uninterruptible power supply Archives

Oct 08 / By Greg Johnson

A Business Case for the Edge Lithium-Ion Uninterruptible Power Supply

While organizations are migrating assets closer to the edge, it’s still common to overlook the protection of edge physical IT infrastructure from power outages. You may be benefiting from the lower latency of edge computing… Read Article »

Jul 01 / By Steven Brown

How to Make Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems Less Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

The ongoing rash of headline-grabbing cyber attacks highlights just how important it is to do everything in our power to protect IT environments. This includes managing the security of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). In fact,… Read Article »

Jun 23 / By Tarunjeet Sarao

Why Edge Computing Requires a New Generation of Uninterruptible Power Supplies

As businesses invest in distributed IT environments to support digitization and an increase in employees working from home, they face the challenge of managing and maintaining multiple unstaffed sites. Space is usually tight in distributed… Read Article »

Mar 22 / By Jeff Chabot

4-Step Recovery Checklist for Uninterruptible Power Supplies and other IT Equipment after an Outage

Power outages have become more frequent and severe in recent years. As I write this, communities in Texas and throughout the southern U.S. are recovering after the largest forced blackout and power grid failure in… Read Article »

Aug 04 / By Jeff Chabot

3 ways community colleges can keep up with unpredictable IT demands

From what I’m hearing in my network, fall enrollment at community colleges in the United States is spiking dramatically. It’s no secret why: In the era of online learning, students looking to save on tuition… Read Article »

Jul 22 / By Sarah Jane Hannon

What is the Best UPS Management Option for Your Business?

Ensuring that businesses have power protection for critical applications is vital to prevent disruptions to day-to-day operations. For small-to-medium business (SMB) owners, it’s really a matter of when, not if, you’re going to encounter a… Read Article »

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 »