BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Network Design, Inc. (VNDI) today announced a multi-year software license agreement with Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, to add information on Emerson's Liebert equipment to a version of its Rackwise Datacenter physical configuration and modeling software. The customized application will be branded as the Liebert Rack Configurator (LRC) and available at Emerson Network Power's custom VAR and Customer websites.

"We are pleased with the opportunity to work with Liebert as they are an industry leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity(TM), and they clearly understand the unique power needs of Datacenters," said VNDI President and Chairman Emmett DeMoss. "VNDI has the opportunity to help Emerson support the automated configuration and modeling of Liebert racks and power equipment by allowing more than 1,000 partners to easily select, view and configure the Liebert products in a multi-vendor environment."

The LRC provides the visual selection and configuration of Liebert Racks and UPSs with access to over 120 different manufactures of Datacenter IT equipment, including Dell, Sun, HP, Cisco, and EMC. Each piece of equipment can be first browsed in the equipment catalogue then built in the on-line software application, to order, with the exact UPS power requirements, automatically calculating total power, heat, weight, ports, dimensions and locations. Equipment can be dragged and dropped into the appropriate rack position, in scale, and documented in both front and back views, generating a complete equipment bill-of-materials ready for final pricing. A complete design may be exported to many formats including Excel, PDF and Microsoft Visio.

"Our partners are always looking for ways to reduce the time and cost associated with configuration and with this agreement, we are confident that we have answered their requests and provided significantly more value," said Bob Bauer, group vice president, Emerson. "We look forward to working closely with VNDI to give our resellers, OEMs and strategic customers the tools they need to continue to grow their business and make it easier to select and configure Liebert mission-critical power from Emerson Network Power."

About Visual Network Design, Inc.

Founded in 2003, Burlingame, CA-based Visual Network Design, Inc. develops innovative software technology for physical datacenter automation and modeling for the design, configuration, visualization, reporting, and management of IT systems. The Rackwise product family is broadly used by original equipment manufacturers to intelligently configure rack-based telecommunication and computer systems as well as F1000 enterprises and service providers to intelligently plan and manage their datacenters.

About Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity(TM). The company is the trusted source for adaptive and ultra-reliable solutions that enable and protect its customers' business-critical technology infrastructures. Backed by the largest global services organization in the industry, Emerson Network Power offers a full range of innovative power, precision cooling and connectivity products and services for computer, communications, healthcare and industrial systems. Key product brands within the Emerson Network Power family include Liebert, ASCO, Astec, and Lorain. The Liebert Adaptive Architecture creates power, cooling and monitoring platforms for IT systems that combine high reliability and flexibility while delivering the lowest total cost of ownership. For more information on Liebert visit http://www.liebert.com/. For more information on the full spectrum of enterprise-wide solutions from Emerson Network Power, visit http://www.emersonnetworkpower.com/.

About Emerson

Emerson, based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2005 were $17.3 billion.

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