Insights

Notes from the field.

Practical guidance on keeping critical power, cooling, and monitoring systems running — from the engineers who work on them every day.

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What Is a Hybrid Cloud Strategy?

What is a hybrid cloud strategy and why should my business have one? Learn how you can harness the power of hybrid on our blog.

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Flow diagram of harmonic currents from nonlinear loads branching two ways — current distortion causing transformer losses and heating, reduced transformer life and circuit losses; voltage distortion causing losses at all loads, equipment failures in motors and medical equipment, and reduced manufacturing productivity

Bad Power Costs Money

We haven't seen the last of sags, surges, spikes, brown outs, and power outages.

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Heat Exchanger Metals

Corrosion, pitting and rust all weaken the integrity and shorten the life of heat exchangers in HVAC equipment.

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2020 Data Center Trends

Hybrid Architecture is going mainsteam -one of the main trends for data centers in 2020.

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Outdoor Air and HAI

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) come from many sources

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Two people with a laptop standing in the aisle of a dark data hall, a network graphic overlaid across the image

How to Prepare for a Data Center Shutdown Procedure

How to minimize loss of data in a prepared shutdown procedure or in the event of an unavoidable loss of power

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Distributed IT-Take Control

Both the human circulatory system and distributed IT are devastated in the event of a blockage.

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A technician holding a yellow multimeter in front of opened equipment, with inset panels showing a control cabinet under test and bundled coloured wiring

Why Service Contracts

Critcal power, essential equipment need service contracts to maintain efficiency and legthen its service life.

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Making the Case for Facility and Data Center Monitoring

Wire Packet Power Wireless monitoring, your operations team can use the energy usage data to ensure your facility runs more smoothly.

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End of Year Budget Windfalls

Have a Windfall at the end of the budget year? Then provide inexpensive insurance for your essential equipment and create a spare parts inventory.

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Retail Holiday Data Preparation

eCommerce is vital to retail and the retail data center is vital to sales.

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Better Air Quality with Duct Redesign

YMCA Poo Dehumidification with Dectron Dry-O-Tron LEEDeR® 162

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