It’s Time to Upgrade Legacy Alarms:

Capital dollars are any telco’s most prized resource, but there is another resource that is increasingly scarce within telecommunications companies large and small: technician man-hours.

Powering your network vision (Reality Check)

This article originally appeared on RCR Wireless' website on June 13th, 2017. To read the original article, click here.

The internet is now the “reason for being” for most wireless and wireline service providers. Indeed, wireless and wireline networks are becoming the internet (homage to Eric Schmidt’s original vision of the network becoming the computer). These broadband networks are increasingly looking and working less like “telecom” networks and more like wide-area IT networks as switches give way to routers and lots and lots of “things” get connected to them. And, of course, none of the internet infrastructure works if it is not powered, which calls to mind yet another critical but distinct network – the power distribution infrastructure of the power utility. Despite being regulated by the same PUC commissioners, planning between and among carriers and power utilities is pretty much non-existent.   Their network planning sessions are disconnected, parallel discussions that need to be more integrated if we are to ensure that the Internet is always powered on.

Business Development Manager Alex Rawitz Presenting at the TTA Convention

Disaster preparedness is a major topic for telecom companies large and small. Ensuring that people have access to communications services even during outages is crucial. That's why all sites have backup power, and it's Servato's mission to make sure that the backup power on hand is always adequate. 

Alex Rawitz will be speaking about how to use Remote Battery Management technology to better ensure that the right amount of backup power is available when it is needed. He'll cover:

• What remote management looks like and how it leads to improved reliability and cost savings.
• Case studies that demonstrate the value of battery management.
• Efficiencies that can be gained from automation.

Servato will also have a booth at the TTA Show.

This week Business Development Manager Alex Rawitz joined The Maker Bayou Radio Show, a weekly radio show and podcast where IDIYA Labs discusses the Maker Revolution, Science, Technology, Education, and other cool topics. This week's subject was Batteries, and the discussion covered the future of battery technology and what that will mean for our lives in a connected world. 

Listen to the podcast here: https://www.blubrry.com/makerbayou/23737209/maker-bayou-ep-10-all-about-batteries/

Active Battery Management in Kentucky

Kentucky is home to bourbon, bluegrass, and many indpendent telephone companies. This year at the Kentucky Telecom Association's 2017 Annual Meeting Servato will be there to demonstrate Active Battery Management at the tradeshow.

Servato will be present along with several channel partners who share our commitment to great service.

• See Servato's line of hardware appliances, the Smart Power Systems
• Take a look at ActiView, our Battery Management Software
• Learn about the latest advances in our leading-edge technology

In it's annual Backup Power issue, AGL Magazine features a product showcase of power systems and backup power technologies. Servato's SPS-148, a hardened battery management system (BMS) is one of the technologies featured. 

Servato CEO Chris Mangum in AGL Magazine

AGL Magazine's annual Backup Power issue is out this May, and Servato CEO Chris Mangum has contributed a headline piece. In this article he describes how improving backup power is not just an opportunity to improve site reliability and prevent downtime, but also a great way to contribute to sustainability goals.

To read the full article in AGL Magazine, click here.

Servato is VERY excited to be exhibiting at the UTC Telecom & Technology 2017 May 8-12. In addition to participating as a vendor at the Walker & Associates booth, Servato has been selected as part of of a special group of vendors to demonstrate cutting edge "smart" technologies. Here's a full description of how we'll be a part of Smart Systems for Smarter Communities: 

In this great article from The Atlantic's CityLab, author Krishna Jayakar details the uncertainty around government subsidized broadband expansion under the budget from the Trump administration. The article highlights the importance of broadband, explaining that "research at the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, and that of many others, has shown that broadband penetration can have multiplier effects on jobs creation, small business startups, wages and incomes, property values and community renewal. Even modest investments can have lasting benefits."

This article was originally published on T&D World. To read the original article, click here.