Macnica Networks and Raritan Sign Distribution Agreement

- Leading Japanese Distributor Offers Raritan's Data Center IT Infrastructure Management and Power Management Solutions -

SOMERSET, N.J. and TOKYO, March 5 -- Macnica Networks Corp., a leading IT solutions distributor in Japan, and Raritan Japan Inc. announced that they have signed a distribution agreement.

Under the terms of the agreement, Macnica Networks will sell through its channels Raritan's IT infrastructure management, remote access and power management solutions to corporate and service provider customers in Japan. The solutions from Raritan -- a global leader in remote access management technologies -- help businesses better monitor and manage IT equipment and energy resources in order to realize maximum business value from their data center.

"By partnering with Raritan, we are able to provide IT managers and system administrators the control they need to optimize data center and business operations," said Masahiro Miyabukuro, President, Macnica Networks. "We are delighted to offer Raritan's IT infrastructure management products and new power management solutions that deliver accurate views of energy usage within the data center."

Satoshi Arano, Sales Senior Vice President - Raritan Japan, added, "Raritan is pleased to partner with Macnica Networks, a company that is dedicated to offering outstanding levels of technical support to its customers and has a long track record of providing advanced IT solutions."

To help IT organizations manage diverse IT equipment and improve operations uptime, Raritan's advanced IT Infrastructure management solutions provide secure remote BIOS-level access, from anywhere, to servers -- including blades and virtualized servers -- and network equipment in data centers and branch offices.

Raritan's new remote power management solutions collect and analyze energy information gathered in real-time from servers plugged into Raritan's intelligent power distribution units (PDUs). Accurate energy usage information is useful in solving a number of power-related issues -- ranging from determining rack capacity to IT equipment health. Rack temperature and humidity information is also tracked by Raritan solutions. By examining temperature and humidity conditions in server racks, hotspots or excessive cooling can be identified, thus indicating when equipment needs to be replaced or repositioned. Raritan's solutions also help track improvements on energy savings and carbon reducing initiates, and issue usage and change reports.

About Macnica Networks Corp.

Through its affiliation with various corporations around the world, Macnica Networks offers a full line of leading-edge network appliances, software and solutions to its customers. With a wide range of products and comprehensive services from design and development to implementation and maintenance, Macnica Networks takes great pride in serving a range of customers from government offices to educational institutions to business enterprises. http://www.macnica.net/english

About Raritan

Raritan provides secure IT infrastructure management solutions that increase data center efficiency and productivity by delivering integrated in-band and out-of-band energy management, server access and control. Raritan's power management software, intelligent PDU, environmental sensors, KVM, serial console and centralized management products are in use in more than 50,000 locations worldwide. Raritan's OEM division provides embedded hardware and firmware for server and client management, including intelligent energy management, KVM over IP, IPMI and other industry standards-based management applications. Based in Somerset, N.J., Raritan has offices worldwide serving 76 countries. For more information, please visit Raritan.com.

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