John Tuccillo and Ken Pierrehumbert. The Power
and Cooling committee focuses on essential aspects of power and cooling in the
blade environment. The committee’s primary goals are:
Currently the Blade.org Power and
Cooling Committee is hosting a series of energy webinars. The series
focuses on helping clients understand how to supply blade-based solutions to
boost performance while decreasing energy consumption and costs. For more
information on the energy webinar series, please visit www.Blade.org. “APC’s addition to the Blade.org
board further strengthens our organization’s leadership team and its
representation across key segments of the blade community,” said Doug Balog,
chairman for Blade.org, and vice president of development for IBM BladeCenter.
“APC brings a high-degree of technical knowledge and market expertise to our
Board of Directors, which will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand
the Blade.org community and set ongoing direction for the fast growing
organization.” APC is noted for its significant
expertise in power and cooling for high density environments. Its newest
offering, the APC InfraStruXure® InRow® cooling solution, enables users to
effectively reduce the cost and environmental impact of maintaining their high
density IT systems. In addition, APC’s software solutions enable the user
to monitor environmental disruptions throughout the data center to ensure the
highest efficiency and eliminate costly downtime. About Blade.Org Blade.org is a collaborative
organization and developer community whose goals are to provide leadership to
the blade server market, to foster a collaborative community of customers and
members to expand the blade ecosystem, and to accelerate the growth and
adoption of technologies and solutions in the market. More information is
available at www.blade.org. About APC-MGE In February 2007, APC and MGE UPS
Systems combined to form a $3 billion (2.4€ billion) Critical Power &
Cooling Services business unit of Schneider Electric. Together, APC and
MGE offer the industry’s most comprehensive product and solution range for
critical IT and process applications in industrial, enterprise, small and
medium business and home environments. APC and MGE solutions include
uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), precision cooling units, racks, and
design and management software, including APC's InfraStruXure® architecture the
industry’s most comprehensive integrated power, cooling, and management
solution. Backed by the industry’s broadest service organization and an
industry leading R&D investment, the combined company’s 12,000 employees
help customers confront today’s unprecedented power, cooling and management
challenges. Schneider Electric, with 112,000 employees and operations in
190 countries, had 2006 annual sales of $18 billion (13.7€ billion). For more
information on APC and MGE, please visit www.apc-mge.com. All trademarks
are the property of their owners.
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