A Stitch in Time: Why ‘No Waiting, No Compromising’ Makes Sense for UPS

It’s fine to put off getting a properly planned uninterruptible power supply (UPS), right? It’s a beneficial piece of equipment, sure. But enough to warrant prioritising a tailor-made UPS?

Your business can play this waiting game, but the price of losing is seriously high. Yet some still roll the dice, hoping they can evade the perils of power spikes or outages with an off-the-shelf UPS system. Carter Sullivan’s UPS subscription, on the other hand, offers full peace of mind. Instead of continuing to patch up your current equipment, it gives you a UPS system – and all the aftercare – tailor-made to your business’s specific requirements, for a small, fixed monthly fee.

Here’s why there are few more important rolling investments your business can make to protect the present and future.

Why you shouldn’t wait to install a tailor-made UPS system

Without as much capital at their disposal as larger enterprises, SMEs can give UPS systems low priority amidst their myriad competing expenses. A UPS is a can that gets constantly kicked down the road, because it’s seen as too expensive and inessential. Something you don’t want to think about; a purchase you don’t want to make.

Since a UPS protects you from being caught out and buys you precious time to shut down systems safely, it’s only valuable to have in place before an incident occurs. Delaying only leaves you vulnerable for longer – and open to the kind of problems that can deal irrevocable damage to your business’s reputation, data and operations.

Lacking comprehensive back-up also stalls your business’s growth. Any strategy or infrastructure to scale up and accelerate your momentum is incomplete without the requisite UPS system to future-proof it. That needs to be implemented before you can really take off. The consequences can completely undermine any progress, with the damage disrupting your pipeline or losing customers’ faith. For sectors such as legal, healthcare and events, holding off on a tailor-made UPS system can be catastrophic for those customers’ welfare.

Why you shouldn’t compromise on a UPS

A plug-and-play UPS is often called upon as a stopgap or quick fix – the kind of generic equipment you ‘set and forget’. Except that it might not do the job if it’s under- or over-powered for your business’s specific needs and demands.

This false economy leaves you vulnerable to spending much more money than you might initially save by choosing a plug-and-play UPS. And it’ll be your CapEx that takes the hit if you’re forced to fund repairs or replacements – both of your UPS equipment, and any other critical infrastructure that suffers collateral damage.

“Long-term, a plug-and-play UPS increases both your running costs and your service costs,” says Luke Andrews, Carter Sullivan’s Sales Manager. “They can take up valuable rackspace, and may not give you all the connections and resilience you need.”

You no longer need to wait for a windfall until you allow your business the tailor-made UPS it needs. Even better, it can be your OpEx that covers it. Carter Sullivan’s industry-first UPS subscription – called Future-Proof Protection – gives you access to specialist engineers who’ll design, install and maintain your equipment for a small, fixed monthly fee.

That saves your business money on the extra UPS costs that, over time, can add up – and may not be lurking as far down the line as you think. So let’s get your business sorted.

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