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April 2, 2015 – Reno, NV – The United States District Court for the District of Nevada ruled in favor of Server Technology Incorporated and awarded a post-judgment compulsory license of 15%, supplemental damages, and prejudgment interest against the defendant American Power Conversion Corporation (“APC”), a division of Schneider Electric of France (Euronext: SU). The Court ordered APC to pay Server Technology a 15% royalty on future sales of its infringing AP7900 series and AP8900 series vertical, switched power distribution units (PDUs).

Your company will undoubtedly still be around 10 years from now, but will your data center? Unless your data center is operating consistently in the “green zone,” and is running at a high level of performance, it could be on upper management’s radar to be outsourced.

You’re the head honcho of your data center—the one that everyone looks to for advice about how to keep your facility running at peak performance. Without you, your data center would be a giant mess of critical error messages and tangled wires. There’s always room to improve your game, though, and increase your value to your organization.

Recently, Server Technology was recognized by NCET as a pioneer in Reno's technology scene. The article recounts our growth from the perspective of Brandon Ewing, president and co-founder of Server Technology.

s occurs in many data centers across the U.S., there is a big disconnect between your business’s IT department and upper management. Despite the multitude of functions that your data center provides for your organization, just as with any other department, it is ultimately driven by its bottom line. Executives need to see that your data center is making money.

Now that winter’s vista can be appreciated only in your rearview mirror, it’s time to take a look around your data center and engage in some old-fashioned spring cleaning. You’ll likely find two areas that could use your attention: space constraints and heavy electricity usage. Like most data centers, you are running out of room as you add more cabinets, and your monthly utility bill is spiking accordingly.

Many organizations are struggling with the question of whether to outsource their data center infrastructure and operations to a managed colocation center. But as a data center professional, you know that this move would be harmful for your organization. Your goal is to keep your network in-house, under your close supervision. In fact, your job depends on it.

You are tasked with streamlining an increasing amount of power to your individual racks, while also keeping factors like costs and safety in mind. Making matters more complicated, these demands will be increasing significantly over the next few years due in large part to the Internet of Things. As your business continues to add connected devices, and as it places a greater reliance on its core infrastructure, the threat of downtime will spike considerably.

Introducing the High Density Outlet Technology (HDOT) Switched PDU, your All-in-1 PDU Solution.

The standard power distribution unit (PDU) being used in most data centers today has eight power outlets and a basic on/off switch. It’s bulky and difficult to attach to a rack, so it typically rests on the ground. Further, there is no way of measuring how much power is flowing in and out of the unit at any given time. In truth, this traditional PDU is a 20th-century technology that should not be used to provide power to sensitive 21st-century data center equipment.