Recognition of Excellence in Growth Strategy and Growth Execution

October 30, 2014 – Emerson Network Power, a pioneer in maximizing infrastructure availability, capacity and efficiency, announced today that it has received the 2014 Asia Pacific Data Center Integrated Power Infrastructure Growth Excellence Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan. The award was presented to Emerson at the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practice Awards ceremony held in Singapore on October 16. According to analysis independently conducted by the global consulting firm, Emerson Network Power was evaluated as having the ability to "clearly present a vision for innovation to customers through solid product planning and flawless execution efforts."
Amit Kumar Singh, Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan's Asia Pacific Energy and Environment Practice, stated, "Emerson Network Power has continuously addressed new challenges related to methodologies for operating data centers profitably and efficiently by building a comprehensive product portfolio well supported by a strong service infrastructure," and "The company's outstanding capability to effectively support data center operators in monitoring, controlling and optimizing power infrastructure assets from the grid to the server level has been the foundation for Emerson Network Power's rapid growth in the data center integrated power infrastructure market."

This is the third time in the past five years that Emerson Network Power has received a top leadership award from Frost & Sullivan in the Asia Pacific region. Emerson received the Asia Pacific Leadership Award in the data center cooling solutions category consecutively in 2012 and 2011.
Anand Sanghi, President overseeing Emerson Network Power's Asia operations, stated, "This award is the result of our continuous efforts in developing customized solutions that meet the unique needs of different customers. These efforts, combined with the best project management support and service capabilities, differentiate Emerson Network Power's competitiveness." He also noted, "Our power protection portfolio ensures that critical IT equipment operates smoothly and efficiently regardless of which industry it is used in, and by integrating more proactive data center management solutions, we can take one more step toward better IT capacity planning."
Chee Hoe Ling, Vice President overseeing Emerson Network Power Asia's market management team, said, "We are very honored and proud to receive this award from Frost & Sullivan again," and "I credit this honor to all Emerson employees and executives who have demonstrated tremendous effort, dedication and professionalism to date."

Additionally, VP Chee Hoe stated, "Recently, Emerson Network Power has launched new modular power protection solutions designed to provide high-density and standard operating environments for large enterprises and small-to-medium businesses. Our goal is to provide intelligent solutions such as Emerson MPH2 Rack PDU and Liebert® APS to help customers execute their overall growth strategies."
Frost & Sullivan's Growth Excellence Leadership Award is presented to companies that demonstrate excellence in both growth strategy and growth execution. Emerson Network Power was found to be superior to other candidate companies in its ability to sustain short- and long-term growth in terms of evaluation of the company's vision, talent, processes and policy levels.

Frost & Sullivan also conducted extensive secondary and technical research along with interviews with key industry figures. Emerson Network Power was evaluated as excellent in growth performance (including growth strategy, exceeding market growth rate and growth sustainability criteria) and customer impact (including price-to-performance and user purchase experience criteria).
The awards ceremony was held on October 16 at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. Matthew Kong, Singapore Branch Manager of Emerson Network Power, and Reinier Dungca, Southeast Asia and North Asia Marketing Manager of Emerson Network Power Asia, attended the ceremony as Emerson Network Power representatives to receive the award.