NER to Sell Imaging Supplies and Printer Parts Business Units to Clover Technologies Group

Sale will provide additional resources for growing MPS and Data Center Solutions divisions

Glassboro NJ, December 22, 2009 – NER Data Products, Inc. (NER) announces the sale of the NER Imaging Supplies division and its wholly owned printer parts subsidiary Image1 to Clover Technologies Group Inc. (Clover). The agreement will transfer all imaging activities including compatible laser toner, inkjet, narrow and wide impact ribbon production, and printer parts to Clover.

Clover will assume responsibility for the NER Denver, Image1 Plano, and NER Glassboro supplies operations that support these business units. Customer and vendor relationships will be assumed by Clover and business will continue at all of these locations. In addition, NER is pleased to announce that over 80% of the NER employees at these locations will become employees of Clover as of the first of the year.

“The decision to sell off business units is not taken without great consideration,” said Stephen Oatway, President of NER Data Products Inc. “Approximately seven years ago, we began the process of strategically transitioning the company from offering commodity products to offering value-added solutions. As a result of our efforts, we have become a leader in both Managed Print Services and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions. In reviewing the direction of the company it was determined that a concentrated focus on these divisions was in the best interest of the company, shareholders, and customers moving forward. This strategic move allows us to focus resources on those business units that are poised for the greatest growth in the future.”

The sale will be finalized December 31, 2009 and terms of the transaction are not disclosed. The newly reorganized NER will be strongly positioned to continue providing industry-leading Managed Print Services and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions to their channel partners and their customers.

Download Clover Transition FAQs (pdf) and FAQs for Vendors (pdf)

NER Selected as HP Collaborative Infrastructure Partner for Managed Print Services

Glassboro NJ, September 14, 2009 -- NER is pleased to announce that it has been selected as an HP national Collaborative Infrastructure Partner to deliver industry leading Managed Print Services (MPS). As an HP Collaborative Infrastructure Partner, NER will support HP’s extensive reseller base to provide its Print4.hp MPS program to end-user customers.

NER developed Print4.hp specifically for HP as a comprehensive best-in-class MPS solution that covers all aspects of a successful MPS program. The Print4.hp program incorporates fleet assessment capabilities, print environment monitoring, reporting, automated supplies replenishment, billing infrastructure, equipment financing support, service deployment, and technical support. In addition, NER provides HP resellers with sales and solution training, an ongoing mentorship program, an online channel support site, and a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool for solution development.

“We have packaged all of the components required to deliver a successful and complete managed print experience to the end-user. The Print4.hp program equips the reseller with an end–to-end suite of products that encompasses, cutting edge proprietary software, hardware, supplies, parts, a comprehensive proprietary nationwide printer service network, and an internal MPS infrastructure that provides support through the entire MPS sales and support lifecycle.” said Steve Oatway, President NER Data Products Inc. “We are excited to participate in the HP Collaborative Infrastructure Partner program. For years we have been helping our resellers move their transactional print business into a contract based MPS model. We invested heavily to build the infrastructure that supports our resellers. Our MPS solution, infrastructure, and execution capabilities combined with HP’s support through the Collaborative Partner Program provides one of the most compelling and competitive MPS program in the market.”

Herbert Koeck, vice president, Americas Laserjet and Enterprise Systems, Imaging and Printing Group, HP states “HP continues to expand the support of strategic relationships with our national Collaborative Infrastructure Partners, such as NER, who provide industry-leading MPS infrastructure and services so HP resellers can offer and deliver MPS to their customers. Through these strategic collaborative relationships, HP can reach and support many more channel partners. “

HP resellers interested in Print4.hp can contact West McDonald, HP MPS Program Specialist, at wmcdonald@nerdata.com or 888-637-3282.

Technology Solutions Reseller Promotion
Sell $20,000 in NER technology products and receive an extra $500!

NER is running a promotion form September 15, 2009 through December 15, 2009. Sell $20,000 during the promotion period and receive an extra $500. Promotion is open to NER Resellers and full details are available in the login section of our website. If you are a current customer of NER and do not have a login, you can request one here.

Staying Ahead of Energy Regulations

Energy Regulation is gaining a lot of media coverage and sparking debate. While government regulation may be highly debatable, the need for improved data center efficiency should not. In order to survive and thrive, Data Center and Facilities professional need to be on the front side of this topic. A recent article in the Data Center Journal (View full article) drives home the point, that the ability to measure and monitor infrastructure, as well as improve efficiency are critical. Regardless of your motivation (regulation concerns, stewardship, good business sense) you better have a plan to improve your power/cooling efficiency and related power consumption.

Staying ahead of the curve does not have to be overly complicated. Your first step should be to install a Monitoring Solution. There are many useful metrics available and with a proper monitoring solution you will have the data to monitor and measure the effects of change.

Cooling Efficiency Optimization is one of the greatest opportunities you have to reduce your current power consumption without adding significantly to your existing infrastructure. Successful cooling efficiency optimization is viewed as a process and not an event. Best practices, which include hot & cold aisles, filling the holes, blanking panels etc., need to be put in place. Once feasible best practices are set, your next steps involve deploying the most optimal cooling solution for your environment.

Below is a list of Good, Better, Best air cooled options. Liquid cooled options are available but you can typically deploy air cooled solutions with fewer disruptions and at a lower cost, while delivering up to and in some cases over 30 KWs per rack. So do you really need liquid?

Good -- Basic Static Solutions:

Using your ceiling as a return plenum (check local fire codes)
Evaluate Curtain Containment where permissible (check local fire codes and with your Insurance carrier)

Better -- Managed Airflow Solutions:

Use Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
Tie into some form of CRAC/H Management technology

Best -- Managed/Dynamic Airflow Distribution:

Chimney/Ducted (Pressure Managed only) Heat containment solutions.
Room Scale Intelligent Cooling dynamically distributes cold air only where needs to be when it needs to be their while simultaneously evacuating heat from problem areas.

Still not sure what’s best for your unique space and challenges? Commission an Infrastructure Optimization Assessment with an organization that is experienced with CFD Modeling to understand costs, benefits, and limitations of each option.

NER Data Products, Inc. and our reseller partners can help you achieve your efficiency goals. We offer the most innovative Monitoring and Cooling Optimization Solutions on the market. Visit our Infrastructure Optimization Solutions (iOS) section for more information.

Processor Magazine Covers 10 Things to Reduce Data Center Power
NER's Greg Stover offers one of NER's recommendations in the article.

Processor Magazine article states that "Power usage is one of the biggest concerns for a data center, particularly because it involves so many other aspects of operations, such as heating and cooling, network efficiency, and monitoring". NER shares this concern with the industry and offers many solutions to reduce power usage and increase overall efficiency.

Greg Stover, NER's Senior VP of Sales, states in the article "An audit can help identify areas of inefficiency The audit should take into account items such as room layout, rack-by-rack IT equipment densities, CRAC type and location, total equipment power consumption, point temperatures throughout the room, cutouts, and leakage.Next, a modeling process with many iterations and scenarios can help you develop a complete thermal solution for the data center that prevents excess power use.”

The article goes on to list 9 additional steps to reduce power usage. NER's holistic solutions address many of these issues to deliver sustainable improvements for data centers both large and small. We enable you to achieve greater efficiency through:

Energy efficiency assessments
Utility rebate coordination
Cooling system optimization
Monitoring and reporting on key metrics
Capacity planning and modeling for optimization