NER to Sell Imaging Supplies and Printer Parts Business Units to Clover Technologies Group

Sale will provide additional resources for growing MPS and Data Center Solutions divisions

Glassboro NJ, December 22, 2009 – NER Data Products, Inc. (NER) announces the sale of the NER Imaging Supplies division and its wholly owned printer parts subsidiary Image1 to Clover Technologies Group Inc. (Clover). The agreement will transfer all imaging activities including compatible laser toner, inkjet, narrow and wide impact ribbon production, and printer parts to Clover.

Clover will assume responsibility for the NER Denver, Image1 Plano, and NER Glassboro supplies operations that support these business units. Customer and vendor relationships will be assumed by Clover and business will continue at all of these locations. In addition, NER is pleased to announce that over 80% of the NER employees at these locations will become employees of Clover as of the first of the year.

“The decision to sell off business units is not taken without great consideration,” said Stephen Oatway, President of NER Data Products Inc. “Approximately seven years ago, we began the process of strategically transitioning the company from offering commodity products to offering value-added solutions. As a result of our efforts, we have become a leader in both Managed Print Services and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions. In reviewing the direction of the company it was determined that a concentrated focus on these divisions was in the best interest of the company, shareholders, and customers moving forward. This strategic move allows us to focus resources on those business units that are poised for the greatest growth in the future.”

The sale will be finalized December 31, 2009 and terms of the transaction are not disclosed. The newly reorganized NER will be strongly positioned to continue providing industry-leading Managed Print Services and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions to their channel partners and their customers.

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Power IT. Monitor IT. Control IT.

Take control of your IT equipment by outfitting your racks with the latest PDU technologies.

Once an overlooked commodity, rack PDUs are now vital to the successful operation and regulation of today’s complex data center. NER offers a comprehensive line of Power Distribution products that can power equipment, monitor consumption, and help you control your data center’s efficiency.





- Basic Rack PDU for simple power distribution
- Metered Rack PDU equipped with local amp meter
- Monitored Rack PDU provides remote power monitoring
- Switched Rack PDU for enhanced remote monitoring, reboot & SNMP alerting
- Outlet Level Rack PDU provides monitoring down to the individual outlet
- Power Management Software provides a comprehensive view of your entire PDU deployment, giving you the ability to track, trend, plan, and control capacity from a single user interface

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NER Data Products also offer iOS Power Services & Technical Consulting

- Factory and on-site installation
- System integration, commissioning and training
- Specification consulting with our experts
- Proposals and technical support

We recognize your need to implement improvements and show ROI, which is why NER offers a complete line of Data Center products and services.

Visit us for more information or contact your Data Center technology experts at NER Data Products, 888-637-3282 x561 / tssupport@nerdata.com.

New Ultimate Core EC Cabinet

Fully Configured, Ready-to-Ship, at a Fraction of the Cost
Our new Ultimate Core EC has all the comparable functionality of more expensive cabinet racks at a price that won’t kill your budget.

Ultimate Core EC Cabinet Features:
- Fully Welded Frame Construction – Proudly Made In The USA
- Standardized 24”w x 42”d x 42U for easy configuration
- Depth Adjustable OEM Rails Numerically Sequenced
- Contoured Mesh Front Door with Lift & Turn Locking Handle
- Mesh Split Rear Doors with Trouble-free 3-Point Latch & Lock System
- Easy-Release Hinged “Compartment-Style” Side Panels
- FREE Parts Kit with Ganging Hardware
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Factory Integration now Available!
Factory Integration Cabinet Services includes pre-configuration and customization of enclosure and rack solutions to meet your exact specifications. By pre-installing rack power, KVM systems, monitoring sensors, and cable management, we reduce the amount of waste and packaging that our clients have to deal with. NER’s fully integrated Cabinet Solutions help reduce our clients’ shipping costs, enables faster on-site deployments, and saves valuable installation resources.
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We recognize your need to implement improvements and show ROI, which is why NER offers a complete line of Data Center products and services. Visit us for more information.

New Product Release - AMIE

Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE) is a Powerful New Software Solution that Provides an Integrated Platform for Increased Data Center Management with a Fast ROI.




Visualize It!
Mergepoint Infrastructure Explorer’s visual modeling provides real-time insight so you can take control of your data center by optimizing your assets and power/cooling capacity. You will benefit from immediate operational gains in planning, deployment, and reporting of: Data center utilization, Asset utilization, and Data center utilities.

Manage your projects, assets, and capacities like never before with:
- Proactive planning, comparison, and synchronization of multiple projects
- Change control that allows for planning, reservation of space, and committing of changes
- Change impact analysis which allows the impact of changes in power, weight, and network port to be understood before they are made
- Capacity trend analysis that shows past and future utilization of power, cooling, and space resources

Call your Data Center technology experts at NER Data Products, 800-257-5235 x561 or email us at tssupport@nerdata.com.

Providing Returns on Your Data Center Investment

We provide measurable ROI in as little as 12 months, and potential savings in the millions. Solutions from NER are affordable and powerful!

