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Why Factory-Direct Services Save You Money

Why Factory-Direct Services Save You Money Without a well-planned budget and purpose-driven plan, running a data center can be exceedingly time-consuming and expensive. One of the best ways to increase efficiency and save money is to partner with a trusted factory-direct service provider who can get you what you need,

November 9, 2022

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How to Protect Your Data Center in Extreme Weather

How to Protect Your Data Center in Extreme Weather Whether the weather brings scorching heat or frigid temps and ice storms, data center operators all throughout the nation must be prepared for any and all types of weather, in addition to other types of unexpected disasters. How can you protect

October 3, 2022

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Smart Spending for Schools Through E-Rate

Smart Spending for Schools Through E-Rate The Increasing Technology Needs in Today’s Classroom The widespread availability of the internet has completely revolutionized the education system. Students can practice a new language with a native speaker on the other side of the globe, gain real-time insights about their comprehension while playing

September 6, 2022

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Storm-proofing Your Facility with a Reliable Battery Monitoring System

Storm-Proof Your Facility with a Reliable Battery Monitoring System Cyber-attacks and physical attacks often cause panic attacks in even the most sophisticated data centers. It’s an ongoing battle to keep your mission-critical systems up and running. Mankind is the culprit of some of these attacks, whereas others are purely Mother

August 8, 2022

10 Signs It’s Time for a UPS Battery Replacement

10 Signs It’s Time for a UPS Battery Replacement Network uptime is critical for your business. An essential component of assuring your technology uptime is the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). These devices can often be forgotten as they have long lifespans and generally sit at the bottom of the tech

July 20, 2022

5 Features to Look for in a PDU System

5 Features to Look for in a PDU System What is a PDU System? A PDU, or Power Distribution Unit, is a type of equipment that controls and distributes power to computers, servers, and networking devices within an IT environment. To the untrained eye, some of these configurations appear to

July 5, 2022

How to Keep Your Data Center Cool This Summer

How to Keep Your Data Center Cool This Summer During the summer months, it’s especially critical to be mindful of your data center’s heating and cooling patterns so that you can anticipate needs, prevent overheating, and avoid overspending on your energy bill. Taking a few key steps to improve efficiency

June 7, 2022

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Worldwide Supply Change Issues, When Will It End?

Data centers are under a lot of pressure to maintain uptime and keep companies running smoothly. With ongoing worldwide supply chain issues, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to get the right parts at the right time, and industries of all kinds are feeling the effects of these delays. How Did

June 6, 2022

Smart Energy Solutions to Improve Efficiency in Manufacturing

Smart Energy Solutions to Improve Efficiency in Manufacturing The manufacturing industry is a crucial component of our nation’s economy; it’s critical for not only day-to-day operations but also in keeping the U.S. competitive in the global market. However, being a powerhouse has its drawbacks. In order to produce the vital

April 22, 2022

Empowering K-12 to Deliver World-Class Education

Technology in the education sector is on a dramatic rise and is only going to continue. With the speed in which IT changes, many schools and school districts are looking to technology solution companies for the expertise, guidance, and tools they need to deliver world-class education at all times. Updated

March 18, 2022

Liquid Cooling: A Greater Strategy for Thermal Management

Liquid cooling is an alternative approach that offers incredible and effective performance with a visual appeal while keeping your equipment within optimal operating temperatures.

January 31, 2022

Preparing For The Future Of Infrastructure 2022

Preparing for the Future of Infrastructure in 2022

With every new year comes new organizational goals and ways to take advantage of technology trends to enhance your data center’s efficiency and optimization.

January 11, 2022

Thermal Preventative Maintenance: 5 Tips to Get Your Infrastructure Winter Ready

Winter is coming, and with it the dangers of winter storms, including snow and ice. Prepare your infrastructure for potential loss of power or damage with these tips.

November 24, 2021

Why It’s Time for Retail to Invest in Their IT Infrastructure

Retailers must invest in their IT infrastructure to ensure these technologies are working effectively and capable of supporting new demands.

October 25, 2021

Disaster Recovery Checklist: How to Prepare Your Facility for the Worst

Preparing for the worst means having a Disaster Recovery Plan in place for when your organization has a disruption in power, internet, phone, or complete operational shutdown.

September 30, 2021

3 Ways to Speed Up Your Edge Deployments

How can you take advantage of the edge for your business while ensuring easy, secure, and efficient deployment?

August 18, 2021

How Vertiv is Managing Supply Chain Lead-Times Through the Pandemic

As we start to see businesses and industries open up to full-capacity production, we are hopeful that shipping and manufacturing lead times will decrease to a pre-Covid-19 margin. Still, unfortunately, that has yet to be the case.

July 29, 2021

Is Virtual K-12 Learning Here to Stay?

