Strategic technology acquisition of viridity energycenter dcim software. It is the latest in a series of patents awarded to viridity, including patents related to data center operations and batterysolar assetcombined operations. Schneider electric is a global organization specializing in energy management. With a focus on energyoptimized data centers massachusetts based viridity was. Americas growth capital is pleased to announce that its client, viridity software, inc. Jun 20, 2011 viridity has updated its data center infrastructure management dcim software to let businesses keep track of how much electrical power is being consumed by individual applications and lines of business, reports cio news. The acquisition adds to the visibility capacity of schneider electrics data center infrastructure management offering. Schneider electric buys viriditys dcim software data. Schneider expects its investment in energycenter 2. Jun 18, 2011 viridity has updated its data center infrastructure management software to let businesses keep track of how much electrical power is being consumed by individual applications and lines of business.
Viridity energy receives patent for rail energy storage software. Viridity calculates energy cost of applications pc world. Nov 04, 2011 as dcim emerges into a familiar term, a fortified discipline, a new market of solutions, and by definition integrates it and facilities management, what does. Headquartered in rueilmalmaison, france, its struxureware for data centers solution was initially introduced to the dcim market in june 2011 and has grown into a full suite. Vpower is an advanced software and hardware solution that combines individual andor. And that product is now part of the schneider electric struxureware for data centers, which is a combination our market leading data center infrastructure management dcim and data. Dcim provider, recently acquired viriditys energycenter 2. The market is inundated with companies new and old that are offering software and hardwarebased tools to measure, manage and reduce the energy demand of the data center.
Better data center infrastructure management slideshare. New york times story on data centers could be boom for. Their mission is to transform how energy customers interact proactively and productively with the electric grid. Viridity energy s enabling software turns energy profiles into financial returns. Viridity energycenter is a data center infrastructure management dcim software application. Ora and a leader in energy storage, is pleased to announce groundbreaking on two 20 mw 20 mwh standalone utilityconnected battery energy storage projects that the company will own and operate in new jersey. Viridity energy, the startup with wellconnected founders that sought to break open the business of aggregating distributed energy resources into virtual power plants, has been acquired by a. Dcim represents a portion of the following existing software functional markets. Viridity tools up for emerging dcim market network computing.
Data center infrastructure management dcim software data. Schneider electric announced a strategic technology acquisition of the viridity energycenter 2. The latest iteration of the companys dcim software folds in more robust management and reporting tools, while still helping data center and. Nov 20, 2012 for example, using dcim tools, you might find that if you shut off a group of servers that are close to one another, you can lower cooling demand in that area, saving even more energy. Viridity energy breaks ground on two 20 mwh battery storage. Dcim software provides data center operations managers with the ability to identify, locate, visualize, and manage all physical data center assets, quickly provision new equipment, and confidently plan capacity for future growth. Firsttomarket ecostruxure micro data center cseries 6u wall mount features.
Schneider electrics struxureware data center knowledge. Schneider electric buys viridity platform to enhance data center suite. Viridity calculates energy cost of applications pcworld. Global energy management company schneider electric has acquired the viridity energycenter 2. Data center infrastructure management dcim tools monitor, measure, manage andor control data center resources and energy consumption of both itrelated equipment such as servers, storage and network switches and facilities infrastructure components such as power distribution units and computer room air conditioners. Schneider electric announced on tuesday that it would make a strategic acquisition in the data center space, picking up viriditys data center infrastructure management software, energycenter 2. The patent reflects the value stacking capabilities of viridity software, which maximizes the value of flexible load, energy assets and energy storage. Mar 20, 2012 viridity s software is designed to track server utilization, gather data and monitor it assets for all missioncritical physical systems of the data center, according to schneider electric. May 11, 2015 schneider electric is a global organization specializing in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries.
Major infrastructure vendors have been trending toward consolidating themselves to be a one stop shop for all data centers needs for quite some time. Vpower is an advanced software and hardware solution that combines individual andor multiple organizations distributed resources, energy storage systems and controllable load, and schedules them optimally in order to achieve maximum economic value while meeting each organizations environmental objectives. Dynamic linkage between the electric grid and large energy customers. Our mission is to transform how energy customers interact proactively and productively with the electric grid. Jan 20, 2015 however, more subsystems means more complicated upgrades and changes. Schneider electric announced on tuesday that it would make a strategic acquisition in the data center space, picking up viridity s data center infrastructure management software, energycenter 2. Viridity energy receives patent for rail energy storage software june 30, 2016 viridity energy, inc.
