Dec 18 / By Pankaj Sharma 2018 Year in Review: Plenty of Reminders of the Need for Battery Backup It’s time to reflect on the year that was: 2018 brought plenty of reminders of a world in transition. Advancements in the areas of the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing… Read Article »
Nov 15 / By Helen Ding Prep your Battery Backup Plan NOW to Protect Sales on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday Thanksgiving is just around the corner which means businesses – including small businesses – are busy prepping for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, two of the biggest shopping days of the year. While there’s… Read Article »
Oct 16 / By Helen Ding Why Your Power Outage Survival Kit Should Include Battery Backups and More Between hurricanes, blizzards, tsunamis and lightning storms, aging infrastructure and car accidents involving utility poles, there’s no shortage of threats that can cause power outages in homes around the world. Given how much we rely… Read Article »
Aug 08 / By Helen Ding Record Heat Brings Power Problems: UPSs and Surge Protectors Offer Relief Countries throughout the northern hemisphere are experiencing record-breaking heat this summer, creating discomfort among residents that is exacerbated by a related fact: the heat is taxing electric grids to their breaking point, knocking out power… Read Article »
Mar 14 / By Pankaj Sharma 3 Questions to Ask Regarding the Security of your UPS Management Software Across small and medium businesses, millions of small (5 kVA and below) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are hooked up directly to key servers that help to run and operate the business. These UPSs provide valuable… Read Article »
Jan 19 / By Sarah Jane Hannon How to Pick Out the Right UPS for Your Home or Business The increase in frequency of lightning and thunderstorms means that power problems pose a growing threat to equipment and data within businesses and home offices. Many livelihoods depend on a constant supply of electrical power…. Read Article »
Jan 04 / By Sarah Jane Hannon Why Power Disturbances Hit Homes and What to Do About It Many of the mysteries of computer failure, frozen screens, failing electronics, and software and data corruption can be attributed to an unstable supply of electricity. Computers and digitized technologies demand power that is clean and… Read Article »
Nov 15 / By Rob McKernan How Cloud is Making Local IT Networks More Reliable with Connected UPSs Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their customers do not really need much convincing that the uninterruptible power supply – or UPS – is the cornerstone of network reliability and availability. For more than three decades,… Read Article »
Oct 24 / By Pankaj Sharma APC Smart-UPS Just Got Smarter: Enabling UPS management through the cloud “To enable businesses to proactively and effectively manage the health of their UPS systems, Schneider Electric has introduced APC Smart-UPS™ with SmartConnect, the only cloud-enabled UPS for distributed IT environments.” Every IT manager fears a… Read Article »
May 30 / By Pankaj Sharma Your server room UPS has something to say. Here’s why you should be listening. Analysts predict that Internet of Things (IoT) devices will grow from around 10 billion connected internet devices today to 30 billion devices by 2020—an uptick of about 3 billion new devices per year. These devices… Read Article »