In the wake of COVID-19's impact on K-12 education, data centers had to rapidly evolve to meet the needs of virtual learning.

June 29, 2021

Increase Cooling Efficiency in 3 Steps

The importance of proper elemental control is often an overlooked component of server room planning. Ensuring adequate airflow and cooling strategies is essential to your equipment's upkeep and in keeping energy costs low.

June 2, 2021

Data Center Consolidation Strategies

Data Center Consolidation consists of downsizing and consolidating storage and networking systems, multiple servers, or even locations into a more efficient set of strategies and tools.

April 14, 2021

Why You Need Flexible Design in Your Rack Cooling System

Rack-based cooling is a favorable cooling solution, as it is the most flexible option and is easy to plan for any power density.

March 30, 2021

Scaling With Confidence in Government

Government and municipalities face many challenges in today’s rapidly changing landscape. Federal agencies must demonstrate progress against updated data center optimization targets for virtualization, advanced energy metering, server utilization, and availability.

February 25, 2021

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VRLA vs. Lithium Ion: Which is Better?

Are lithium-ion batteries the new standard? What are the differences between VRLA and lithium-ion? And most importantly, which is better?

January 26, 2021

The Best Emerging Vertiv Technologies in Critical Edge Sites

The need for rapid deployment, remote monitoring and management, and end-to-end service is met by Vertiv’s power and rack products.

December 9, 2020

Preparing For Online Retail Shift During Holidays

Preparing for the Online Retail Shift During the Holidays

For the consumer, this shift in holiday purchasing may bring more simplicity to the season. However, for the retailer, now is the time to make sure the infrastructure stabilizing that customer experience is up-to-date and ready for Black Friday crowds.

November 24, 2020

Upcoming Webinars from Vertiv and Tech Plan

There is so much to learn from emerging trends to breakthrough solutions within mission critical facilities. The Virtual Learning Webinar Series from Vertiv will help you stay informed and ahead of the technology curve. Each webinar is free with CEUs available. To attend one of the webinars, click the “Attend”

November 9, 2020

Meeting the Challenges of a Hospital’s Electrical Power Distribution Systems

No matter the size of the healthcare facility, a well-maintained, reliable, and steady power supply is absolutely critical in order to function efficiently.

October 30, 2020

Impact Of Virtual Learning Data Center Design

Data Center Design in Education – The Impact of Virtual Learning

Transitioning to virtual learning has impacted students, schools, and the technology of education. What is changing, and how do we prepare for the future of learning?

September 15, 2020

How Retail Transformation Creates a Growing Market for Critical Infrastructure

While brick-and-mortar still has its retail foothold, anchor retailers are utilizing their footprint as warehouses and distribution facilities to meet the need for immediate gratification in the retail market, creating a growing market for mission-critical infrastructure.

August 21, 2020

Cooling Strategies for Your Server Room

When planning the layout of a server room, one commonly missed factor in efficiency is proper elemental control. Your server room will require more than just ventilation or cool air. Even if the server room temperature feels cool, there are other factors to consider to keep your data equipment from overheating.

July 6, 2020

Powering Data Center Efficiency with Design

Server racks are the backbone of your data center. But are you optimizing your data center design to maximize output? Learn more on our blog.

June 19, 2020

Empowering Your Remote Workforce with Edge Solutions

As we discover and implement all the requirements to empower the remote workforce, we are learning how to enhance the work-life experience for employees by opening the doors to work effectively and efficiently remotely.

May 27, 2020

How to Leverage Edge Solutions to Improve Your Healthcare Facility

The use of technology in healthcare facilities increases provider capabilities and patient access, allowing the ability to improve the quality of life for some patients and saving the lives of others.

May 19, 2020

What Type of PDU Do I Need?

A PDU can help eliminate downtime, increase efficiency, and monitor power usage. There are many variations to PDUs depending on your business and power needs.

April 15, 2020

Tech Plan Welcomes Russelectric

Tech Plan Welcomes Russelectric Tech Plan’s commitment to ensuring its clients are powered for success now extends to power control solutions. We are proud to announce Tech Plan is the exclusive manufacturer’s representative for Russelectic®, A Siemens Business, in the Dallas and Northern Texas area. Russelectric provides industry leading, high-integrity power

February 20, 2020

Remembering Ken Sirmen

The Tech Plan family is hurting with the passing of Ken Sirmen. Ken was one of the pillars of Tech Plan and was instrumental in the growth and the reputation of Tech Plan, especially with consulting engineers and contractors. Back in the late 1970’s, Tech Plan had firmly established itself

February 17, 2020

How to Prepare for a Data Center Shutdown Procedure

How to minimize loss of data in a prepared shutdown procedure or in the event of an unavoidable loss of power

January 17, 2020

Vertiv Introduces Rack Power Distribution Unit

Introducing Vertiv’s Geist Universal Power Distribution Unit

Vertiv is saving you time and space and offering more flexibility with their new Geist Universal Power Distribution Unit. Learn more about what Vertiv can do for your business.

