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ALSO CALLED: Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Uninterruptible Power Supply, and Uninterruptable Power Supply
DEFINITION: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a device that allows your computer to keep running for at least a short time when the primary power source is lost. It also provides protection from power surges. A UPS contains a battery that "kicks in" when the device senses a loss of power from  … 
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Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs, an interview with Joe Clabby - Podcast
sponsored by IBM
PODCAST: Beth Nicholson interviews Joe Clabby, President of Clabby Analytics to discuss these issues and related questions that plague the data center manager and their budget.
Posted: 08 Jan 2009 | Premiered: 07 Jan 2009
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Leveraging, protecting virtual machines in disaster recovery sites
sponsored by Citrix
WEBCAST: This expert webcast explains why traditional DR approaches are error-prone and expensive and how virtualizing DR can simplify the process. Watch it for best practices and key steps to create a successful virtualized DR plan in your IT shop.
Posted: 21 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Tipcast: Steps to creating Tier 0 storage
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST: This podcast will discuss the differences between Tier 0, 1 and 2 storage.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 12 Dec 2008
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Going Green While Reducing Operational Costs, an Interview with Joe Clabby - Videocast
sponsored by IBM
VIDEO: Joe reveals what technology he feels will have the biggest influence on the data center's costs and what else enterprises can do besides dumping air for water cooling.
Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 10 Dec 2008
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Moving Into an Energy Efficient Server Environment, an Interview with Joe Clabby
sponsored by IBM
VIDEO: Mounting pressure to "go green" means that IT managers are trying to cut power use throughout their IT shops. This videocast features power and cooling expert Joe Clabby, who discusses ways to create energy-efficient servers.
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 08 Dec 2008
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Best Practices for Measuring Data Center Energy Efficiency
sponsored by IBM
VIDEO: In this videocast, power and cooling expert Ken Brill explains how to define and measure data center energy efficiency.
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 08 Dec 2008
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Meeting the Power and Memory Demands of Today's Data Center
sponsored by Spansion, Inc.
WEBCAST: In this webcast, learn how you can make breakthroughs in power, server consolidation and total cost of ownership in x86 data centers.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Top 10 Ways to Save Energy in Your Data Center
sponsored by Wright Line
VIDEO: Watch this expert videocast from Data Center Decisions 2008 to learn the top 10 energy saving tactics. Review advanced hot-aisle/cold-aisle strategies, tips for power distribution optimization, and more.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 11 Nov 2008
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Saving Energy in Your Data Center -- Why is it Important?
sponsored by Wright Line
VIDEO: Why create an energy-efficient data center? This expert videocast from Data Center Decisions 2008 uses real-life scenarios to explain the key benefits, how to meet regulations, and strategies to track and measure energy efficiency.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 11 Nov 2008
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Why Blades?
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
WEBCAST: Attend this webcast and learn why implementing a blade solution is a great fit in your next consolidation project.
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Podcast: Why Blades?
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel
PODCAST: Listen to this podcast and learn why implementing a blade solution is a great fit in your next consolidation project.
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 13 Nov 2008, 09:00 EST (14:00 GMT)
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Sequence of Events Recording (SER), Part I
sponsored by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
VIDEOCAST: Despite technological advances, no power system can operate 100% of the time indefinitely. This videocast shows you how sequence of events recording (SER) can determine what went wrong and save the critical load.
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 05 Nov 2008
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Improving Capacity Planning with Power Management: A Q&A
sponsored by Raritan Computer, Inc.
PODCAST: In this audiocast, we interview analyst Joe Clabby about capacity planning challenges and improving capacity planning through better power management.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008
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UPS DEFINITION (continued): …  the primary source. If you are using the computer when the UPS notifies you of the power loss, you have time to save any data you are working on and exit gracefully before the secondary power source (the battery) runs out. When all power runs out, any data in your computer's random access memory (RAM) is erased. When power surges occur, a UPS intercepts the surge so that it doesn't damage your computer.

Software is available that automatically backs up (saves) any data that is … 
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