Jul 10 / By Helen Ding Assessing Home Power Protection Options: Generators vs. Uninterruptible Power Supplies As we enter the summer season (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), the likelihood of weather events such as thunderstorms or even hurricanes increases significantly, along with the chance of power failures that often accompany… Read Article »
Nov 05 / By Pankaj Sharma Connecting a Building Management System (BMS) to a UPS through BACnet Makes Good Business Sense Building management systems (BMS) are becoming increasingly common in modern buildings such as hotels, apartment and office buildings – and even individual homes. Also known as a building automation system, the BMS is a computer-based… Read Article »
Oct 03 / By Helen Ding Should You Get an Uninterruptible Power Supply for Every PC User at Your Company? An IT manager recently posted a question on Spiceworks that generated robust discussion. The simple question was, “Do you purchase a UPS for every PC user?” The poster, “Jason8238,” went on to describe his environment…. Read Article »
Dec 19 / By Sarah Jane Hannon More Frequent and Severe Storms Mean that Homeowners Need UPS Power Protection Weather forecasters use terms like snowstorms, derechos, hailstorms, rainstorms, blizzards, low-pressure systems, lightning storms, hurricanes, typhoons, nor‘easters, and twisters. Research meteorologists call them thunderstorms and cyclones. All are atmospheric disturbances that redistribute heat and produce… Read Article »
Aug 24 / By Pankaj Sharma New Award-winning Technology Maintains Home Connectivity During Power Blackouts The notion that people can use technology in a simple way to manage their comfort, connectivity, and safety at home is gaining rapid acceptance. New smart technology innovation in home automation is now providing homeowners… Read Article »
May 11 / By Mark Kaloudis How Low-voltage Intelligent Traffic Systems Deliver Benefits in Safety, Cost and Efficiency Significant change is coming to the intelligent traffic systems (ITS) that control intersections across North America, bringing increased efficiency and safety at lower cost to municipalities that adopt the new technology. The change involves ITS… Read Article »
Apr 22 / By Paul Desmond How a UPS Monitoring Service Can Help Prevent Costly IT Downtime For years, research firms and IT vendors have been trying to calculate the cost of business downtime due to IT failures with varying results but a consistent upshot: downtime is expensive. Back in 2011, CA… Read Article »
Feb 01 / By Gordon Lord Before Bringing Technology to the K-12 Classroom, Consider the State of Your UPSs This 2016 post from blog.schneider-electric.com still rings incredibly true! Schools all over the United States in particular are upgrading their wireless infrastructures with the aid of Federal funding. APC by Schneider Electric has recommendations for… Read Article »
Oct 31 / By Gordon Lord Save your customers from a “zombified” workplace…protect their UPS investment! Your customers’ uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) have just one job: to provide a steady supply of power. But improperly maintained and aging UPSs can fail—damaging and destroying their equipment and putting data and critical applications… Read Article »