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2011 Black Friday Electronics Sales Surpass ‘10

2011 Black Friday Electronics Sales Surpass ‘10

Electronics Protection Essential for Consumers

POSTED 12/01/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

More than 23 percent of Black Friday shoppers purchased some type of electronics product, up 15 percent from 2010 and 50 percent above toys, the third most popular post-Thanksgiving shopping category, according to NPD Research. What most don’t realize is that today’s electronics are vulnerable to failure and a shortened... Continue Reading
Extending the Life of Electronics

Extending the Life of Electronics

The Power to Change

POSTED 12/01/2011 | BY Jeffrey Spence |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

It’s time for a wake-up call regarding power and its role in electronics protection. Why am I calling for this? Let’s start with a little bit of history. The original two-prong electrical plug and socket were invented by Harvey Hubbell and patented in 1904. Driven by a... Continue Reading
Extending the Life of Electronics

Extending the Life of Electronics

Current Protection / Protection from Currents

POSTED 12/07/2011 | BY Jeffrey Spence |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

The initial need for electronics protection can be attributed to inconsistencies of the power grid, which is rife with variations in the flow of power. It is mind-boggling to think about the vulnerabilities that exist. While the industry has historically viewed power grid variations and its vulnerabilities as easily solvable... Continue Reading
Putting Consumers Back in the Game

Putting Consumers Back in the Game

Addressing Power Malfunctions Wrecking Havoc on Xbox 360

POSTED 12/13/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

Last month, Xbox — Microsoft’s revolutionary gaming console that bridged the home gaming experience with online services and entertainment — turned 10. This anniversary year, Xbox dominated the market as the top-selling console for engaged gamers craving interactive, immersive game play with little sign of abetting. Its latest exclusive... Continue Reading
Atlanta Nurtures Tech Firm Phenom

Atlanta Nurtures Tech Firm Phenom

Atlanta Business Chronicle Showcases Innovolt

POSTED 12/16/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt®, the power protection brainchild that emerged from Atlanta-based Georgia Tech Research Institute and Georgia Tech Enterpries Innovoation Institute, used cutting-edge data on grid disturbances’ impact on electronics to develop breakthrough core technology, and revolutionized digital asset protection for Fortune 500 companies, scientific laboratories, and independent businesses alike, has... Continue Reading
Weathering the Storm of Grid Activity

Weathering the Storm of Grid Activity

Elements of Disturbance and Protection

POSTED 12/27/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

While the chaotic combination of surges, sags, brownouts, and under-voltages most frequently cause electronics to fail, detrimental outages resulting from lightning, wind, snow, and so-called “space weather” make the grid’s infrastructure a near constant source of concern. Severe weather activity and natural disasters exert more widespread... Continue Reading
Knowledge Is Power

Knowledge Is Power

Innovolt Launches Digital Resource Center

POSTED 01/18/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Knowledge truly is power when protecting electronics. Innovolt® has enhanced its website with a blog, Powerful Intelligence, to educate industries and consumers on the range of power disturbances slowly killing electronics and about technology solutions designed to shield electronic assets while optimizing their performance. The data is undeniably shocking,... Continue Reading
Circuit Protection Basics

Circuit Protection Basics

Grid Inconsistency Puts Electronics in Jeopardy

POSTED 01/23/2012 | BY David McGirt |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

The use of electronic equipment in industrial, commercial, and residential environments continues to grow exponentially. All require power to operate and all are significantly impacted by complex power disturbances. As a result, the inconsistency of the power grid places the reliability and efficiency of equipment in constant jeopardy. In part... Continue Reading
OEMs Heed Call to Action

OEMs Heed Call to Action

Power Protection Benefits at Product Development Forefront

POSTED 01/30/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES

In 2012, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are looking to increase bottom line margins and brand loyalty by avoiding equipment issues related to power glitches. In addition, they are looking to set themselves apart from the competition by utilizing new power protection technology for their electronic products, according to... Continue Reading
Energetic Growth

