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Raritan Strengthens Its Position As a Leading Provider of Solutions to Simplify Data Center Management With Introduction of New Product

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 09:00 CST

SOMERSET, N.J., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- To help IT administrators quickly locate, access and control servers and devices in data centers and branch offices, Raritan today announced new capabilities and enhancements to its CommandCenter(R) Secure Gateway (CC-SG) centralized access gateway solution.

CC-SG 3.1 comes with a new revamped graphical user interface and a user- defined Node View that enables IT administrators, from a single screen, to view target servers and devices, as well as all available remote access methods - in-band and out-of-band - and remote power management on/off/recycle options for each device. A single solution with all these capabilities is an industry first; other vendors require multiple solutions to deliver the same functionalities found in CC-SG 3.1.

From CC-SG's centralized management dashboard users can easily define a target device's access and power interfaces, including a combination of the following:

- KVM and Serial access using Raritan Dominion(R) and Paragon(R) products. - Virtual KVM access through iLO/RiLOE II, Dell DRAC4 or IBM RSA II embedded solutions; and through software applications, such as RDP, VNC and SSH. - Power control for power on, off and recycle through power strips connected to Raritan Dominion products; IPMI-enabled servers; and embedded power solutions, such as iLO/RiLOE II, Dell DRAC4 or IBM RSA II.

CC-SG 3.1 management software is delivered in a secure, high-availability appliance, making it an ideal choice for companies wanting a centralized IT management solution that is easy to deploy and use.

Raritan also unveiled today a new CC-SG appliance model - the CC-SG E1 - for larger enterprise deployments. The CC-SG E1 -- which comes in a 2U form factor -- provides dual processors, each with a dedicated memory chip; dual power supply; and dual Ethernet connections for redundancy or network gateway configurations. Special node license packages are available for the E1, as well as a cluster configuration for failover situations.

"With CC-SG 3.1, Raritan delivers a complete solution and user experience designed to support the unique needs of different IT workers in the data center," said Shai Laronne, CommandCenter Secure Gateway Product Manager at Raritan. "System administrators, for example, can now enjoy real-time physical and logical views of nodes, users and devices on one screen. This robust and feature-rich experience enables system administrators to easily configure, manage and monitor the system through the Admin Client. System users, on the other hand, are provided with an easy-to-use HTML-based Access Client - which provides quick and simple access and power control functions to target devices."

"By providing multiple access and user experience options to our customers they can streamline and simplify IT management in order to reduce time to repair and improve service uptime and availability," Laronne added.

Super-user access and strong-user name and password authentication features were added to CC-SG's multi-layered and robust security and policy management tools.

Pricing & Availability

CC-SG 3.1 is available now for purchase through Raritan's global reseller channel. CC-SG is priced at $5,695 (U.S. list price) for the V1 model with a license for 128 nodes, and $9,995 (U.S. list price) for the E1 model with a license for 256 nodes. Other license packages are also available. There are no additional charges for power management capabilities or need to estimate the number of concurrent users as required by other vendors' solutions.

Existing CC-SG users can download the CC-SG 3.1 upgrade free of charge by going to Raritan's web site. For more information on CC-SG, please visit http://www.raritan.com/cc.

About Raritan (Raritan.com)

Raritan, based in Somerset, N.J., is a leading provider of products for managing IT equipment and the mission-critical applications and services that run on it. Raritan's highly reliable and responsive IT management solutions - based on KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switches, serial console servers, management software and remote connectivity products - enable companies to proactively monitor and manage system health and vulnerabilities, as well as troubleshoot, access and repair faults from anywhere, at anytime. This simplifies and accelerates IT management work processes -- both in data centers and at remote branch offices - improving service uptime and staff productivity. Raritan's solutions are used to manage more than 50,000 data centers and other IT sites around the world. Raritan also serves the OEM market by developing advanced, hardware-based, remote-management components based on digital KVM-over-IP and IPMI technologies. Founded in 1985, Raritan today has 38 offices worldwide, and its products are distributed in 76 countries. For more information, please visit Raritan.com.

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Raritan

CONTACT: Susana Thompson of the Harbor Group, +1-978-526-1601 x 2, orsthompson@theHarborGroup.com, for Raritan

Web site: http://www.raritan.com/http://www.raritan.com/cc

Source: PRNewswire

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