Overview
Avocent, a business of Emerson Network Power, is an information technology products manufacturer headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Avocent was formed in 2000 from the merger of the world's two largest KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch manufacturers: Apex and Cybex Computer Products Corporation. As of August 2006, the company employs more than 1,800 people worldwide. On October 6, 2009, it was announced that Emerson Electric would buy Avocent for $1.2 billion USD.
