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About Us
About Us
SynapSense Corporation is a leading provider of energy efficiency-focused data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions that deliver unparalleled visibility, resiliency and energy optimization in the world’s leading data centers.
With customers in industries including finance, technology, healthcare, defense, aerospace and utilities, SynapSense technology has helped optimize data centers in more than 25 different vertical market segments. The company is supported by leading investors worldwide including Aeris Capital, American River Ventures, BOSCH, Crosslink Capital, DFJ Frontier, Emerald Technology Ventures, GE Energy Financial Services, Nth Power and Sequoia Capital.
SynapSense’s Data Center Optimization Platform is a powerful DCIM solution that provides exceptional value and return on investment for customers. Strong customer demand for its solutions validates that genuine return-on-investment is the core component of the emerging DCIM segment, and SynapSense has emerged as the recognized leader.
Based in Folsom, Calif., SynapSense was founded in 2006 by Peter Van Deventer, a sales and marketing executive, and Dr. Raju Pandey, a University of California Davis professor who developed the company’s core wireless sensor networking software technology. For more information, visit http://synapsense.com/go/index.cfm.
Our History
SynapSense Corporation was founded by Peter Van Deventer and Dr. Raju Pandey in March of 2006. Starting in 2003, Dr. Pandey evaluated different wireless sensor networking software architecture solutions, while looking for a platform to develop an extensible, scalable applications environment. The result of this evaluation was that none of these solutions offered the features desired. Subsequently, Dr. Pandey developed a new, next generation wireless sensor network architecture over the next 2-1/2 years at the University of California Davis. The platform development is in part funded by the National Science Foundation. The core software technology for the platform has been transferred into the SynapSense Corporation.
Peter Van Deventer was a leading global sales and marketing executive with Intel Corporation, and was intimately involved in the market ramps of servers, processors, datacenters, Wi-Fi and cellular markets on a global scale. While at Intel, he had expansive insights into the emerging wireless technologies being developed by the world’s leading research groups, ranging from UWB to Wi-Max to Wireless Sensor Networks. Both Pete and Raju saw the coming ramp of the wireless sensor networking market and established early positions of expertise, and subsequently, have created a company that is providing next-generation solutions for customers around the world.
Market
The market for wireless sensor networks and solutions is the result of a new convergence of the instrumentation and information technology markets, as they both are enabling a new "edge" made possible by the introduction of low-power, low-data-rate battery powered radio devices. These devices, which contain a battery, microcontroller, standardized radio and often a MEMS-based sensor, are capable of sensing, computing, and communicating the resulting information, in an extremely efficient fashion. Environments range from data centers to warehouses and literally anywhere there is a gap in instrumentation, metrology and response.
Utility Partners
SynapSense has established strategic partnerships to support the development of a data center energy audit protocol. This protocol would enable and incentivize energy conservation programs. We are proactively engaged with PG&E, SMUD and other energy utilities to earn approval for energy conservation subsidies. SynapSense is also collaborating with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in support of their initiative to develop ‘best methods and practices’ to save energy and support other green or cleantech programs. See Our Partners to learn more.
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