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August 03, 2009 - Westcon ME, a leading value-added distributor of convergence, security, infrastructure, and mobility products and solutions for leading technology vendors, has partnered with Avocent Corporation, a global leader in IT operations management to introduce the MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer 2.0 in the Middle East market.
Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer 2.0 is a software platform that integrates resource management (heat, cooling, power and space) with asset management, providing a centralized automated view of these resources from a single location and with a single product.
“Today’s highly competitive business climate has merged the traditional domains of IT and Facilities. Companies need tools for accurate real-time measurements to optimize existing data centers and plan new data centers with the assurance of having sufficient capacity for servers and cooling equipment – the one view, one management tool. The Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer provides them all, effectively eliminating the need for multiple point products currently available in the market,” said Frank Harzheim, Sales Director, Medium Size Markets, Avocent.
“IT transformations begin at the Data center”. Next generation Datacenters are all about adaptability, flexibility & responsiveness. The most detailed view ever of data center conditions and assets is being offered through this innovative solution. By utilizing the advanced modeling features, data center managers will be designing and managing data centers more effectively. Westcon ME, with its experience and expertise, is a trained and certified distribution partner for the Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer, thus enhancing capabilities into the GCC markets.” said Venu Menon, Sales Director, Westcon Middle East.
Avocent launched and demonstrated the capabilities of Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer 2.0 on July 8th at the Microsoft Technology Center in Dubai Media City, inviting partners to view the system first hand and understand how it completes the overall solution for Data Centers. Over twenty Channel Partners and ten major end users, attended this forum over two days, held at the Microsoft Technology Center for a presentation and live demonstration that enhanced the ease of usage and flexibility of the Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer.
About WestconME
Westcon ME is a subsidiary of Datatec, an international networking and IT services group operating in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. The company is supported by more than 40 highly-qualified employees and maintains a comprehensive line of network-integrated products and services from some of the world’s leading brands.
About Avocent Corporation
Avocent is a global leader in providing IT operations management solutions that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase the availability of critical IT environments 24/7 via integrated, centralized software.
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