PRESS RELEASE
VERARI SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES GREEN GRID MEMBERSHIP
Verari applies its innovative technology to The Green Grid's charter of increasing power efficiency in data centers across the globe
By Mike LaPan (858)874-3800
San Diego, Calif. - July 25, 2007 -- Verari Systems®,
developer of platform-independent blade-based computing and storage solutions,
today announced its membership in The Green Grid, a non-profit consortium
dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing
ecosystems. With its patented Vertical Cooling Technology™ and BladeRack®
2 server solution specifically designed to solve the data center cooling
problem, Verari is closely aligned with The Green Grid's commitment to driving
new user-centric metrics, technology standards and best practices for use
by data center managers worldwide.
"Verari Systems was founded on the principle of 'thinking
green' and defining a new era in high performance utility computing for
the enterprise data center," said David B. Wright, CEO and Chairman of the
Board, Verari Systems. "Verari's membership in The Green Grid tracks closely
with our dedication to protecting the environment by developing data center
solutions engineered for maximum power efficiency, cooling and density."
With rising demand for high-performance computing in numerous
market sectors including service providers, entertainment and financial
services, Verari works closely with its customers to help develop "Green
Data Centers" that deliver more energy-efficient processing performance.
At over 83% total efficiency, the Verari Systems BladeRack 2 is the most
power efficient blade-based solution on the market today.
"The rising global power costs and growing requirement for data center computing power has created an acute need for companies such as Verari to address data center energy efficiency," said Mark Bowker, analyst, The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc. "Becoming a member of The Green Grid positions Verari with a consortium of pioneers that are helping businesses to advance technology while protecting the environment."
In addition to The Green Grid, Verari is a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (http://www.svlg.net), a cooperative effort with local, regional, state and federal government officials to address major public policy issues affecting the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley. For more information on Verari's eco-friendly high performance computing solutions, please visit http://www.verari.com.
For more information on The Green Grid, please visit http://www.thegreengrid.org.
About Verari Systems
Verari Systems, Inc. is the premier developer of powerful, flexible and
scalable platform-independent blade-based compute and storage solutions
that are defining a new era in enterprise and high performance utility computing
for the green data center. Organizations such as Akamai, CGGVeritas, Lockheed
Martin, Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm and Sony Imageworks, as well
as top universities, financial and research institutions worldwide, are
among the customers who have chosen Verari Systems' line of high density
blade servers, modular storage blades, rack-optimized servers and award-winning
software solutions. To learn more about Verari Systems and its unique solutions,
please visit us on the web http://www.verari.com
or call (888) 942-3800.
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