UPS for the Home Office
Written by rifqi on February 28th, 2010 in Small Business.
If you work from home, then you likely already know that it can be both incredibly convenient, and incredibly stressful at the same time. You work at your own pace and make your own hours, but it is also your responsibility to cover the repairs if something goes wrong with your workstation computer. Here are a few UPS systems that can make the whole process a bit easier.
Working from home can be something of a blessing and a curse. In the end, nothing beats being able to set your own hours, having no dress code, not having to work, and generally just being left alone to work at your own pace.
The tradeoff is that you do not, in fact, have a big business budget with which to outfit your home office. You may wind up almost missing the benefit of having all of that taken care of for you at your old office. Not only does it not come out of your own budget, you do not even have to do the research for yourself to find out which products to outfit your office with.
To make things as simple as possible, we’ll just list three products that, if you’re running a home office, you should nver be without.
Eaton Powerware 3105
Eaton Power ware protection 3105 is the first item you should put on your home office shopping list. It’s simply a backup power unit that keeps your computer up and running for up to four minutes in the event of a power outage. It also protects against general inconsistencies in your power supply such as spikes, surges and sags.
Not only can a sudden blackout cost you hours of work, it can also do fry your motherboard, so consider this an investment in your career.
Riello UPS Dialog
The Riello UPS Dialog system series is a line of products that protect your network as the Powerware 3105 protects your PC. Sudden spikes, sags and blackouts can harm your modem and router just as they can your computer, and if you work from home, you simply can’t afford to have your equipment damaged, because that does come out of your pocket.
Netman
Another product from Riello UPS, Netman allows you to operate your UPS system from afar via the internet, accessing your setup from a laptop at the local library or other wifi hotspot, or even from halfway around the world. Essentially, wherever there is internet access, you can operate your home UPS system through your web browser.
It may seem like a small thing, but imagine that you go to the grocery store to pick a few things up in the middle of a workday. Suddenly, a storm starts brewing overhead. Luckily, you can pull out your blackberry or iPhone and connect to your home system to activate your home UPS system and ensure that your network doesn’t go down.
As long as you prepare yourself for the possibility of power outages, working from home can be a very rewarding career options. So in short, preparation is the key.
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