Businesses everywhere face a growing risk of power outages due to blackouts. Major failures that occur over a large area, like blackouts can cause interruptions in the power supply which can last from a few minutes to several hours. During this time, electrical appliances in homes, offices, factories, and public buildings will simply cease to operate. The impact of blackouts can be significant for businesses. According to the ITIC 2021 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report, a single hour of server downtime can cost businesses more than €300,000 – and can reach up to €5 million or more in some cases.
The potential for blackouts is growing, however. Increasing demand for energy, extreme atmospheric phenomena caused by climate change, and the shift away from fossil fuels to less stable renewable energy sources all mean that problems in the global energy system will be felt by businesses everywhere. What’s more, the current geopolitical situation means there’s a very real risk of power outages during winter.
A UPS for every occasion
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is therefore an invaluable investment for any business – now more than ever - providing reliability and peace of mind in the event of an outage. Should a blackout occur, UPS backup will switch from the mains supply to batteries, enabling mission critical activities to continue until regular power supplies are restored.
Electrical equipment will continue to run, and devices will remain connected to the network, meaning business as usual. No data will be lost, employees can carry on working, and critical services can still be delivered.
Eaton is a leading provider of UPS, delivering high quality, reliable back-up power for businesses of all sizes. Users can be assured that, whatever your level of energy usage, Eaton has a UPS that will protect their business applications from blackouts. These include the Eaton 9PX UPS, which offers energy-efficient power protection for small and medium data centres, IT networking, storage and telecoms, infrastructure, industrial and medical applications. Delivering double conversion protection with 40% less energy usage, the 9PX is the perfect UPS for IT and Facility managers concerned by energy cost and looking for next generation power protection solutions. Alternatively, the Eaton 5PX Gen2 is a best-in-class line-interactive power protection for servers, switches, routers, and storage devices. The 5PX Gen 2 offers powerful tools to remotely monitor, integrate with IT architecture and remotely deploy and maintain a large installed base of UPSs.
Disaster avoidance
The protection Eaton offers doesn’t end with UPS. Part of their Brightlayer Data Centres suite, Eaton’s Intelligent Power Management (IPM) disaster avoidance software allows users to remotely monitor, manage and control power equipment in both physical and virtual environments to ensure mission-critical IT devices keep running during a power outage. And their Cyber Secured Monitoring service, a cloud-based analytics solution for collecting and analysing data from power-infrastructure devices, enables services such as remote monitoring, health reports, and early anomaly detection to mitigate the downtime risk to critical components.
The potential impact a power outage can have on a business means it’s important to think about how to protect a company’s equipment and systems against blackouts – especially during the winter months, where increased demand on the power supply means the chance of a blackout is particularly high.
Whether it’s ensuring business as usual with their range of UPS products or helping users to monitor and manage an organization’s power usage, Eaton has the experience and the technology a business needs to survive the worst of whatever the winter might hold.
About Eaton
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro helps businesses realize the promise of technology. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivalled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. Discover how Ingram Micro can help you realize the promise of technology. More at uk.ingrammicro.eu/