Consonus Labs, LLC Enters into Partnership with the University of Utah to Pursue Opportunities in Energy Efficiency, Virtualization, and Data Protection
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA – 1 December 2009 – Consonus Technologies today announced that Consonus Labs and the University of Utah have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the development and commercialization of technologies with focus on Energy Efficiency, Virtualization, and Data Protection.
“We continuously strive to develop partnerships with enterprises that can help the University further develop and commercialize world-leading intellectual property and technologies,” said James Taylor, Business Development Manager at the University of Utah. “We are looking forward to working closely with Consonus as we have developed very significant intellectual property in technology areas that are also highly strategic to Consonus and its innovation subsidiary Consonus Labs.”
“We are very excited to collaborate with the University of Utah, a world-class university in our own backyard, to develop and commercialize proprietary technology that can achieve dramatic operating efficiencies for our customers as well as Consonus data center operations,” said Michael Bucheit, General Manager of Consonus Labs. “We have jointly evaluated multiple opportunities for cooperation and have identified a pilot project to exponentially reduce energy consumption in data centers by applying a thermal heat exchange technology developed by the University of Utah.”
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Contacts:
Jonna Murnick
Director of Marketing
Consonus Technologies Inc.
(704) 357-2720
jonna.murnick@consonus.com
Michael Bucheit
General Manager
Consonus Labs™ LLC
(919) 379-8555
michael.bucheit@consonus.com