Next week at ISE Expo (9/21-9/22) in San Antonio, Servato will host a panel of leading telecom power experts discussing backup power. ISE (formerly known as OSP Expo) is the annual expo curated by ISE Magazine, a leading publication in telecom. It's a tremendous honor for Servato to have the opportunity to host a panel at this event, particularly on such an important topic. In addition to the session on Wednesday morning, Servato will be exhibiting at booth 1034. 

The panel, titled Backup Power Management Strategies for Telcos: Is Remote Management Right for You? will cover some of the topics in the description below:

The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution will add new stresses, require new abilities, and demand more from network infrastructure. To realize an IoT future, it is necessary to improve the best practices for network health, including backup power. Servato will convene a panel of operations leaders from telcos across the country to discuss a wide range of issues about backup power. The panelists are Curtis Ashton, Principal Power Tech Support Engineer, CenturyLink; Jim Caron, Network Engineering Manager, FairPoint (NNE); John Greene, CEO, New Lisbon Telephone Company; and Daniel Jameson, Manager, Critical Systems and Infrastructure, TDS.

First Servato CEO Chris Mangum will ask the panelists to address their decisions on backup power – what forms of backup power they utilize and how they decide what to place in the field – with a goal of providing some best practices. Second, we’ll ask them how they manage these assets from generators to batteries to other equipment. For many carriers, managing backup power, including batteries, involves replacing them on a preset schedule, whether or not they need replacing. Scheduled testing may or may not complement these replacements. Both involve unnecessary maintenance time, extra cost if healthy batteries are replaced early, and extra risk if unhealthy batteries fail between cycles or tests. Automated testing and monitoring can reduce OpEx on maintenance and mitigate the risk of leaving no backup power in place. The panelists will speak about monitoring and remote management technologies and be asked to offer advice on selecting and deploying such a technology including cost-benefit analysis and perceived savings. The panelists may address specific technologies and security.

To sign up for the session and for ISE Expo register on their site or contact Servato. We hope to see you in San Antonio!