NETWORKING—SECURITY—UPS—STORAGE
Product news
Contents
44-45 Why now is a good time for power 47 Delivering investment protection and
protection resellers advanced services for wiring closet
46 Bringing stability to standard platforms 48-49 Digital technologies improve energy
efficiency in data centres
APC launches
energy efficient
Back-UPS RS 550VA
PC by Schneider The APC Back-UPS RS 550VA with automatic voltage regulation
A
Electric has offers high performance protection (AVR),” said Tyrer. “AVR instantly
launched its Back- for business, office and home adjusts both low and high voltages
UPS RS 550VA line- computer systems as well as a to safe levels, so users can work
The APC Back-UPS
interactive high level of battery backup power, indefinitely during brownouts and
RS 550VA offers high
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) allowing users to work through overvoltage situations, saving the
performance protection
for business, office and
that contributes to eliminate medium length and extended battery for power outages when it
home computer systems
wasted energy. This model offers power outages. It also safeguards is needed most.”
as well as a high level of
energy efficient charging, shutting equipment from damaging surges
battery backup power,
off power to computer peripherals and spikes that travel along utility,
The Back-UPS RS 550VA also
allowing users to work
when the computer is in sleep phone and network lines.
has a power saving AVR bypass
through medium length
mode or hibernating and three
capability. This is an ultra efficient and extended power
battery backup outlets with
electrical design that consumes
outages.
automatic voltage regulation (AVR).
Energy conscious less power during normal
“An offering of this operations and automatically
type is becoming bypasses the transformer until protecting a business’s
increasingly important needed, saving even more power. productivity or home applications
to businesses and from the constant threat of power
consumers today as problems and lost data.
they become more and
Protecting a
more energy conscious business’s productivity The unit’s second generation LCD
and are attempting to APC’s PowerChute Edition display allows users to use the
reduce the electricity shutdown software automatically buttons to toggle through a variety
consumption of their powers down a computer system of information regarding the UPS
IT products,” said in the event of an extended and the utility conditions. In
Paul Tyrer, VP UK & power outage. The Back-UPS RS addition, the mute button
Ireland at APC by 550VA also includes additional performs two functions: pressing
Schneider Electric.” features such as audible alarms, and holding it down disables all
LED status indicators, user audible alarms (until the button is
“Another distinguishing replaceable batteries, push-button pressed again), while pressing and
feature of the Back- circuit breakers and plentiful immediately releasing it silences
UPS RS is its three outlets (including transformer- the audible alarm for that specific
battery backup outlets block spaced outlets), thus alarm event only. circlesolid
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