Raritan Inc.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Information Technology and Services |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Ching-I Hsu |
| Headquarters | Somerset, New Jersey, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Ching-I Hsu Chair. & CEO Herman Chan SVP Global Marketing and GM, DCIM Rasul Damji SVP, Global Sales & Product Operations Joe DeLong CFO Preston Granbery General Counsel |
| Products | Power Distribution, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), KVM Switches |
Number of employees | 200-500 (2015) |
| Parent | Legrand SA |
| Website | www.raritan.com |
Raritan Inc. is a privately held multinational company that provides data center hardware and software solutions. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, Raritan has 50,000 locations worldwide serving over 76 countries. It is acquired by Legrand in September 2015.[1]
Today, Raritan has three core business units: Power Management, Data Center Infrastructure Management, and Remote Server Management.
History
Raritan was established in 1985, when the founder, Ching-I Hsu, and his wife, created a business reselling PCs out of their house. This later changed from reselling to manufacturing PCs.[2] To make the manufacturing more efficient, Hsu developed the first KVM switch, a tool that provides a way to control numerous PCs from a single product. The KVM switch advanced Raritan as an international company and led to other company advancements.
Raritan entered the intelligent power business in 2007. Intelligent power management provides companies with an accurate measurement of the amount of energy devices use. This kind of power management is much more energy efficient because it consumes less energy/produces less heat, improves environmental conditions with sensors that adjust things like temperature and humidity levels, and overall decrease costs.[3]
In 2008, Raritan’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) business began. This software provides the ability to better manage assets, change and capacity through monitoring of power, the environment, and energy use.[4]
Products
Power Distribution (Units, Metering, and Switching)
- Intelligent Rack PDUs
- Inline Meters
- Branch Circuit Monitoring
- Rack Transfer Switches
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Software
- Power IQ
- dcTrack
- Digital KVM switch (KVM-over-IP)
- Analog KVM switch
- Centralized Server Management
Data Center Energy & Environment Management
Awards and Innovations[5]
2015
- CNR 5-star Partner Program Award (7th consecutive win)
2014
- CRN’s Tech Innovator Award for Data Center Infrastructure
- CRN’s Top 100 Data Center for DCIM Software (4th consecutive win)
2013
- CNR Data Center 100 for DCIM and Power Management Solutions
- Green IT Carbon Project of the Year for Intelligent PDU & LabEnergy Management Software
- Green IT Magazine Product of the Year for EMX Environmental Rack Controller and Sensors
2012
- Gartner Inc.’s Cool Vendors in DCIM and Related Tools
- CNR Data Center 100 for Power management and Asset, Change, and Capacity Solutions