Raritan Inc.

Raritan

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Information Technology and Services
Founded	1985
Founder	Ching-I Hsu
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Doug Fikse President Swen Anderson Chief Technology Office Howard Hsieh President, Raritan Taiwan Henry Hsu VP, Product Marketing and Marketing Dan Moran VP, Finance Andy Schreiber VP, Global Supply Chain Operations
Products	Power Distribution, KVM Switches
Number of employees	200-500 (2015)
Parent	Legrand
Website	www.raritan.com

Raritan is a multinational technology company that manufactures hardware for data center power distribution, remote server management, and audio visual solutions. The company is headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, and has a commercial presence in over 76 countries. Raritan was acquired by Legrand in September 2015.^[1]

History

Raritan was established in 1985, when the founder, Ching-I Hsu, and his wife, created a business reselling PC components 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]

In June 2015, Legrand, North America announced an agreement to acquire Raritan. The scope of the acquisition would include Raritan’s intelligent power and KVM businesses, while its Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software business would spin off into Sunbird Software, a new company and strategic partner of Raritan to be chaired by Ching-I Hsu, CEO and founder of Raritan. The acquisition was complete on September 28, 2015.^[5]

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

KVM Switches

Digital KVM switch (KVM-over-IP)
Analog KVM switch
Centralized Server Management

Data Center Energy & Environment Management

Serial Console Switches

Console Drawers

Awards and Innovations^[6]

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

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