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CommScope Strengthens Position in Intelligent Building Infrastructure with Redwood Systems Acquisition
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July 10, 2013

CommScope Strengthens Position in Intelligent Building Infrastructure with Redwood Systems Acquisition

By Rajani Baburajan
TMCnet Contributor

LED lighting and sensor technologies are becoming part of green building infrastructure.  Intelligent infrastructure is integral to communications and data center facilities to ensure energy efficiency and cost savings.

In a recent development, CommScope, a communications networks provider, announced it has acquired Redwood Systems, a provider of LED lighting solutions and integrated sensor networks for data centers and buildings.


The acquisition will help address the growing demand from enterprise customers for full-scale intelligent infrastructure solutions, according to company officials. It will strengthen CommScope’s position in this industry and enable the company to deliver a comprehensive and automated infrastructure management platform.

The integration of Redwood Systems sensor networks with CommScope will benefit Redwood Systems customers as it provides them with infrastructure management software and cabling solutions to help meet their unique needs in implementing efficient asset management solutions, the company said.

Redwood Systems specializes in LED technology. The company has also developed a smart building platform that powers and controls lights with a high-density sensor grid. This platform can provide energy savings that typically average 75 percent improvement over traditional fluorescent lighting systems for office buildings and 90 percent improvement for data centers, the company claims.

The energy efficient solution will help CommScope's data center and intelligent building customers maximize their investment in cabling infrastructure and move towards more integrated IT and building systems. It will help reduce installation costs and ongoing operational expenses.

Further, Redwood Systems offers granular monitoring of space utilization, temperature and power consumption. With the upcoming enhancements to optimize its operation over twisted pair cabling, the Redwood Systems platform can be deployed over CommScope's readily available standardized structured cabling infrastructure, the company said.

This award-winning approach uses patented networking technology and low-voltage direct current, or DC, architecture for low cost, highly reliable and scalable installation.

“By adding Redwood’s innovative solutions, we expect to better meet our customers' desire for improved energy efficiency and provide a cost-effective platform for enabling truly intelligent buildings,” said Kevin St. Cyr, senior vice president of Enterprise Solutions, CommScope.

"Tremendous insight on building usage can be obtained from analyzing the centrally stored data from the sensor network enabling additional efficiency improvements and enhanced capabilities well beyond efficient lighting,” Cyr added.  




Edited by Alisen Downey


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