Energetic Growth

Innovolt Raises Investment Capital for Expansion

POSTED 02/14/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Surging demand for intelligent electronics protection has prompted Innovolt® — the technology developer whose embedded microprocessor chip solution safeguards against 99.5% power disturbances and optimizes product reliability — to raise up to an additional $20 million in capital for expansion and manufacturing development. About $13 million has been raised to date, the... Continue Reading
Top 8 Surge Protection Myths Debunked

Top 8 Surge Protection Myths Debunked

The Fact & Fiction of Surge Suppression

POSTED 03/06/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

Deploying surge protection devices has become standard practice in safeguarding electronics from voltage spikes although a number of myths surround their effectiveness. Most surge protection methods on the market do not provide the buffer of safety they promise to consumers. While faults in design lead many to not function as... Continue Reading
How Do Electronic Failures Impact You?

How Do Electronic Failures Impact You?

Share Your Power-Related Malfunctions with Innovolt

POSTED 04/06/2012 | BY Stuart Watson |
CATEGORIES

Everyone has experienced their best-laid plans foiled by a system slow down. Or lock up. Or reset. Or black out. Or worse. Many of these frustrating glitches in the technology we depend on are not equipment related. Neither are they gremlin related, thankfully. These problems are power related, stemming from... Continue Reading
Case Study: At Home with Innovolt

Case Study: At Home with Innovolt

Electronics Protection Saves Residence from Destruction

POSTED 04/16/2012 | BY Stuart Watson |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

Power-related explosions and house fires thankfully don’t happen every day, but disturbances from the volatile power grid, like over voltages and voltage sags, occur consistently with damaging effects on electronic equipment. When worse-case scenarios unfortunately occur, they demonstrate the extreme destruction and loss that can result from grid-triggered... Continue Reading
Certifiably Protected

Certifiably Protected

UL Listings Validate Safety for Electronics Protection

POSTED 04/16/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

Intelligent electronics protection must not only factor in the safety of microprocessors from harm but also end users and consumers. Electrical safety can be difficult, and downright hazardous, to verify so certification is crucial from health, liability, and product performance standpoints. Underwriters Laboratories, an independent, non-for-profit, product safety testing and... Continue Reading
Powerful Challenge

Powerful Challenge

Fast Company Engages Innovolt's Jeff Spence

POSTED 04/23/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Fast Company — a leading progressive business media outlet focusing on innovation in technology, ethical economics, leadership, and design — interviewed Jeff Spence, Innovolt® president and COO, for its 30-Second MBA series. The ongoing series of quick videos showcases inspiration and business advice from leaders across the tech... Continue Reading
Air Waves & Energy Currents

Air Waves & Energy Currents

Atlanta Business RadioX Features Innovolt

POSTED 05/01/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Educating consumers and OEMs on advanced electronics protection technology, while also building awareness of the very problem it’s designed to solve, has been the defining challenge and ultimate success of Innovolt®, according to Jeff Spence, president and COO. Spence discussed the company’s unique position in... Continue Reading
Setting High Pace for Protection

Setting High Pace for Protection

Innovolt Named Finalist for 2012 Pacesetter Award

POSTED 05/08/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt, a pioneer and leader in intelligent electronics power protection and management, has been named a finalist in the 2012 Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Pacesetter Awards. The annual awards program recognizes Atlanta’s top 50 fastest growing private companies. Since 2009, Innovolt has successfully provided proven electronics protection for hundreds of... Continue Reading
Safeguarding Technology

Safeguarding Technology

TMCnet Highlights Innovolt's Electronics Protection

POSTED 05/14/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

The future of total electronics protection will not be through a stand-alone device but a fully-integrated, licensed solution. Moreover, that future is now. Innovolt® recently attended INTEROP Las Vegas, the expo and conference on business technology. David McGirt, VP of engineering and operations, introduced the tech firm’s... Continue Reading
Know Your Power

Know Your Power

The Case for Intelligent Electronics Protection

POSTED 05/15/2012 | BY Jeffrey Spence |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

Power-related issues are a growing predicament on a global scale. The global population and industrial development are growing more rapidly than existing power infrastructure can handle, having a detrimental effect on efficiencies worldwide. The ever-increasing global power issues all stem from an international power grid that is, in a word,... Continue Reading

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