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The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly.SynapSense Corporation, which provides wireless energy sensors to the data center market received $7 million in additional funding from the investment arm of German manufacturer Robert Bosch.
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH joins SynapSense's current investors participating in this financing, which include Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontier. SynapSense said it will use the proceeds to further technology development and expand its market for wireless instrumentation solutions beyond the data center.
"SynapSense is enabling the energy efficient operation of data centers ranging from the world's leading stock exchange and America's largest mobile phone operator to a premier web portal and the world's busiest social networking site," said SynapSense Chief Executive Officer Peter Van Deventer. "For the first time, operators have the tools required for continuous optimization of the data center."
The company said it is working to deliver real time PUE and DCiE measurements in data centers.
"We are pleased to invest in SynapSense and are impressed with the company's robust platform and its ability to scale in the data center and across the enterprise," said Dr. Claus Schmidt, Executive Vice President Technology of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the venture capital arm of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of Europe's largest diversified corporations.
SynapSense Wireless Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management features LiveImaging, which the company claims is the first energy and operational efficiency solution that provides real-time thermal, pressure and humidity mapping constructed from wireless sensor data.
Based in Folsom, Calif., SynapSense received the United States Department of Energy 2008 Energy Innovator Award.
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH joins SynapSense's current investors participating in this financing, which include Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontier. SynapSense said it will use the proceeds to further technology development and expand its market for wireless instrumentation solutions beyond the data center.
"SynapSense is enabling the energy efficient operation of data centers ranging from the world's leading stock exchange and America's largest mobile phone operator to a premier web portal and the world's busiest social networking site," said SynapSense Chief Executive Officer Peter Van Deventer. "For the first time, operators have the tools required for continuous optimization of the data center."
The company said it is working to deliver real time PUE and DCiE measurements in data centers.
"We are pleased to invest in SynapSense and are impressed with the company's robust platform and its ability to scale in the data center and across the enterprise," said Dr. Claus Schmidt, Executive Vice President Technology of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the venture capital arm of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of Europe's largest diversified corporations.
SynapSense Wireless Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management features LiveImaging, which the company claims is the first energy and operational efficiency solution that provides real-time thermal, pressure and humidity mapping constructed from wireless sensor data.
Based in Folsom, Calif., SynapSense received the United States Department of Energy 2008 Energy Innovator Award.