Data center infrastructure and management company Panduit Corp. announced its acquisition of Unite Technologies, a provider of infrastructure and security management solutions, to expand the capabilities of its data center infrastructure management (DCIM) platform.

Tinley Park, Illinois-based Panduit said it planned to combine Unite’s capabilities with its Physical Infrastructure Manager software platform and PanView IQ hardware, creating an end-to-end data center management solution. Unite gives Panduit energy management, power, security and environmental monitoring capabilities, which the buyer says are complementary to its portfolio.

Panduit president Tom Donovan said Unite’s technology was innovative and its team was highly skilled. “Unite has a proven track record of success in helping forward thinking customers measure and monitor energy usage, enabling energy management capabilities that address high priority business and operational objectives,” he said.

Panduit is planning to combine its DCIM solution with Unite’s 6 Zone Data Center and Energy Management product. The combined solution will offer:

• Centralized tracking of IT infrastructure assets on a single platform
• Power consumption, energy management, and reporting
• Proactive capacity trend analysis and insights into capacity limitations and stranded capacity
• Access control, security, and environmental monitoring
• Process documentation of IT assets, moves, adds, and changes
• Visibility into under-utilized assets, resources, and unauthorized patch field changes
• Root cause analysis of physical network problems
• Interoperability and integration with leading network, storage and power systems