Did you know, APC stands for American Power Conversion and was established in 1981. By 1984, APC had produced its first uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and fast forward to 2007, APC was acquired by Schneider Electric to complement its growing critical power and cooling portfolio. So, a quick calculation tells you that just last year APC celebrated the 40th anniversary of its first UPS. When you think of the APC brand, it’s probably UPS solutions that spring to mind. After all, 40 years of UPS innovation is quite something. And with over 20 million APC UPSs installed worldwide to date, that’s a strong endorsement, that our customers have come to depend on our market-leading UPS solutions.
A complete range of integrated IT infrastructure solutions
However, you may be surprised to learn that today’s Schneider Electric offering goes way beyond its legendary APC UPS portfolio. In fact, today it’s fair to say we offer a complete range of integrated IT infrastructure solutions, to ensure business continuity for our customers. So, whether you’re an organization with limited IT personnel operating in the commercial or tertiary sector, or an IT manager overseeing large server rooms or even entire data centers, we offer end to end IT solutions that bolster resiliency, security, and efficiency, to ensure your critical IT is optimized.
How about the full picture before we dive in! Download our Partner Enablement Guide to discover how Schneider Electric’s hardware, software, and services work together to keep your IT environment in optimal shape. In this next section we explore each element in more detail:
🏢Racks
When we consider the most important components that critical servers and networking rely on, then perhaps the first thing an IT manager might think of is racks or enclosures. After all, IT racks play a crucial role in safeguarding the reliability, efficiency, and security of IT infrastructure. We offer a wide range of APC IT Rack solutions to match your unique IT environment. From unstaffed IT spaces like quiet office corners, space-conscious edge environments in retail stores, or colleges on limited budgets, right up to dedicated high-density data centers, server rooms and wiring closets. And from compact, quiet, and secure wall-mounts, to versatile, feature-rich high-performance racks, we have the rack solution for you.
⚡PDUs (Power Distribution Units)
PDUs are often overlooked in the early planning stages, and even when they are considered, they’re simply seen as a means of providing power distribution to IT racks. However, the right PDU gives you full control and management of your connected loads. In this way, you can simplify operations, bolster your network security, reduce downtime, and facilitate future-proof deployments. So whether you’re deploying in a retail store or a high-density server room, you can count on our APC intelligent PDUs to give you the visibility and control you need. From basic to switched, and from compact to high-density, our PDUs ensure the most resilient power distribution for your edge or distributed IT environment.
🔋UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies)
At Schneider Electric, we do more than just power equipment – we safeguard business operations with our market-leading APC UPS solutions that are designed to protect critical IT in organizations of all sectors and sizes. Incorporating lithium-ion technology, remote monitoring and management capabilities, our broad portfolio of UPS solutions ensures businesses avoid potential damage to critical appliances, and minimizes operational disruption and costly business downtime in the event of unstable power conditions. So, whether you’re operating a small commercial space or a high-density server room, we have the UPS to match your exact IT environment. How’s that for business continuity peace of mind!
📊 Software
In terms of managing the IT infrastructure, until recently, software was considered an ‘optional extra’. However, today it has a vital role to play in modern IT environments. Software is effectively the eyes and ears of your IT infrastructure, giving you complete visibility, control and management over all your critical IT. And in doing so, it helps mitigate factors like environmental threats, cyber attacks, unauthorized access, and an increasingly unstable power grid. So, whether you’re a business that has limited IT staff, or an organization that requires remote and real-time IT monitoring and management, we offer intuitive software tools that make it easy for you to manage your IT and identify potential issues before they happen. This way you can focus on business growth, safe in the knowledge that your critical IT is kept optimized and secure.
❄️ Cooling
An essential component that IT and site managers must consider for a reliable infrastructure is cooling. After all, IT servers can build up an excess of heat that standard air conditioning simply cannot cope with. What’s more, the demand for effective cooling in data centers is on the increase – especially now we are seeing a surge in data center heat generation brought on by high-density AI workload deployments. At Schneider Electric, we have the expertise to manage all your IT cooling needs—from simple InRow and aisle containment solutions to fully customized, high-density deployments for larger data centers that are transitioning to liquid cooling architectures. And whether you’re just getting started or require advanced cooling techniques, we are here to work with you, every step of the way, to ensure your cooling solution is a perfect match for your IT environment.
🛠️ Services
Managing IT infrastructure goes beyond hardware and software, it requires expert support throughout the entire lifecycle to keep IT environments running at peak performance. Schneider Electric offers a full suite of services to help you and your customers plan, install, operate, and optimize IT environment with confidence. From design and deployment to monitoring, maintenance, extended warranties, and modernization, our certified specialists help you optimize uptime, improve energy efficiency, and reduce operational risks.
Whether you need remote monitoring, on-site intervention, or full managed services, Schneider EcoCare Services Membership provides proactive support and predictive analytics combining multiple flexible options tailored to your business needs, ensuring your IT infrastructure remains resilient and future-ready.
Addressing all your critical IT infrastructure needs
So, from edge deployments to data centers, Schneider Electric along with its market leading brands such as APC, really does offer the complete range of IT power solutions – from racks, PDUs and UPSs, to software, cooling and services, we bring it all together as one seamless ecosystem. This makes us a compelling choice for customers wishing to partner with a trusted brand; one that consistently delivers reliability, meticulous end-to-end product service and support, and comes with an abundance of global expertise. We turn complexity into simplicity, and we can’t wait to get working with you – to build smarter, safer, more sustainable and resilient IT environments, right from the start.
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