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Power, Protect, Connect


DCS talks to Darwin Haines, VP - International Business Development; Western Europe Sales at Tripp Lite, discovering that the company has developed a substantial data centre-focused portfolio, founded on its success as something of a UPS pioneer.


Q A


Please can you provide some background on Tripp Lite – a brief history of the company and, specifically, its relevance to the data centre industry?


Founded in 1922, Tripp Lite is a dynamic, forward-thinking company with a strong commitment to the success and satisfaction of its business partners and customers. For more than 90 years, our company has been meeting and mastering the challenges of an ever-evolving business environment. Tripp Lite pioneered the market for Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) for PCs in the early 80’s and has since been a world leader, further expanding into the 3Phase market. Tripp Lite later broadened its power solutions offering by developing pure sine wave power inverters and backup batteries. These solutions are trusted by millions of customers all over the world.


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Tripp Lite has also developed an array of data centre infrastructure hardware solutions, including a broad line of closed and open frame rack enclosures, power distribution units (including networked and managed PDUs in both single- and 3-phase), cooling solutions, KVM and KVM IP switches and literally thousands of cables and connectivity accessories. In addressing the specific needs of the data center customer, Tripp Lite adds customization capability to its product development practice, enabling a “solution sales” structure for this market.


Q A


In broad terms, what are the key factors that differentiate Tripp Lite within the busy UPS marketplace?


Reliability Tripp Lite is an engineering-driven company. We design, manufacture


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