Power Protection and UPS Blog

Wednesday saw the final event in our 2008 Power Protection and Business Continuity roadshow. We closed the season at Old Trafford which remains a favourite venue for Riello UPS for a number of reasons. Our seminars are always well received and this is in no part thanks to the partners we work with who include some of the leading companies within the power protection field - UPS Systems, Vycon, Cummins, PFC Engineering, Furse, Secure IT, Denco and Sinetica. Thank you to everyone who attended. We will be posting podcasts of the various presentations to a new TEC website during 2008 and announcing details of next year’s programme in due course. In the mean time if you have any specific questions on UPS, power factor correction, generators, fly wheels, lightning protection, secure data environments, air conditioning or remote monitoring please contact us direct or visit our partner page.

In addition to our own Power Protection and Business Continuity Roadshows, Riello UPS will be exhibiting this year at the Convergent Summits - North and South, and the Comms Solution show at the new Wembley Stadium.

The attendance at our roadshows has grown year-on-year and the number of partners wishing to attend continues to expand. So much so that we have now extended the seminar day (which now ends at 4:30pm) and increased the number of venues in the UK.

Why are we also going to exhibitions? Well the Comms Business and Comms Solutions events are very tightly focused - similar to our own events and we hope that we will see a similar mix of attendees - people interested in finding solutions to their power problems and the issues that come from working within a rapidly expanding ICT environment.

We have been looking at the content of our TEC seminars with a number of recognised institutions in the UK and can confirm that attendance for a number of them qualifies for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours. The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is one such institution. This is great news as, firstly it provides a further benefit to anyone who attends our Power Protection and Business Continuity seminars, and secondly it reinforces the worth of the content.

This year’s seminar list has recently been publish and the partners list represents some of the leading organisations within the power protection industry. To reserve your place(s) please use the online booking form.

The main risk management expo takes place this year on 15-16th March at the EXCel exhibition centre in London. For more information see the Business Continuity Expo website. The importance of this show grows each year as it covers continuity, security and compliance issues.

Some of the key topics this year will include the July bombings in London and what can be learned from them, how to prepare for Avian Influenza, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as well as dare I say it the more mundane issues of resilience in critical inforamtion infrastructures.

Nexus Media Communications are putting together a new Power Supply and Business Continuity Conference with selected partners such as Riello UPS. The event will take place on Thursday 2nd November at The Bayliss Hotel, Slough and is being designed to attract consultants, specifiers and engineers who want to hear from industry leading experts on a wide range of power protection technologies and solutions. Riello UPS will publish more details on its events page when they are known.

The IEE are running a new seminar on power protection later this year on 27th March at Savoy Place, London. We suspect that as power protection becomes an even hotter subject for engineers and business continuity managers that this type of event will gain increasing important an momentum. Riello UPS is helping to sponsor the event.

Survive’s 16th Annual Conference takes place on 16/17th November this year. The conference provides a unique opportunity of meeting and networking with high level Business Continuity Management decision makers. There are normally around 200-250 delegates and the target audience includes well known names such as: Alliance & Leicester, Societe Generale, Lloyds TSB, BBC, Bank of England, FSA, BSkyB, Deuche Bank, AXA, B&Q, Prudential, Scottish Power, HBOS and Sainsburys. Off course a key topic at this year’s seminar is the response of organisations to the July bombings in London and the lessons that can be applied.

A web event not to be missed on October 3rd between 14h00 and 15h00! Eric Bonneville from AERE will present a discussion paper on the subject of Liberalisation and Energy Efficiency. Liberalization has improved the administrative efficiency of the electricity system, but what has been its impact on technical performance? Energy efficiency of the distribution system, its technical quality of supply and environmental performance are issues which where largely conspicuous in their absence in the debate, but maybe it is time to address them now. To register click here.

Here another conference on energy - Energy 2005: Challenges Across Europe - As liberalisation continues across Europe creating increasingly competitive markets, greater emphasis is being placed on the need to establish a foothold in these opening markets and seize opportunities effectively. Additionally, as concerns continue over the impact of rising wholesale energy prices and the need to secure future energy supplies, this conference comes at an ideal time, offering an excellent platform for key decision makers to debate these substantial issues.

Organised by Siemens, these half-day management briefings will discuss key issues and trends in crisis management, emergency planning and IT recovery including power protection and its importance to business continuity. The London briefing will take place on Tuesday 8th November and the Leeds one on Wednesday 16th November. Click for more information.