Emerson Network Power Unveils Industry’s Most Advanced Data Center Infrastructure Management Hardware

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced Avocent Universal Management Gateway, the industry’s most advanced data center appliance that enables integrated monitoring, access and control of data center IT and infrastructure operations.

When combined with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software, this multifunctional device will deliver comprehensive, real-time IT and infrastructure management capabilities for the data center.

The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance is an integral part of Emerson’s Trellis™ DCIM platform, serving as the real-time data processing hardware link between management software and the IT and facilities systems in the data center. Delivering unprecedented insight and control to data center professionals, the Trellis™ platform enables smarter, faster decisions that maximize data center availability, efficiency, and capacity.

“The appliance will play a key role in our Trellis platform which will combine Emerson expertise in hardware, software and services to enable more effective and efficient data center management,” said Steve Hassell, president of the Avocent business of Emerson Network Power. “This device integrates capabilities delivered traditionally through multiple disparate IT and facilities devices into a single product that delivers dramatically enhanced functionality along with reduced space utilization.”

Available February 2012, the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance stores, processes and translates huge volumes of real-time data generated by data center systems enabling rapid, accurate problem identification, escalation and resolution. The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance also provides remote access and control of these systems, features that are central to the future of DCIM.

“More and more organizations are seeking to eliminate the inefficiencies created when IT and facilities systems are managed separately,” explained David Cappuccio, Vice President and Chief of Research – Infrastructures, Gartner. “DCIM solutions that integrate IT and facilities systems into a single management platform will be essential to optimizing the performance of the data center in the future.”

The unveiling of the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance was made in conjunction with a presentation today by Hassell and a Blue Cross Blue Shield executive at the Gartner Data Center Conference. To learn more about the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, the Trellis™ platform or Emerson Network Power’s DCIM strategy and solutions, please visit www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/DCIM.

About Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), delivers software, hardware and services that maximize availability, capacity and efficiency for data centers, healthcare and industrial facilities. A trusted industry leader in smart infrastructure technologies, Emerson Network Power provides innovative data center infrastructure management solutions that bridge the gap between IT and facility management and deliver efficiency and uncompromised availability regardless of capacity demands. Our solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and tools and storage businesses. Sales in fiscal 2011 were $24.2 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.