West Coast Healthcare Company
• 80,600 sq. ft.
• 2,655 kW IT Load requiring 421,000 cfm
• 74 CRAC units delivering 645,000 cfm
• Cost per kWh of $0.07

$261,500 per year in energy savings or 426kW additional IT load and 20 CRAC units placed in standby mode for redundancy


East Coast Media and Broadcast Company
• 5200 sq ft.
• 166 kW IT Load requiring 26,300 cfm
• 8 CRAC units delivering 82,150 cfm
• Cost per kWh of $0.065

$47,000 per year in energy savings or 80kW in additional capacity

Key Areas od Savings:
• Energy
• Consumption Construction
• Cost Avoidance Capacity
• Reclamation Capacity Redundancy & Efficiency

Green Data Center Ideas from NER

Green Computing is a common theme for almost every IT, Facilities, and Data Center Manager. Implementation of simple Best Practices along with server virtualization have been performed in order to become more energy efficient. However, the continued demand for higher computer and storage power increases, and IT energy consumption continues to grow at a staggering pace.

Based on studies and data released by the EPA, Uptime Institute, ASHRAE, Afcom, and industry experts:

• Data center energy use doubled between 2000 and 2006; by 2012, energy use is expected to double again.
• For many industries, data centers are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Between now and 2010, U.S. demand for data center energy will require the equivalent of 10 new power plants.
• Government legislation could lead to companies being required to report energy usage and carbon emissions

Through innovation and focus, NER continually improves data center energy efficiency. Infrastructure Optimization Solutions (iOS) enable us to go beyond Best-Practices to provide scalable and sustainable improvements for data centers both large and small.

We enable data center clients to achieve their Greening goals through:
• Energy efficiency assessments
• Utility rebate coordination
• Cooling System Optimization
• Monitoring and reporting of key metrics
• Capacity Planning and Modeling for optimization

iOS Integration and Support Services

NER offers turnkey support for all iOS Solutions. Our field technicians and technical support staff are factory trained and certified by all iOS partners. Services span key elements, including initial concept design, proposal creation, specifications, detailed system designs, CAD drawings, logistics, installation, commissioning, and training. Our support continues after installation through affordable maintenance programs, extended warranty programs, and help-desk support.

iOS IT Asset Management

Data Center Asset Access and Control Systems
Powerful KVM-Over-IP and Serial Console Management Solutions enable management through a single, powerful user interface. Provides remote out-of-band connections directly to physical KVM, USB, and Serial ports of servers and other networking equipment. Compliment your in-band tools and gain a more complete remote management solution.

IT Asset Management Systems
Innovative data center solution lowers costs, manages change, and leverages existing investments. Use accurate and current data to identify, plan, and manage your assets. Powerful visualization tools enable accurate representations of your IT assets and supporting infrastructure.

Key benefits include:
- Visual modeling
- Capacity visualization
- Impact assessment and analysis
- Asset identification and location
- Forecast planning and design
- Data import capabilities
- Reporting
- Comprehensive HD equipment libraries to build detailed rack views

iOS Data Center Monitoring Systems

Decisions are easier to make with the proper data. iOS Monitoring Solutions act as your trusted advisor for your critical environments and take the guess-work out of decision making and planning processes. Our highly scalable, flexible solutions can act as stand-alone systems or integrated into existing monitoring systems. Detailed alarming and alerting features enable visibility by key personnel and support staff, while trending reports and other useful data can be printed for management use. Most Monitoring Solutions are in real-time and provide up-to-the-minute data.

...NER Data provides both AMIE and Environet...


Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer Software
The power of actually seeing IT. Visual modeling that delivers real-time insight, so you can simply plan and manage your data center. MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer can be configured to work closely with DSView® 3 management software, Power Management, Asset Lifecycle Manager and the hardware portfolio Avocent has to offer. By leveraging the power of Avocent’s portfolio and the associated infrastructure hardware, you have the ability to successfully manage your environment within the data center or around the globe. No other vendor offers the combination of robust data center planning, change management and integration with Avocent’s active infrastructure products.

Know: The authority you need to command all your assets
• Validation, reconciliation and aggregation of data from multiple heterogeneous sources into a central asset repository
• Quickly assess the “state of IT” with information such as power and HVAC utilization

Plan: The power to visualize “what if”
• Keep track of and manage relationships between assets and dependent data, including the transition between lifecycle stages
• Virtually move and alter data center layouts from the floor to the rack to the individual component, then see what effects those changes have

Manage: The insight you need to reduce risk
• Proactively manage compliance with tracking of operational, financial and contractual aspects of each IT asset
• Actually see how an asset is working (or not working) and see whatever is being displayed by currently running programs


Environet
The Raptor Integration Solutions (RIS) product line covers businesses of every size and type. RIS appliances provide monitoring, alarming, trending, control, and notifications. The combination of RIS appliances and Environet software provides everything businesses need to protect remote operations and critical infrastructure.

Convergence of IT and Facilities Management is a reality with the power of RIS appliances and Environet software. RIS appliances and Environet scale easily and integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure monitoring systems.

