Avocent
{{Infobox company
| name = Avocent Corporation
| logo = Avocent logo.svg
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = {{start date and age|2000}}
| fate = Acquired
| location = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
| products = KVM switches, serial consoles, IT infrastructure products
| owner =
| parent = Vertiv
| homepage = [http://www.vertiv.com/en-us/products/brands/avocent-and-cybex/ vertiv.com]
}}
Avocent Corporation was an information-technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent formed in 2000 from the merger of the world's two largest manufacturers of KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) equipment, Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation. As of August 2006, the company employed more than 1,800 people worldwide.
On October 6, 2009, it was announced that Emerson Electric would buy Avocent for $1.2 billion USD. The tender was finalized on December 11, resulting in Avocent becoming part of Emerson Network Power, a division of Emerson Electric.
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On August 2, 2016, Emerson announced an agreement to sell Network Power to Platinum Equity.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vertivco.com/en-us/about/newsroom/corporate-news/emerson-reaches-agreement-to-sell-network-power-for-4-billion-to-platinum-equity/|title=Emerson Reaches Agreement to Sell Network Power for $4 Billion to Platinum Equity|access-date=2017-08-04|language=en}} Emerson Network Power was rebranded as Vertiv.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vertivco.com/en-us/about/newsroom/corporate-news/emerson-network-power-rebrands-as-vertiv--appoints-new-ceo/|title=Emerson Network Power Rebrands As Vertiv, Appoints New CEO|access-date=2017-08-04|language=en}}
Since 2016, Avocent has operated as a subsidiary of Vertiv.
Product range
Avocent focuses on out-of-band infrastructure management within the following fields:
- Server management
- Power management
- Service-processor management
- Console-server management
- KVM management
- IPMI for OEM partners
- A wide range of embedded-software
- Desktop management
- ITIL market
- IT service management
Avocent's product development has spanned three eras:
- the growth of the analog KVM switch – paralleling the growth of server architecture in the data center{{when|date=August 2012}}
- the growth of the digital KVM switch – enabling the remote control of geographically dispersed data-centers
- the diversification and “management” phase (revolving around the acquisition of LANDesk (2006) and Touchpaper software (2008) and the capabilities they provide)
Acquisitions
Avocent's history of acquisitions includes:
- 2001 – Equinox Systems, the makers of various serial communications devices.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
- 2002 – 2C Computing, which focused on PCI-bus extension, suitable to remotely connect office users to datacenter-housed PCs.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
- 2003 – Soronti, Inc., makers of KVM over IP technology.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
- 2004 – Crystal Link Technologies, OSA Technologies, Inc.,[http://www.splashtop.com/aboutus-corporate.php Splashtop Instant-On Desktop from DeviceVM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214447/http://www.splashtop.com/aboutus-corporate.php |date=2007-10-12 }} and Sonic Mobility, Inc.
- 2006 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Cyclades Corporation|pt|3=Cyclades}} and LANDesk Software.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
- 2008 – Touchpaper Software and Ergo 2000, an LCD rack-based console maker.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
References
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Category:Companies based in Huntsville, Alabama
Category:Defunct computer companies of the United States
Category:Defunct computer hardware companies
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