Jun 19, 2011 dcim tools are becoming more widely used as companies try to manage energy use more closely to reduce bills in their data centers. Data center infrastructure management dcim of it systems. Viridity calculates energy cost of applications network world. Data center infrastructure management dcim software. Schneider electric buys viridity platform to enhance data.
Viridity, a wholly owned subsidiary of ormat technologies, inc. Explore dcim vendors thoroughly before deploying a tool. The rationale behind supporting the data center has been simple. It helps data centers to mitigate the risk of downtime by offering realtime alerts. West kingston, ri, december 20, 2011 schneider electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced a strategic. Energycenter enables data center operators to optimize the power usage of it assets. Through our ability to obtain customers revenue from more energy markets and savings opportunities than anyone in the business, our customers. Viridity adds to schneider data center offering schneider electric, palatine, ill. Energy and usage charts combined with engineering and data center experience help determine which servers could be consolidated or shut down for. Sunbirds dcim is one of the few solutions on the market that focuses exclusively on two of the biggest and costliest challenges data center operators face. And unlike other dcim providers, who offer overly complex, bloated and expensive software, sunbirds solution is easy to deploy and use. Gartner estimated last year that 60 percent of data centers will be using some form of dcim software by 2014, up from just 1 percent last year. Dcim tools can also help control energy costs, improve data center design, and increase operational efficiency. Dec 20, 2011 global energy management company schneider electric has acquired the viridity energycenter 2.
Through vpower and our network operations center, viridity provides our. The market is inundated with companies new and old that are offering software and hardwarebased tools to measure, manage and reduce the energy. The latest struxureware dcim platform is a management software suite. Dec 21, 2011 energy management firm schneider electric has acquired viriditys energy center dcim software to augment its struxureware for data center operations, the company announced. Dcim data center infrastructure management software gives data centers the ability to monitor power and environmental conditions at the rack, row, and facility level.
With more than half of all application downtime related to power problems, software defined power could be a viable solution one day. Schneider acquires viridity to tackle data center power. Data center energy management software sunbird dcim. Viridity software to incorporate intel data center manager. The investment gives schneider electric the intellectual property rights and software behind.
Next month, viridity software will start shipping energycenter 2. Prior to viridity, mike managed a speculative hedge fund for 8 years as a team member of constellations commodity trading desk, focusing on the eastern markets including ontario, new york, new england, miso and pjm. Idc report names schneider electric a dcim market leader green. Viridity rides data center management wave with energycenter 2. The new york times, the newspaper of record in some circles, essentially just validated viridity 2. Within an electricity market, those resources appear to the power grid. It consolidates information into actionable reports, enabling you to save power and money, calculate green grids pue level 1, 2 and 3, and drive your green data center and sustainability.
Our software connects equipment utilization and business value to power consumption in the data center. Viridity calculates energy cost of applications a new release of viridity s data center management software can be linked to individual applications. Agc partners advises viridity on its sale to schneider electric. And, because we are a software solution, there is no additional hardware or agents required. Enabling software that takes that linkage and turns customer energy profiles into financial returns. The sentilla software ultimately provides a visual map of the energy usage and percentage of utilization across a defined boundary in the data center. More recently, viridity has been growing a separate line of business as a provider of whitelabeled software to energy retailers such as constellation, conedison solutions and engie resources.
Viridity energys enabling software turns energy profiles into financial returns. When dcim tools integrate with virtualization management software, it gives data center operators the information they need to implement the kind of automation. Viridity energy offers its customers a complete solution toolkit, including. Customers are finding time to value in hours, not months. Mar 03, 2011 viridity software is the leader in data center infrastructure management software. Mike joined viridity as general manager, network operations center in 20, to oversee daily operations of the various energy markets in which viridity serves customers.
Using viridity energycenter, data center operators can discover and organize assets to create a comprehensive software model of their data center. Schneider electric acquires viridity energycenter dcim. Viridity energy enabling software turns energy profiles into financial returns. Earlier this year, the company acquired lee technologies, a north american service provider for data centers, and unveiled a modular power and cooling architecture. Mar 14, 2011 the dcim market includes established it players, such as ibm, hewlettpackard co. Patent and trademark office has awarded it a patent for systems and methods used to generate an operating schedule for energy storage assets, such as batteries, used in connection with transport systems, such as rail. Viridity rides data center management wave with energycenter. Apr 10, 2018 i worked at viridity energy fulltime for more than 3 years pros it was a nice company with a small but friendly team of coworkers, they provided free lunches once a week, had great opportunities to learn about the energy industry through various energy market products, and had a cool laidback atmosphere with a ping pong table and a casual.