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Business Continuity ...
.... Standby Power to keep your business running
Forward thinking businesses understand the need for Business Continuity Planning. They appreciate how such a plan, if properly resouced and practised, will ensure the commercial 'life blood' of their business throughout a disaster.
Your business challenge
Imagine how a sudden and unexpected power outage at your business premises, or even to certain locations within those premises, could impact your business's performance, reputation and security ... including the integrity of data held on your systems.
A loss of power for hours, minutes or even a few seconds could create havoc for your IT servers, computer networks, telephone and security systems, manufacturing processes or other ancillary services.
And it's not just a total power outage, a power surge (a spike) or a power dip (a brownout) can have the same devastating effect on IT systems and other sophisticated electronics.
Of course the biggest cost is the impact this may have on your customers. Without telephones, computers and the customer and product data they hold, you customer service levels will nose dive. The commercial impact could be enormous.
With this in mind it's easy to see why Standby Power is a proactive and cost effective investment.
Peace-of-mind
By installing an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) you can be confident that your business will continue to function throughout any type of power disruption, from long term power outage to small scale degradation.
We provide a complete UPS solution from site surveys, installation, preventative maintenance, regular heath checks and remote monitoring of your back-up power devices. UPS Systems is independent of any manufacturer and we will work with you to select the most appropriate solutions available in the marketplace, ensuring that your Standby Power mirrors your business needs.
Your next step
For help in choosing the right Standby Power solution for your Business Continuity Plan, please use our Live Chat facility (during UK business hours), call us on 01488 680 500 or leave your enquiry details on our Contact Form and we'll call you back.
The technical bit
Disruption to electrical power quality takes many forms, from complete outage to power surges and spikes, brownouts, switching transients or harmonic distortions. Your critical business systems may react in varying ways to these different power conditions, you can learn more here.
If your mains power goes off, you'll need a UPS to provide stored power for short runtimes. A UPS will maintain power by switching instantaneously to batteries in the event of a mains failure or even just a dip in power (a brownout).
Some UPS are designed to allow a controlled shut-down of your IT servers whilst others may be used with a standby generator to allow the whole building to continue running. Designing a Standby Power solution for a business requires an understanding of both the power protection and generation. Other parts of this website provide information on the range of UPS Technologies available, Generator types and those situations where Fuel Cells have now become a realistic alternative.
We maintain what is arguably the UK's largest database of Standby Power products from all major suppliers. Combining our expertise in Standby Power with this powerful database, we are uniquely able to select the solution that meets your very specific requirements. Should you require assistance, please call us on 01488 680 500.
The business drivers
Computer disasters often lead to business failures - 90% of all companies that experience a computer ‘disaster’ and have no survival plan, go out of business within 18 months. (Source: Price Waterhouse).
Increased availability of computer systems - 28% of all computer system breakdowns are caused by power failures.
Prevents loss of reputation - Insurance cannot provide relief from the loss of goodwill, market share and damage to a company's reputation following a computer ‘disaster’.
Improved profitability - More than 33% of organisations that experience a computer ‘disaster’ lose between £7,500 and £250,000. 20% lose between £250,000 and £750,000. 15% of companies lose over £750,000.
Improved employee productivity - Organisations suffer an average of 6 computer failures a year. On at least one occasion it takes 4 hours to get the system up and running again, leaving employees stranded.
Eliminates recovery time - Over 33% of companies that suffer a computer ‘disaster’ take more than a day to recover from the disruption. 10% take more than a week.
Prevents long recovery cycles - Insurance claims are not normally settled until long after the ‘disaster’ has occurred.
Eliminates re-inputting of data - The re-inputting of lost data can take days, weeks, or even months. Sometimes data is lost forever.
Eliminates need for system reconfiguration - It can take up to 48 hours to reconfigure a multi-terminal or network system following a power failure.
