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APC Recommends UPS and Surge Protection of Data and Equipment in Middle East.
APC research, of Middle East and Africa UPS market is estimated to touch $488.4m by 2012 from
$282m in 2007, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6 per cent. The growth is driven
by extreme weather conditions in the region, increasing Power consumption especially during peak
seasons such as the summer months due to heavy use of air-conditioners, causing pressure on the
power grids which leads to power cuts. Ameinfo.com – 29, September, 2010

Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules Market Grows by 24% in 2010.
The World Market for Power Semiconductor Discretes & Modules according to IMS research
report is expected to grow by 24.3% in 2010 and reach 13.7 billion US dollars. The power module
market, is predicted to grow almost 30% in 2010 with standard IGBT modules and
IPMs accounting for the lion’s share of the expansion. Industrial motor drives, renewable
energy inverters and hybrid and electric vehicles will account for 70% of power module
revenues in 2014. Powermanagement-Europe – 29, September 2010.

North American Industrial UPS Marke Growth Forecast Despite Decrease in general UPS Demand.
According to Frost&Sullivan report, the demand of UPS in North America is likely to decrease due
to saturated UPS technologies, shifting of operations toward the Asia Pacific and eastern Europe
due to cheap labor and low-production cost, and increased power density levels in the IT sector.
In addition, the market is likely to witness more price erosion, due to competition among market
participants, leading to lower profit margins. However, boost of Industrial UPS market is expected
due to increase in such markets as Oil &Gas, Automation in process control, and manufacturing
plants of various pharmaceuticals companies. Companiesandmarkets- 28, September , 2010.

Hazardous Material Shipping Regulations Classifying is Considered for Lithium Batteries.
Following more than 40 incidents with Lithium batteries recorded by the Federal Aviation
Administration between 1991 and Aug. 3, 2010, which have smoked, heated up or caused fires,
US Federal government considers tighter regulations for transporting these batteries. The rules
proposed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration would ensure that
batteries are packaged to reduce the possibility of damage. Lithium batteries were suspected as the
cause of a February 2006 fire on a UPS plane that landed in Philadelphia, and recent United Parcel
Service plane crash that killed two pilots in Dubai on Sept. 3. 2010. The batteries
currently are not classified as hazardous and no labeling requirements exist to inform pilots
whether their cargo contains lithium batteries. AJC – 28, September 2010.

University of Texas Opens Green Data Center with Flywheel UPS Backup.
The University of Texas has completed its new $32 million data center, which is designed to
meet the school's growing IT needs. The new data center features about 4,700 square feet of
space for computing equipment, redundant power and network, and dedicated remote
management network. Four Active Power CleanSource® 900 kVA UPS Flywheel systems
installed provide nearly three megawatts power conditioning and ride through critical backup
power until onsite generators take over. Thewhir - 22, September, 2010

NASA Deploys Power Management to Cut Data Center Energy Consumption.
NASA working under executive order 13514, which requires up to a 30% reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions by 2020, deploys power management software from Power Assure to aggregate
power consumption data from its 75 data centers. Initial deployment results indicate in the short
term, increasing operating temperatures from its present value of about 18 ºC to 30-32 ºC that
industry associations now say is safe, will be an easier way to reduce energy usage than
consolidation via virtualization. SearchDataCenter.com – 20, September, 2020.

Icon Group International Report on UPS 2009 World Market Segmentation by City
Icon Group new report covers the world outlook for UPS systems across more than 2000 cities,
in over 200 countries. Estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) is reported for each major
city of the world, ranking these cities and reporting each in terms of size as a percent of the
country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East,
North America, Latin America), and the total world market. Amazon- 19, September 2010.

AEG Appoints Computerlinks to Support UPS Customers.
AEG Power Solutions has added Computerlinks, distributor of IT security and solutions
provider, to its channel sales network. Computerlinks will now provide to its UK and Irish
channel partners the full range of UPS and power protection products and solutions to ensure their
customers networks are available 24/7/365. Computerlinks will provide training, pre-sales support
and customer site surveys, as well as sales and marketing programs to help developing
opportunities for resellers. EEtimes- 15, September, 2010.

Power Supply and Financing Curb Increasing Expansion in Data center Demand.
Broad Group introduces West European Data Center market report that provides market size
forecasts, and detailed analysis of 17 countries. This includes charts for each country of market
segmentation and forecast growth. The report predicts 17% annual revenue growth reflecting
also upselling and price increase. About 85% of data center uses remains in house, while 20 million
square ft of data center third party centre space in 17 Western Europe markets, growing
at a rate of 14% per annum, where UK Germany comprise 20% each. Broad-Group- 13,
September , 2010

Tripplite Introduces New Power Alert Software Version
Trippite's new version of PowerAlert, includes full USB communications capability for the Linux
operating system, USB-compatible with Linux’s Fedora 8 and OpenSUSE 11.0. The software
can monitor and control up to 250 SNMP-enabled UPS systems and PDUs, offering such
features as email Alarm notification, SNMP trap notification, UPS self-test procedures,
Redundant UPS management, Network Shut down commands and more. PQNewsBeat – 13,
September, 2010

Most Powerful Supercomputer on the Planet
West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation in Fairmont was chosen to host a world-
class computer, perhaps the most powerful on the planet, in order to provide national weather
forecasting including improved hurricane and other severe weather forecasting. The system
needs almost 5 megawatts of electricity 24-7 to operate. Requiring very advanced chilled-water
cooling system to dissipate the heat, as well as said very advanced electrical system, designed to
house multiple UPS systems interfacing with multiple generators. Statejournal.com -2,
September, 2010

Vishay Extends Heavy duty capacitor range for Power Conversion and UPS applications.
Vishay extends its non polar metallised-film HDMKP heavy-duty capacitor range range for DC and
AC filtering and DC linking applications in power converters and UPS applications. The extended
range supplied in 40uF to 2325uF from 900V to 2700V features 150A current rating , 25kA
impulse, less than 70nH self inductance, low ESR at high frequency, -40°C to +100°C operating
temperature at half voltage rating and 70°C at full voltage. Capacitor height ranges
from 105 to 260 mm, with diameters of 84,4 and 116 mm. Dataweek – 1, September 2010.

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