RIS stand-alone appliances provide intelligent communication using a variety of protocols as well as direct I/O for critical data-point gathering and control. RIS appliances aggregate critical data and provide user defined alarm conditions, notification methods, and data trending.

Environet scales to any size, integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure monitoring systems, and is fully customizable. Communicating with obscure equipment is no longer a time-consuming and difficult proposition with our extensive development library.

Environet is a highly cost-effective way to monitor, protect, and control the physical infrastructure that are critical to your business. With custom graphics, data gathering and trending algorithms, alarms, notifications, and a variety of user-defined functions, RIS appliances provide everything you need to protect your physical infrastructure and keep your operations running smoothly.

Alarm Capabilities
- Alarm console views
- E-mail, SNMP, SMS notifications
- Notes and instructions
- User-defined thresholds

Customized Reports and Graphs
- Individual device reports
- Historical records
- Data trending graphs
- Side-by-side equipment comparisons
- User-defined sample rates

Key Metrics Visibility
- PUE
- Capacity planning modeling
- DCiE
- Cooling effectiveness monitoring
- Energy consumption modeling

Equipment Monitoring
- Chilled water systems
- PDUs
- CRAC units
- RPPs
- Utility power meters
- Battery strings
- Switchgear
- Rack-based power strips
- Generators
- Fire suppression panels
- ATS, STS
- Leak detection
- UPSs

iOS Data Center Cooling Efficiency

Next to Virtualization, improving infrastructure cooling efficiency is the second greatest opportunity to reduce energy costs in the data center. Data centers can be over-cooled by as much as 2.5 times. Since no two data centers are alike, we offer multiple solutions to accommodate cooling efficiency. ROI on cooling solutions can be as little as 12 months.


Room Scale Intelligent Cooling and Airflow Management
• Dynamic and highly scalable managed airflow distribution
• Optimizes existing infrastructure through synchronized cooling delivery and heat evacuation
• Saves energy while reclaiming capacity and eliminating hotspots
• ROI in as little as 12 months and ZERO downtime to implement


Curtain Solutions
• Available in above-rack, hardwall, and softwall designs
• Meet the most stringent fire safety codes
• Quickly minimizes mixing of hot and cold air
• ROI in 12-18 months and ZERO downtime to implement


Active Overhead High-Density Heat Containment
• “Unity Cooling” designed to reclaim wasted cooling capacity
• Highly scalable cabinet-based solution; 10kW, 20kW, and 30kW options
• Works with wide range of equipment cabinets
• Real-time alerting and monitoring of current and historical data


Cabinet-Based Rear-Door Heat Exchanger
• Removes heat from cabinet densities in excess of 30kW
• Chilled water is used in heat exchanger
• Compatible with multiple vendors’ cabinet designs
• ROI in as little as 12 months

iOS Data Center Assessment Services

Our vendor neutral, holistic approach to infrastructure assessments enables us to identify and quantify issues affecting your data center. Recommendations are categorized for ease of implementation and ROI. iOS Assessments are used as a “road map for remediation” and are the building blocks for achieving sustainable improvements and efficiency gains.

Optimization Assessments
- Capacity benchmarking
- Power and cooling efficiency analysis
- CFD modeling
- ROI calculations
- Metrics analysis
- Solution identification, implementation and project management

Virtualization Readiness Assessments
iOS Readiness Assessment is an inexpensive way to verify that your infrastructure can support the dynamic density aspects resulting from any virtualization project.

Design – Build Consulting
Our expertly designed and constructed data centers suit your needs and keep you within budget. We detail the benefits of retrofitting, new build, or outsourcing based on your specific requirements.

Project Management Services
We offer qualified Project Management Services for all iOS. These services compliment your current resources, or we can work on behalf of your organization to manage the entire process.

What is iOS?

Infrastructure Optimization Solutions (iOS) from NER provide significant savings and efficiency gains for most data centers of varying size and density. Our proven process identifies and remediates constraints through a wide range of solutions designed to solve today’s nagging infrastructure issues.

We take the guess-work out of efficiency and capacity challenges through advanced tools and processes that Measure, Model, Monitor, Plan, and Manage for optimization within any data center infrastructure.


Measure
Implementing best practices, energy efficient designs, and power saving technologies requires baseline information of your power and cooling usage. iOS Optimization Assessments captures the “data on your data center”.

Model
Modeling identifies root causes of major constraints, and enables us to offer the best solutions for remediation. Many data centers have constraints stemming from power, cooling, and overall density issues; CFD modeling visually and scientifically identifies and depicts constraints. iOS CFD Services are used for failure analysis, redundancy scenarios, and future layout and capacity planning.

Monitor
Decisions are easier to make if the right data is available when its required! Metrics allow you to effectively managing data center environments by taking the guess-work out of decision making and planning processes. iOS Monitoring Solutions act as your trusted advisor by providing visibility into a single data center site, multi-site environments across the globe, or any discrete element of your infrastructure.

Plan and Manage
iOS Planning Tools and Project Management services simplify management of an ever-changing data center. Detailed visual information allows day-to-day management of operations, while significantly reducing response time. We provide an affordable means of acquiring and configuring the critical data and asset information in your data center.