July 28, 2010

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, has announced the appointment of Reynaldo C. Lugtu as the new country manager for Emerson Network Power in the Philippines. In this position, Lugtu is responsible for driving the company’s business strategies toward market leadership, in addition to building organizational capabilities and talent to sustain long-term growth.Seah Siow Teck, managing director for Emerson Network Power Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore said, “Rey has defined himself as a man of action throughout his career, and we look forward to his plans of strengthening Emerson Network Power’s presence and operations in the Philippines . He is an asset to our growing business, and we welcome him to the Emerson family.”

Lugtu joins Emerson Network Power with more than 19 years of experience in the IT and Telecommunications industry. Lugtu was most recently country manager for the communications sector of IBM Philippines. He also worked with Ericsson, Nokia and Robert Bosch in various senior roles for sales, account management and business development.

As business brace for a market upturn, more companies are turning to IT infrastructure to gain a competitive adv antage, allowing them to manage increased business and more stringent customer demands.  IT infrastructure projects in the Philippines are on the rise as the local market continues to show signs of economic recovery and Emerson Network Power is poised to take adv antage of this development,” said Lugtu.

Lugtu, who is a candidate for the Doctor of Business Administration program from De La Salle University, replaces Por Lau who has been assigned to a new post in Emerson Network Power’s Hong Kong office.

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, infrastructure management, and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.

Emerson is based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).

December 16, 2009

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, has engaged Rice Communications as its PR agency for Southeast Asia (SEA).

Rice will work with Emerson to raise awareness of their latest IT infrastructure and telecom technologies that enable efficiency without compromising availability. Part of their role includes strengthening the company’s profile in key market segments in IT and telecommunications as well as emerging audience groups.

“Rice comes with extensive knowledge of the ICT market and by working with them we can effectively communicate our solutions and services to our market. Aside from their capabilities, we look forward to leveraging their understanding of Emerson’s business and goals,” said Katrina Tirante, SEA marketing manager, Emerson Network Power.

Rice Communications will work with the company’s Asia Pacific marketing team in six key markets in the region, namely: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

“As a full-service consultancy, we have been proving strategic, insightful and customized professional communications services to our clients, both on a global and regional scale. We accomplish this through a combination of professional skills and extensive knowledge in the ICT industry, “said Sonya Madeira Stamp, managing partner, Rice Communications. “With Emerson, we intend to work hand-in-hand in strengthening their communications efforts and support them on various in-market initiatives they will be rolling out over the coming months.”

Based in Singapore, Rice was established in January 2009 and is headed by Sonya Madeira Stamp, who has over 15 years of experience in communications.

October 7, 2009

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity announced the promotion of John Parikh to director of product management for its Liebert products in Asia.

This newly created role brings product management and pre-sales technical services together for the first time. “The centralized tech services (CTS) function gives me a very direct access to what our customers are dealing with in a very detailed sense,” says Parikh. “All projects are course through CTS to ensure best practice and best TCO concepts prevail but at the same time I get to see hundreds if not thousands of variations on infrastructure challenges from around Asia. This puts me in a very well informed position from a product development and management perspective.”

According to Parikh businesses are presented with numerous IT solutions available yet are still challenged in choosing the right match for their problem. “Organizations need to identify first the critical areas of the business they want to improve. Once that’s been determined, they can work with closely with a solution provider to determine technologies and initiatives that are best suited to help their company achieve better outcomes,” says Parikh.

With today’s market conditions and cost-cutting measures, the demands to do more with less is clearly evident in many IT organizations. Parikh says that Emerson has energy-efficient products and services that can address this challenge. ”Our commitment to reducing energy consumption is best illustrated via our Energy Logic framework, where applied in total, a reduction in data center energy consumption of over 50% is achievable,” says Parikh. “In addition to this, we have been working with customers on a new measure for infrastructure efficiency called Compute Units per Second (CUPS), that really helps customers model the benefits (and pitfalls) of different IT infrastructure approaches.”

Emerson’s product portfolio includes uninterruptible power supply systems, surge suppression, precision cooling, racks and enclosures and monitoring technologies and service that businesses rely on to manage growth and realize cost and operational efficiencies.

Parikh has more than 18 years of experience in product management, marketing and technical development. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management. He is based in the Philippines.

October 7, 2009

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity announced the promotion of Pär Larsson to technical director for the DC power business (also known as Energy Systems) in Asia.

In this role, he will be responsible for driving the development of the DC power solutions portfolio and accelerating the company’s market leadership in the telecom space. “I believe in our capability in solving problems both quickly and comprehensively,” said Larsson. “When it comes to taking care of our customers, I make sure that the performance of our technical and services side are closely related to our customers’ requirement.”

Larsson has been with the company for almost 10 years. Prior to joining Emerson Network Power, he was the DC power specialist for Ericsson in Sweden, the USA, China and the Philippines, and business line manager for technical support and service in the Southeast Asia region.

“Over the past few months, telecom operators have been increasing their efforts to improve customer experience and raise their operational efficiency levels to achieve true economies of scale,” observed Larsson.

He adds that the tough competition is making telecom operators realize that they need to retain subscribers through enhanced customer services such as deploying next-generation, high-speed networks.

“These network developments require supporting infrastructure. Telcos need to boost their power infrastructure to meet broadband and wireless service demand,” said Larsson.  “About 50% of a network operator’s OPEX come from power consumption alone and about 10% of that power is wasted due to power conversion inefficiency.”

He said that Emerson Network Power has developed a number of energy-efficient solutions that reduce total cost of ownership while at the same time making communication technology more accessible to more people. “Our products and solutions are not only about maximizing the performance of the equipment; we also focus on the reliability and availability of the systems which will benefit our customers technically and financially. We are offering high efficiency rectifiers for DC power solutions which will go with our customers’ plans to deploy next-generation networks.”

One of Fortune’s most admired companies, Emerson is an established name in network reliability. It provides operators and OEMs stability through its most reliable Netsure DC power platform – over a million Netsure systems are in the field.  This year, the company launched the industry’s most energy-efficient rectifier – the eSure rectifier – that solves customers’ toughest problems Backwards compatible with existing Netsure 701 equipment, the eSure has an efficiency rating approaching 97 percent and provides cost-saving benefits without compromising reliability

Larsson has a bachelor’s degree in telecom and electrical engineering from the TGÖ, Sweden. He is based in Australia.