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Avocent

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Avocent Corporation was an information-technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent formed in 2000 from the merger of the world's two largest manufacturers of KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) equipment, Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation. As of August 2006, the company employed more than 1,800 people worldwide.2 It is part of Vertiv.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Avocent Corporation was an information-technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent formed in 2000 from the merger of the world's two largest manufacturers of KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) equipment, Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation. As of August 2006, the company employed more than 1,800 people worldwide.2

Corporate structure

Avocent is part of a group headed by Vertiv. 19 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Vertiv New York, New York, United States
    • Avocent Huntsville
    • E&I Engineering Limited Subsidiary · Ireland
    • E+I Engineering Subsidiary
    • Geist Subsidiary
    • Great River Finance Designated Activity Company Subsidiary · Ireland
    • Liebert Corporation Subsidiary
    • THERMOKEY S.P.A. Subsidiary · Rivignano Teor, Italy
    • Vertiv (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong
    • VERTIV ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Thane, India
    • VERTIV GROUP CORPORATION Subsidiary · Westerville, Ohio, United States
      • VERTIV HEDGING CORPORATION Subsidiary · Westerville, Ohio, United States
    • Vertiv Gulf, LLC Subsidiary · United Arab Emirates
    • Vertiv Holdings Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
    • Vertiv Holdings II Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Vertiv Holdings Ireland Designated Activity Company Subsidiary · Ireland
    • Vertiv S.r.l Subsidiary · Italy
    • Vertiv Supplies Limited Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • Vertiv Tech Co. Ltd. Subsidiary · China

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Products and brands

  • KVM switch

Listed on Wikidata.1

Avocent focuses on out-of-band infrastructure management within the following fields:

Server management

Power management

Service-processor management

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Console-server management

KVM management

IPMI for OEM partners

A wide range of embedded-software

Desktop management

ITIL market

IT service management

Avocent's product development has spanned three eras:

the growth of the analog KVM switch – paralleling the growth of server architecture in the data center

the growth of the digital KVM switch – enabling the remote control of geographically dispersed data-centers

the diversification and "management" phase (revolving around the acquisition of LANDesk (2006) and Touchpaper software (2008) and the capabilities they provide)

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Acquisitions

Avocent's history of acquisitions includes:

2001 – Equinox Systems, the makers of various serial communications devices.

2002 – 2C Computing, which focused on PCI-bus extension, suitable to remotely connect office users to datacenter-housed PCs.

2003 – Soronti, Inc., makers of KVM over IP technology.

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2004 – Crystal Link Technologies, OSA Technologies, Inc., and Sonic Mobility, Inc.

2006 – Cyclades Corporation and LANDesk Software.

2008 – Touchpaper Software and Ergo 2000, an LCD rack-based console maker.

From Wikipedia’s article on Avocent, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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Sources

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