Panduit acquires SynapSense, leader in wireless monitoring and cooling optimisation

Panduit, a global leader in unified physical infrastructure-based solutions, today announced the acquisition of SynapSense. SynapSense, a Panduit company, is located in Folsom, CA and specialises in thermal risk management and cooling energy savings for large enterprise, colocation, and cloud computing service providers. The SynapSense data centre solution consists of a unique and highly-reliable secure wireless mesh networking technology, airflow optimisation 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 emphasises, "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."

SynapSense solutions are currently available in North America, much of Asia, and through Stulz in Australia and New Zealand. In the coming months, Panduit will launch the solution globally.

Panduit will sponsor events at Cisco Live from May 18-22 (Booth #1521) in San Francisco, CA. SynapSense, a Panduit company, will sponsor a number of events at the Uptime Symposium (Booth #214) in Santa Clara, CA from May 20-22.