December 20, 2019

How to Improve Cable Management in Server Rooms and Data Centers

Meet the critical needs of your data center or server room infrastructure with these easy cable management best practices.

November 26, 2019

Data Center Infrastructure Challenges Education

4 Infrastructure Challenges that Can Drive Innovation in Education

As IT becomes an integral part of the classroom, how can schools and universities and their IT departments make “Smart” choices to overcome challenges?

November 19, 2019

Vertiv Racks and Containment

Vertiv rack systems offer optimal performance and easy deployment for IT systems.

September 28, 2019

Data Center Professional Services

We provide network security programs backed by the largest global services organization in the industry.

September 27, 2019

Power Distribution Solutions

Vertiv offers flexible and scalable power management solutions.

September 26, 2019

Precision Cooling & Thermal Management

Vertiv offers efficient and reliable heat management to meet your IT demands.

September 24, 2019

Uninterruptible Power Supply Solutions

Discover the best uninterruptible power supply solutions to protect your IT infrastructure.

September 22, 2019

Who Is Vertiv?

Vertiv is your premier source of critical support equipment and IT infrastructure.

September 21, 2019

On Premise Data Center Vs Colocation Blog

On-Premise Data Centers vs Colocation: Which is Better?

Whether your organization is just getting started or you’ve grown beyond your current IT capacity, choosing between on-premise data centers and colocation can be a difficult decision to make. Here are some helpful tips to make your decision process easier.

September 13, 2019

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4 Ways to Improve Interoperability in Your Healthcare Environment

Interoperability is the next great advancement for Healthcare providers. Here are four ways you can improve how your organization uses interoperability.

September 13, 2019

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How to Get Your Data Center Ready for 5G

With any digital transformation of connectivity, comes a huge undertaking for data center operators. But how well is your facility ready to embrace 5G?

July 29, 2019

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The Rise of Pre-Fabricated Modular (PFM) Data Centers

Discover the flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency of your IT environment when you make the switch from a traditional data center to a pre-fabricated modular data center.

June 28, 2019

Gain Insightful Data in Your Critical Facilities with the Power of SNMP

What is the Simple Network Management Protocol and how can you utilize it to gain valuable insights about your critical infrastructure?

June 6, 2019

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Why You Really Need to Invest in Static Transfer Switches

Static Transfer Switches are an essential asset to your data center. Learn how the right STS can help increase availability in your data center while minimizing downtime.

April 1, 2019

How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Promoting Growth in the Micro Data Center Market

Is your data center a dinosaur: costly, energy inefficient, hard to change or expand? Learn how a Micro Data Center provides powerful compute capacity and flexibility with a small physical footprint.

February 27, 2019

6 Advantages of Upgrading Your Data Center’s UPS System

Many businesses rely on their Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) to deliver optimal performance 24/7. But an outdated UPS can cost you valuable time and money. Here’s what a new UPS system can do for your infrastructure.

February 18, 2019

An Edge-ucation on Rightsizing Your UPS

There are many factors to consider when selecting the right-size UPS for your environment. As your Local Vertiv Office, we’re here to help you select the right power solution for your critical infrastructure. Here’s 5 tips to consider.

January 16, 2019

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3 Vertiv Products to Transform Your Retail Business

3 Vertiv Products to Transform Your Retail Business Retail business is not just about selling quality products at reasonable prices. It goes beyond that. It’s about creating a seamless experience between the consumer and the brand. But for retailers to remain competitive and agile in an ever-evolving market, they need

November 12, 2018

7 Strategies to Optimize Your Data Center in 2019

Data Centers are rapidly growing, driven by advancements in technology and consumer and data trends. Here are a few strategies to optimize your data center in 2019.

October 24, 2018

5 Rack PDU Details You May Have Overlooked

Investing in the right rack PDU equipment is essential to establishing your facility’s distribution strategy, but what if there are details you’re overlooking? Consider these 5 factors.

October 4, 2018

When Should I Replace or Buy a New UPS System?

How often should you replace your UPS system or buy a new one? A UPS is critical to avoiding downtime, which is why facility managers must consider these 4 factors when evaluating UPS equipment.

September 11, 2018

3 Integrated Design Strategies to Consider for Your Critical Infrastructure

Optimize system performance, increase equipment relationship visibility, and maximize project planning with these 3 integrated designs for your critical infrastructure.

August 28, 2018

Optimize Your Data Center with Vertiv’s Smart Solutions

Learn how Vertiv’s Smart Solutions helps address power, cooling, and management needs beyond conventional data centers.

