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Panduit acquires SynapSense for Wireless Monitoring and Cooling Optimization

May 08, 2014 by Jeff Shepard

Panduit Corp. today announced the acquisition of SynapSense Corporation. SynapSense is located in Folsom, CA and specializes in thermal risk management and cooling energy savings for large enterprise, colocation, and cloud computing service providers. The SynapSense data center solution consists of a unique and highly-reliable secure wireless mesh networking technology, airflow optimization services, and manual or automated cooling control.

“The SynapSense team has a proven track record of success, helping data center managers reduce energy costs, unlock stranded capacity, and sustain savings over time. This has resulted in strong, trusted partner relationships with leaders in the banking, ISP / hosting, retail, corporate and government sectors,” said Tom Donovan, President & COO, Panduit Corp. “SynapSense is a service-oriented technology company that will bring tremendous value to our customers.”

Bart Tichelman, Vice President of SynapSense, a Panduit company and former SynapSense President & CEO emphasizes, “The broad portfolio of Panduit physical infrastructure hardware, services, and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software and SynapSense solutions are highly complementary. Together we will provide our customers with unparalleled capabilities in environmental monitoring, energy management, power and cooling control, device and network asset management, and capacity management. We now have the most comprehensive DCIM suite available and are very proud to be part of the Panduit family.”