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Green Power
Now no longer instantly recognised as simply the name of a colour the word ‘green’ is more likely to be used to by industries explaining what they are doing to try and save the planet …and the Standby Power industry is no different! Generating standby power can indeed now be ‘green’ and Fuel Cell is the reason why. 10 years ago the debate about UPS would probably have centred on the reliability of individual component parts; differing battery technologies and battery design life times, plus lengthy discussions over which UPS technology offered the best solution for a particular application. Other discussions may have centred on the fuel source of the generator and what support to put in place in case it wouldn’t start. Recently the debate is more likely to have been on widely differing ‘redundant’ architecture, i.e. Can a system be designed so that it never totally fails and eliminate all single points of failure? Advancements ... Full Article »
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Power protection prevents disaster
Andy Struthers, Technical Services Manager, Retail Assist recalls the day that investment in power protection prevented disaster. Many prominent retail chains in the UK - household names – each with in excess of 250 high street outlets outsource their IT infrastructure and data processing to Retail Assist, the UK’s number one in this sector. It has offices in London, Bingham, Nottingham and the Data Centre in Northampton. The power to its critical systems is protected by equipment supplied and maintained by Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited. Andy Struthers, giving an insight into the nature of the business that Retail Assist is in, explained "While our clients’ high-street stores have back-offices that house computer systems for retail transaction processing, other functions like their head-office critical applications including financial, logistics and distribution, and office systems are performed by IT systems at our Northamp... Full Article »
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