July 30, 2018

How to Choose the Right Economizer Cooling System

With the rising costs of energy in data center, you need effective ways to conserve energy like an economizer cooling system. Here’s how to select the best economizer to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

May 29, 2018

4 Ways to Improve Security Insufficiencies in Your Data Center

Every year, cyber-attacks have increased in the severity of their impact, affecting organizations across the world. Uncover security insufficiencies in your IT infrastructure and better prepare for potential risks with these best practices.

April 13, 2018

3 Essential Heat Rejection Systems for Your IT Space

While selecting the right cooling system for your IT environment, consider how the design and power density of a room can impact your decision. Keep in mind these 4 heat removal methods when choosing a CRAC unit.

March 13, 2018

4 Ways to Reduce the Risk of UPS Battery System Failure

As your local Vertiv partner, we’re here to help you get the most out of your UPS battery investment. Learn how you can reduce the risk of UPS battery system failure in your IT infrastructure.

January 18, 2018

How to Maximize Your Data Center Design

Learn how to increase availability and scalability, reduce energy consumption, and save operational costs by implementing a high-density data center design.

November 16, 2017

Benefits of Precision Cooling System for Small IT Applications

For maximum efficiency and reliability, selecting the right precision cooling system is critical to maintain uptime. Learn about the benefits on our blog.

November 10, 2017

The Impact of Data Center Downtime

How will downtime impact your data center? Take a proactive approach with these 6 key strategies to ensure availability and mitigate downtime risks.

October 26, 2017

3 Strategies to Simplify Edge Data Center Growth

As content delivery and data collection moves closer to the users and devices, network edge locations are expanding in number and capacity.

October 20, 2017

Lithium-Ion Batteries in Data Centers

Lithium-ion batteries are giving data centers a competitive edge by enhancing operations and reducing system downtime.

September 8, 2017

Optimize Data Center Efficiency with Vertiv’s Cooling Solutions

Optimize the efficiency of your data center with Vertiv's Cooling Systems. Learn how the self-contained Liebert CRV cooling unit delivers high reliability.

July 25, 2017

Increase Data Center Efficiency with The Liebert® DSE™

Increase the efficiency of a data center's cooling infrastructure with the Liebert® DSE™, an integrated system with thermal management and control.

June 23, 2017

Data Center Maintenance Best Practices

As a data center evolves, managers need to keep track of equipment, metrics, and preventative maintenance.

May 23, 2017

Environmental Threats to Your Data Center

Environmental threats are a common cause of data center downtime. Environmental monitoring solutions help maintain data center availability.

May 9, 2017

Data Center Power Problems

To avoid power disturbances and system downtime, it’s important to identify data center power problems and implement steps to reduce risks.

April 3, 2017

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Improving Data Center Efficiency

An energy efficient data center doesn't just save energy, it reduces waste, improves reliability, & saves money.

March 20, 2017

Going Tiny Offers Big Solutions

Tiny data centers, like Vertiv’s SmartRow, save time and money for businesses who need a practical way of operating more efficiently with a smaller IT space.

February 16, 2017

What Every IDF Room Needs

With the growing importance of small IT spaces, it's important to have the right equipment and support for your IDF room.

January 26, 2017

How Much Downtime Can You Afford?

Downtime can cost you time, money, and your reputation. A Vertiv business partner can help develop a strategy to reduce data center downtime.

December 14, 2016

Unlocking Data Center Potential

How can you unlock hidden potential in your data center to better meet the needs of customers? In our work with diverse data center teams across the country, from tiny to mega -- each relies on two keys, data center assessment and innovative solutions.

November 29, 2016

4 Steps to Better Data Center Cooling

Cost savings and carbon footprint reduction can sometimes seem like opposing goals. But there’s one place where the two go hand-in-hand: the data center. According to the Uptime Institute, data centers are responsible for as much as 35 percent of total energy use in non-manufacturing, information-intensive companies. But despite the data center’s heavy power load there is a great opportunity to save money through more effective energy management.

October 10, 2016

Protecting Your Business – 7 Essential Disaster Recovery Questions for SMBs

According to research by the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of an unplanned data center outage in 2015 was $740,357. A report by Verizon showed even small data breaches -- those with fewer than 100 files lost – may cost between $18,120 and $35,730. The top causes of technology outages include: equipment failure, UPS failure, cybercrime, and human error. What will you do if your technology infrastructure experiences an unexpected failure?

August 31, 2016

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Scaling for Growth: 3 Keys for Your Data Center

Technology is constantly evolving, and the processes and skills needed to manage it efficiently must evolve as well. Availability, security, and skills are key to ensure continuous efficient operations and the flexibility to meet the dynamic needs of customers.

August 5, 2016

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