MINUTEMAN UPS Keeps Berea College Students Advancing

Carrollton, TX - A new case study has been released that details how advanced Enterprise devices from MINUTEMAN UPS provide clean, uninterrupted power supplies and network management for systems at Berea College. MINUTEMAN UPS is a global provider of power supply products and services for applications ranging from 325 VA to 10 kVA units.

"The reliance on technology, from the classroom to the president's office, require IT departments to keep a vast network operating smoothly," said Rick Hunteman, vice president of Sales and Marketing for MINUTEMAN UPS. "A college that lags behind in technology is at a significant disadvantage."

Repeatedly named a top regional college in the South, technology is the cornerstone of the liberal arts school. In early 2003, a power outage caused havoc at the renowned Kentucky school.

"Our college relies heavily on Web-CT course management software in much of our curriculum," said John Jones, Director of Network Services for Berea College. "An unexpected campus-wide power outage downed all edge closet switches on campus, even though the backbone stayed up."

This led the school to install 43 MINUTEMAN Enterprise UPS units to protect, monitor, and control power for all of its network infrastructure, PCs and servers. Classrooms can now stay online for at least 45 minutes during a power failure.

"This UPS line was specifically designed for enterprise-applications, supplying pure sinewave output during blackouts while line-interactive voltage regulators protect against sags, surges, spikes, and brownouts," explained Hunteman. "These units allow everyone at Berea College to concentrate on learning instead of worrying about their data."

SOURCE: MINUTEMAN UPS