Verari is a finalist in Clean Technology awards

MarketWatch

SAN DIEGO, Oct 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Verari Systems, a premier developer of independent blade-based computing and storage platforms for the data center with the highest density, availability, and energy efficiency in the market, today announced it is a finalist in the 15th Annual AeA San Diego Council’s High Tech Awards. Chosen in the “Clean Technology Category” for its FOREST Container solution, Verari was one of the first in the industry to engineer and deliver a solution that packages high density storage and compute blades with self-contained cooling into a portable data center that can be shipped virtually anywhere.

“The fact that Verari Systems was founded on the principle of ‘thinking green’ and defining a new era in high performance utility computing for the enterprise data center, makes the company an ideal finalist for the AeA High Tech Awards in the Clean Technology Category,” said Kevin Carroll, executive director, AeA San Diego Council. “It is companies such as Verari Systems that advance the San Diego region’s position as a center for technology innovation.”

Well done to Verari for the recognition of their technology. It’s great to see more people talking about green technology. We need to manage the environmental message with the business impacts, financial/operational, that I have the right answers to the ‘first line’ questions about why the technology might work for me is the first step to improving adoption and innovation of the platform.