When Speedway started to put computer systems with check-out scanning equipment in many of its gas stations and convenience stores across the country, the company took on a monumental project. When the stations started to experience power related problems, it turned a monumental project into a monumental problem. There are different approaches to power conditioning. Unfortunately, some companies learn that the hard way. Littlejohn's Equipment Company was including a UPS system with power conditioning to protect the POS equipment it was selling.
Most service organizations talk about how rapidly they'll respond to a customer's problem.
AGFA Service does them one better. Its new Select Support Service Program guarantees how long it'll take to fix the problem. They say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. After the Birmingham Public Library experienced two separate power surges that blew out the equipment at the same location, protection became a top priority. A Wake-Up Call A severe thunderstorm that knocks out phone service for dozens of your customers and damages delicate electronic equipment is every interconnect company's worst nightmare.