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----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc
Fire andexplosions are one of the leading causes of accidental death. Each year 4,000people a year are killed in the US alone and a further 25,000 are left injuredand often maimed or scarred for life. Whilst firesand explosions have a multitude of causes, three things are always required:fuel, oxygen and a source of ignition. Firesstart when a fuel (from paper in a litter bin to petrol in a fuel tank) isignited by a spark and the following explosion/inferno is kept alive by theoxygen in the atmosphere. Of coursethere is little we can do about the oxygen in the atmosphere but we can reducethe amount of combustibles lying around, making sure areas are swept clean ofpaper or litter, but what about sources of ignition? Many firesare caused by faulty electrical equipment a spark or short from a circuit boardcan arc setting alight any combustible material it comes into contact with. Wecan of course make sure all electrical equipment is off before we leave thework place, but how practical is this? What about that old IBM workhorse thatis left on overnight or the servers left humming in the back room? A computer monitor left onovernight at a newspaper office in Virginia, asit had been for many years, was, although not in a particularhazardous area, responsible for completely gutting the offices of theCarolina Coast and Virginian-Pilot newspapers as the amount ofnewspaper lying around provided enough fuel to destroy overa decades worth of records. Computersthat work in particular hazardous environments, where there is a risk ofexplosion or fire, such as chemical factory, have to be sealed, ensuring anyfault in the electrical equipment does not spark. However these systems areexpensive, particularly when the IT has to be upgraded and the whole unit hasto be discarded. This is ofcourse an impractical solution for those who work in environments not deemed apotential risk and many companies opt to save their money. However, these samecompanies spend thousands on anti-virus, spyware and firewall systems to keeptheir data safe from malicious hackers. However, if your entire computer (anperhaps office or factory) goes up in smoke, how safe is your data then? There is asolution, for computers and other electrical equipment (including monitors,printers), in the shape of specialist industrial enclosures. These can be made from avariety of materials from food-grade stainless steel to cheaper plasticvarieties. These enclosures can also protect equipment from knocks and bangsand some are even bomb-proof! If you have a machine left on overnight or perhaps out inthe warehouse amongst the dust and dirt perhaps an enclosure could save youthe time and trouble of not only replacing your data and computer but perhapsthe entire building!
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