POWER MANAGEMENT

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Dependency unlimited
For most businesses, electrical power supply is the ultimate dependency, with almost all critical business services and processes dependent upon electricity at some point.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK •Level: Basic
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Designing resilience into secure power systems
Business continuity plans include an ever increasing reliance on secure power systems but more can be done at the design stage to increase their overall resilience and availability.
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Lessons from Blackout 2003
Geary Sikich puts the recent North American blackouts into context and explores the business continuity lessons that need to be learned.
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Type: Article •Region: N.America •Level: Advanced
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Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power
The Diesel Technology Forum provides a power protection checklist.
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Planning your emergency power needs
Don’t wait for disaster to strike before you think about securing emergency electric power generators.
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Power back-up health check
A 10-question checklist from Power4.
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Power protection basics
Dr. James Kennedy explains what to take into consideration when planning against power outages.
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Power protection checklist
American Power Conversion provides ten power protection points to consider during business continuity plan development.
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Power – the ultimate dependency
2004 will see further major problems for businesses due to sudden widespread power outages.
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Regulatory compliance and critical system protection
A white paper which explores the role of mission-critical power and cooling in ensuring data integrity and availability.
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The ‘green’ business continuity manager
Business continuity management and green strategies should be integrated, says Steve Beck.
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The hidden vulnerabilities in critical power supply protection
Your building may be protected by redundant generators but that’s only part of the power protection story.
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What to look for when buying an uninterruptible power system
Discusses the basic technologies and what needs to be considered when an end user is planning to protect their installation from power problems.
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•Type: Article •Region: Worldwide •Level: Basic
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