PANDUIT™ Unveils Vision to Revolutionise Physical Infrastructure Design, Deployment and Management
02 September 2008
London, UK - PANDUIT™ introduces a new approach that will revolutionise design, deployment and management of the physical infrastructure: unified physical infrastructure (UPI). The physical infrastructure is the foundation on which all enterprise systems run, including voice and data communications, power, computing, control and security systems. UPI-based solutions help organisations mitigate risk within the physical infrastructure by eliminating the complexities associated with system convergence, integration and interdependency.
PANDUIT debuted the UPI vision at a live e-broadcast on July 17, 2008, which over 500 business leaders from across the globe attended. The event, titled "Unified Physical Infrastructure: The Need to Better Understand Your Infrastructure", was hosted by leading industry analyst Frost & Sullivan and included a panel of industry experts from PANDUIT, Cisco, Calence - a Cisco systems integrator - and iConnect (a PANDUIT-certified installer).
"Business agility through real-time information, globalisation of the supply chain, rising costs and complexity, heightened compliance and security requirements, green/sustainability and improved customer experience are key business drivers for the unification of the physical infrastructure," according to Vineeth Ram, VP of global marketing at PANDUIT.
Key stakeholders from Cisco and Frost & Sullivan shared the business drivers, benefits, and challenges of deploying a UPI-based solution. "The UPI vision is based on building a solid and converged foundation that delivers flexibility and growth opportunities throughout the infrastructure – in both networking and industrial environments," says Todd Hawthorne, business development manager, Cisco. "We appreciate the emphasis the vision places on completing comprehensive planning and provisioning at the front end of projects, to ensure all identified issues, needs and requirements are taken into consideration. Doing so greatly increases effectiveness and performance of the physical infrastructure every time."
"UPI-based solutions allow customers across different industries to migrate towards the UPI vision to meet their individual integration and convergence needs,” said Dilip Sarangan, Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst. "Solutions built on UPI principles have the potential to capture significant market share, achieving greater adoption rate across all industries and applications while improving security, flexibility, and business agility for customers."
In support of the UPI vision, PANDUIT and Frost & Sullivan co-developed a white paper, titled "An Introduction to the Unified Physical Infrastructure Vision", that details theory and applications of this innovative approach. The white paper can be downloaded after viewing a recording of the e-broadcast event.
