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Take OOBI and OOBM to New Heights

by | Feb 15, 2017 | Data Center Management

Take Your Legacy OOBI and OOBM Solutions to New Heights – Simply, Quickly, and Cost Effectively

Are you ready to bridge the management gap between legacy, current, and future IT infrastructures?

If so, Nodegrid Open Infrastructure Management™ makes it easy.

Upgrade that access and control method you have currently deployed. It’s showing its age…

NGM – Nodegrid Manager

Nodegrid Open Infrastructure Management™ can be deployed and configured right on top of your existing Out-of-Band Infrastructure (OOBI) methodology. Whether you have purpose built serial console appliances and KVM/IP switches of yesterday, or more “current” appliances for the service processors of today – Nodegrid deploys on top of it all. Nodegrid brings forth an unmatched, easy to use access and control experience like no other solution out there.

Don’t Have an OOB Management Solution? Or, Want to Replace an Existing One?

No problem. Nodegrid Open Infrastructure Management’s combination of hardware and software organizes, consolidates, and greatly simplifies how you access and control your IT infrastructure. Nodegrid is completely vendor neutral and provides a common UI and normalized command set to allow interaction with just about ANY device you find on your network, and need to manage.

See For Yourself

Learn more about Nodegrid here, or if you’d prefer to speak to a ZPE representative, we’d be more than willing to help.

Schedule a short 30-minute demonstration and see how easy it is to breathe new life into your existing OOBI and OOBM practices.

Schedule your nodegrid demo today

Announcement: Cisco ISR2900 Series – End of Life

by | Feb 13, 2017 | News & Announcements

Cisco Announces End of Production for ISR2900 Series Integrated Services Routers

ISR2900

Cisco’s ever popular ISR2900 Series of integrated service routers has reached end of life. Cisco suggests the ISR4000 Series as the replacement – But is it right for you?
For standard densities, the ISR4000 should be a great fit for your environment. But what if you want more? What if you want a high-density solution?

Nodegrid Serial Console is the perfect replacement

T48S

NodeGrid Serial Consoles provide you with a high-density direct replacement that introduces a more secure and robust feature set to your environment. Ever wonder what it’d be like if you managed everything from a single platform? You don’t have to wonder any longer – Experience true vendor freedom with (SDI) Software-Defined Infrastructure – securely manage and control remote serial devices, regardless of vendor, from a single, unified management platform. With enterprise security protocols baked in, NSC gives you peace of mind knowing your environment is protected with the latest security measures. With the ISR2900 Series reaching its end of life, now is the perfect opportunity to adopt NodeGrid Serial Console and Open Infrastructure Management™.

What can Nodegrid Serial Console do for you?

  • Minimize local service contracts for remote sites
  • Provides faster MTTR
  • You no longer have to rely on non-technical people to restart/reset remote devices
  • Lower your recurring costs by replacing POTS lines with LTE
  • Ensure maximum uptime with multiple failover options
  • Reduce bandwidth costs
  • Reduce costs associated with provisioning new systems

We know change is tough to deal with – especially when replacing old systems. It can be a headache and can lead to tons of problems. Fortunately we’ve got you covered. As a Cisco Solution Partner, you can rest easy knowing that our NodeGrid Serial Console will seamlessly integrate with your new and/or existing infrastructure without a hiccup.

Cisco ISR4000 Series
ZPE NodeGrid Serial Console
Form Factor 1U-2U 1U
WAN Ports 1-2 GbE/SFP PoE available 2 GbE/SFP
USB Ports 1-2 3-14
Console Ports 4-48 16-96
Cabling Proprietary Straight-through
Power Options PoE, AC and DC SAC/DAC/SDC/DDC
Environmental Monitoring No Yes
Out of Band Basic Advanced
Routing Router Router
Switching No Yes
SSL VPN No Yes
IPv6 No Yes

Contact a ZPE Systems Solution Specialist and schedule a Live Demo or NodeGrid Serial Console Test Drive

We are perfectly positioned to meet anything manufacturers can throw at us. We pioneered IT infrastructure access and control back in the day and we’re pioneering IT infrastructure access and control for today and the future. Check us out. You’ll be glad you did.

Schedule A Demo Today

ZPE Systems Announces New Corporate Headquarters, Continued Global Expansion and Brand Redesign

by | Feb 7, 2017 | Press Releases

Fremont, CA, February 7, 2017 – ZPE Systems announced today the opening of its new larger corporate headquarters in Fremont, California, and continued global expansion with the opening of ZPE Europe in Dublin, Ireland. To mark the new expansion, ZPE also unveiled a new logo and website to better represent the company’s focus on open device connectivity and communication.

“ZPE’s new global headquarters marks another huge milestone for us.” said Arnaldo Zimmermann, CEO and Co-Founder of ZPE Systems. “With the rapid growth of our team, solutions offerings, and client base, we needed a vibrant new location to nurture our continued development. Being in the Silicon Valley keeps us in close proximity of our customers, allowing us to continue providing the unparalleled level of support they’ve become accustomed to. The new location gives us the additional space and facilities necessary to better serve our growing customer base.”

ZPE Europe was created to address the needs of our rapidly growing global customer base. ZPE Europe’s location increases logistics efficiency and provides additional support staff to quickly serve the international client base. “ZPE brings the technical team closer to our European customers, resulting in more effective and efficient support – from logistics and quicker response times, to an overall improved customer experience.” said Arnaldo Zimmermann.

Concurrently, ZPE embarked on a completely new image of its brand. “Being so highly focused on innovation, we needed our branding to match up.” said Alvin Chan, Head of Marketing at ZPE. “The new logo represents open communication and connectivity – The brain design is symbolic of our team’s constant innovation and forward thinking. The new website projects brand synergy, resonating our Open Infrastructure Management message more clearly.”

Visit us at Interop ITX and Cisco Live! in Las Vegas to learn more about ZPE’s products and innovation.

About ZPE Systems, Inc.

ZPE Systems is the industry’s first provider of an “Open Infrastructure Management Solution” for in-band and out-of-band access and control of Network, Compute, Storage and Power Devices in both physical and virtual IT Infrastructures.

The company’s NodeGrid® platform easily consolidates, organizes, and simplifies the need for a complete and highly secure remote access and control solution. NodeGrid Serial Console enables OOB access & control of serial devices. NodeGrid Flex and NodeGrid Bold control devices at the edge of the network. NodeGrid USB provides a high-density USB type C mobility development cycle environment. NodeGrid Service Processor secures IPMI management ports and IoT devices. ZPE provides smart, consolidated IT management solutions that reduce downtime and CAPEX/OPEX.

ZPE’s global headquarters is located in Fremont, California with offices throughout the US and globally in Ireland, India, Brazil and Japan.

ZPE Systems, the ZPE logo and NodeGrid are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZPE Systems.

Press Contact

ZPE Systems, Inc.
Alvin Chan, Marketing Manager
510-298-3022
alvin.chan@zpesystems.com