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8 E M E R S O N 2 0 0 5
“Communications
revolution...”
Today’s businesses need more real-time
information, faster than ever before. The revolution
of technology that we’ve seen in just the past decade
continues today as consumers and businesses alike
demand more communications bandwidth and drive
the convergence of voice, video, and data into single
streams of information. As technologies such as copper
wire have given way to fiber optics and Wi-Fi, power
requirements today are becoming less centralized.
At the same time, another revolution is occurring in
other world areas. It is estimated, for example, that half
of the world’s population has never made a telephone
call and that the next billion users of mobile phones
will be subscribed by 2010. This is driving hundreds of
billions of dollars of investments in telecommunications
infrastructure all over the world. But in order to secure
even the most basic means of communication, they
must first establish local sources of reliable power.
The need for more communications bandwidth
and secure power in remote locations requires more
power and in smaller packages. This, in turn, drives
demand for embedded power and precision cooling
systems, and Emerson is positioned to take advantage
of these trends. Emerson Network Power, as in the
example on the following page, provides mission-
critical power and cooling technology that ensure
continuity and high availability for data and operational
applications in telecommunications, data centers, and
other businesses.
In addition to supporting the infrastructure of
the communications revolution, Emerson is also
a participant. Emerson Process Management is
pioneering a wireless environment for process control
applications, a technology that could dramatically
save businesses cabling and installation costs while
enhancing productivity in chemical, petroleum, food
and beverage, and pulp and paper processing plants.