Raritan Inc.

Raritan, Inc. (formerly Raritan Computer, Inc.) is a leading provider of information technology (IT) monitoring and management solutions based in Somerset, New Jersey. Raritan offers KVM switches (Keyboard, Video, Mouse), serial console servers, security, network and systems management and remote connectivity products. Raritan solutions enable companies to monitor the health and vulnerability of servers and other IT equipment, as well as troubleshoot, access devices and repair faults from any Internet-enabled PC.

Raritan's products, offered as scalable components of the company’s CommandCenter® Service Management Architecture, are sold worldwide in 76 countries by a network of more than 330 authorized resellers, wholesale distributors, direct/catalog retailers and OEMs. They fall into two major product families: 1) CommandCenter Management and 2) Access and Control.

CommandCenter Management Solutions

CommandCenter Management Solutions currently include two families of appliances, with more planned:

CommandCenter NOC (CC-NOC), integrates network and systems monitoring, alerting, and management; vulnerability scanning; intrusion detection; network performance analysis, and reporting.

CommandCenter Secure Gateway (CC-SG), consolidates management of an entire enterprise’s data center devices under one interface, reached through one IP address and one sign-on process. CC-SG centralizes access to servers and other IT devices connected through Raritan's Dominion® KVM-over-IP switches, HP iLO/RILOE embedded management tools, Dominion SX Serial-over-IP, Paragon® analog KVM, as well as traditional in-band remote access software. It provides administrators on any browser-enabled PC, anywhere on the Internet, with BIOS-level administrative control as well as remote power control, as if he or she were in front of the device. It also presents one interface for controlling equipment in multiple sites.

The operation of CommandCenter Secure Gateway and CommandCenter NOC has been integrated in a fashion called Hyper-Access™, so that alerts to system or network problems, delivered by CC-NOC, come with embedded links to the device needing remediation, as well as information on the nature of the problem. This shortens or eliminates time formerly spent logging onto CC-SG (or finding and logging onto an individual KVM switch) and locating the troubled device, as well as time spent researching the problem and possible remedies.

Access and Control Solutions

Access and Control Solutions -- KVM Switches (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) , serial console servers, remote connectivity and remote power control products – provide BIOS-level access and control of servers, switches and other IT devices, either locally in the data center, or remotely, from distances ranging from down the hall to around the world.

Dominion IP-based Appliances

KVM-over-IP Access – Dominion KX provides BIOS-level, browser-based access and control of 16, 32 or 64 servers for two to four remote users and one local user.

Switchless, Single-Target KVM-over-IP Access – Raritan's palm-sized Dominion KX101 provides BIOS-level, browser-based access and control of one server for one user. Because it is not a switch, it assures KVM access to servers whose operations are so critical that IT staff cannot risk blocking; i.e., waiting for an available user port to restore service. It is also a cost-effective solution for remote sites with only a few servers.

Serial Console Control – Raritan's Dominion SX is a secure console server with SSH (Secure Shell) and Web-based access for monitoring and controlling 4, 8, 16, 32 or 48 serially managed devices over IP with multi-user access.

Remote Office/Branch Office – Raritan's Dominion KSX integrates remote KVM control, remote serial console control and remote power control into a single appliance, making it especially suitable for the equipment closets of branch offices.

Analog KVM Switches

Paragon II is Raritan's analog KVM switch, which can be stacked and combined into systems that provide non-blocked access for up to 64 simultaneous users, controlling more than 10,000 servers. Each Paragon II switch can control up to 64 servers, with high fidelity to the target server’s video signal. A stacking unit, with a special stacking cable, brings the total up to 128 servers. Stacking is an arrangement that saves on cable and switching hardware, compared with “cascading,” in which switches are piggy-backed together through server and user ports. With Paragon II System Controller (P2-SC) installed, multiple Paragon II switches and their connected servers can be accessed and controlled with CommandCenter Secure Gateway (see above). Other analog KVM solutions that Raritan offers include Z-Series™, MasterConsole™, CompuSwitch® and SwitchMan®.

Remote Access and Control

Raritan’s IP-Reach® is an IP gateway that provides remote access via Web browser to any analog KVM switch. Other Raritan remote access and control products include FiberReach® II, Cat5 Reach® and Lara® ECO.

Raritan Embedded Solutions

Raritan offers embedded KVM-over-IP technology, and was the first vendor to offer a single-chip ASIC solution, called KIRA™. It is a contributor to the Open Platform Management Architecture

Raritan History

Raritan was founded in 1985 by Dr. Ching-I Hsu, frequently credited with the development of KVM Switch, and his wife, Esther. As of 2006, Raritan has over 500 employees in its 37 offices, covering 76 country markets around the world; its clients include many of the Fortune Global 500, including IBM, Intel, JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, the United States Postal Service and NASA.

Raritan's history of acquisitions includes:

• 2002 - Arula Systems, an HP spin-off manufacturing serial console servers based in Santa Clara, California
• 2003 - CCC Network Systems, a manufacturer of enterprise-class KVM switches based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 2004 - Peppercon, a manufacturer of KVM switches and KVM/IP embedded components based in Zwickau, Germany
• 2005 - Oculan, a developer of IT infrastructure management software based in Raleigh, North Carolina

External link

• Official site