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How to keep your IT running amid power uncertainty
It’s easy to take energy for granted. It helps keep us warm, safe, productive, clean, fulfilled, and healthy. However, Schneider Electric said, the latest indicators show that Europe is now going into energy crisis mode, as a result of uncertainty over its capacity to source sufficient levels of energy to see itself through these next months
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urope’s media has been covering this worrying scenario on a daily basis, with sources like Bloomberg Europe predicting that power outages are ‘the next threat for the continent’. France has recently announced a €45 billion rescue package to shield the country from energy cost increases. In the UK, the National Grid is bracing itself for ‘three-hour power cuts’, whilst in Spain, the government is
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considering ‘halting power-intensive firms during consumption peaks.
What does power disruption mean for critical IT applications?
The potential impact that a power fluctuation or power outage can have on your customers’ IT equipment is massive. Disruption can negatively
impact in many ways – ranging from damage to equipment to loss of productivity, and even posing a risk to company employees’ well-being. Let’s, first of all, take a look at what power disruption could mean for the home: For home and residential environments, the impact of power outages on IT equipment is not to be understated, especially as we approach the colder winter months.
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