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Innovolt Debuts New Brand and Website

Innovolt Debuts New Brand and Website

Firm Delivers Comprehensive Electronics Protection

POSTED 06/17/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

The newly debuted website of Innovolt® explains how its proven technology saves you time, money, and productivity by keeping electronics safe where all other common measures fail. Our comprehensive power protection platform allows your equipment to last longer with fewer interruptions by keeping it safe from common power... Continue Reading
Innovolt Launches Electronics Protection

Innovolt Launches Electronics Protection

New Technology Available for Licensing

POSTED 09/27/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt, the leader in intelligent electronics protection, today announces that its technology is available for licensing to markets ranging from consumer electronics, medical technology, cable and satellite to HVAC and control systems. Since 2009, Innovolt has successfully provided proven electronics protection for hundreds of millions of dollars of installed systems, mainly... Continue Reading
Innovolt Appoints Jeff Spence President, COO

Innovolt Appoints Jeff Spence President, COO

Exec to Grow Tech Firm with Extensive Experience

POSTED 10/13/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt®, the leader in intelligent electronics protection, today announces Jeff Spence as the company’s president and chief operating officer. Spence is charged with extending the company’s reach both geographically and via increased market penetration. Since joining Innovolt in January 2011, the company has secured several notable... Continue Reading
More Powerful Protection

More Powerful Protection

Introducing New Innovolt Website

POSTED 11/14/2011 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt® has launched a new streamlined website detailing chaotic power grid disturbances putting electronics at risk and Innovolt’s proven solutions to protect equipment across a range of industries. Innovolt.com has emerged as the number one resource on the damaging erratic anomalies of power supply, as well... Continue Reading
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
The 4004 at 40

The 4004 at 40

Microprocessors Empower Four Decades

POSTED 12/05/2011 |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

Intel’s 4004 processor, the world’s first single-chip microprocessor, turns 40 this year. This pioneering processor’s innovative, ever-shrinking descendants have technologically driven and transformed the lives of most people with power, memory, and speed. From the widespread affordable adoption of personal computers to cellular communications to smart... 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
Extending the Life of Electronics

Extending the Life of Electronics

The Future of Protection

POSTED 12/14/2011 | BY Jeffrey Spence |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

The current protection landscape of consumer, enterprise, and data center electronics points to a void in the electronics protection market. Experts are realizing current technologies are limited and grid events are more complex and frequent, elevating the need to develop an intelligent solution that is effective and affordable for the... 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
Case Study: Increasing Copier Performance

Case Study: Increasing Copier Performance

Manufacturer Restores Nonprofit Success

POSTED 12/19/2011 | BY Stuart Watson |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

Downtime of mission-critical office equipment immediately impacts productivity and profitability – an issue of mounting consequence as one non-profit organization based in the mid-South discovered. A brand new mid-volume 60ppm color copier/printer required an average of 3.75 service calls per month for the first five months after a nationally-recognized office... 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
Case Study: Enhancing the Dental Industry

Case Study: Enhancing the Dental Industry

From Gritting Teeth to Brightening Smiles

POSTED 01/16/2012 | BY Stuart Watson |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

The dental industry has become heavily dependent on the use of technology solutions for everything from day-to-day appointment scheduling and patient record-keeping to advanced dental procedures. If medical technology and computer systems are not working properly, a dentist’s staff and his or her patients feel the stress, which... 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
Computing Greater Protection

Computing Greater Protection

Data Centers Adopt Improved Solution to Grid Woes

POSTED 01/25/2012 | BY Stuart Watson |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

More than ever, companies are transitioning I.T. infrastructure to data centers. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), 13,000 large data centers dot the globe with 7,000 of those centers based in the U.S. alone. Although segment growth stalled during the recession, IDC estimated about $22 billion was spent on new data... 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
Toward a More Compliant Appliance

Toward a More Compliant Appliance

Billion Dollar Market Invests in Improved Product

POSTED 02/09/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

According to a recent appliance market research report, several leading appliance innovators are focusing research and development expenditures, equating to billions of dollars, on advanced technologies that will help maximize efficiency and services for the end-user. In total, the U.S. household appliance manufacturing industry consists of approximately 300 companies with... 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
Predictive Analysis Explained

Predictive Analysis Explained

Microprocessor-Driven Technology Protects Electronics Intelligently

POSTED 02/16/2012 | BY David McGirt |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

The circuit protection solutions that most electronic equipment designers and facility managers are currently implementing are missing a key component of true, mass-market protection: predictive analysis and flexible implementation. In part one of this series on circuit protection, I covered the basics, the issues, and the component and design solutions... Continue Reading
Preserve, Protect, and Defend

Preserve, Protect, and Defend

Six Best Practices to Enhance Equipment Protection

POSTED 03/01/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

You have the most sophisticated electrical equipment. You’re following many of the best practices of protection. Yet a host of electrical issues, from faulty wiring to turbulent grid activity, can undermine best-laid plans for safeguarding I.T. systems and peripherals, resulting in time-consuming maintenance and costly failures. Keep... Continue Reading
Innovolt Extends Global Reach

Innovolt Extends Global Reach

South African Market Leads Power Protection Expansion

POSTED 03/05/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt®, a pioneer and leader in intelligent electronics protection and management, has announced its global expansion, leading with the South African market. The company’s technology is poised for success in South African and sub-Saharan markets through a number of existing channel relations, in part, because of 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
Optimizing the Office

Optimizing the Office

Equipment Stays on the Job with Intelligent Protection

POSTED 03/09/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

Few industries have the intensive, everyday service demands as the office equipment industry. When office electronics malfunction, resulting downtime has an immediate impact on productivity and profitability. Given their crucial value, it’s important to identify the significance of protecting equipment from chaotic power disturbances. Necessary Protection The vast... Continue Reading
Innovolt Selected As Top 10 Tech Firm

Innovolt Selected As Top 10 Tech Firm

TAG Notes Company Is Leader in GA Technology Community

POSTED 03/26/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Press & Media

Innovolt®, pioneer and leader in intelligent electronics protection and management, has been named as one of the Top 10 Innovative Technology Companies in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state’s leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia’s technology industry. ... Continue Reading
Power Disturbances Defined

Power Disturbances Defined

Understanding Fluctuations by Type for Total Protection

POSTED 04/10/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Industry Intelligence

The importance of power quality and its impact on critical equipment is paramount in a world increasingly run by microprocessors. Capable of controlling large, ultra-fast systems and equipment, these tiny revolutionary chips are extremely susceptible to power disturbances. Without intelligent electronics protection, the array of fluctuations and their occurrences may... Continue Reading
Inside Intelligence

Inside Intelligence

The Predictive Technology of Protection Explained

POSTED 04/12/2012 | BY Powerful Intelligence Manager |
CATEGORIES Innovolt Insights

Costly damage from power disturbances has taught the science of electricity to many and far too well. Yet more awareness is still needed about the importance of insulating sensitive electronics and the technology solutions available. Power disturbances have numerous manifestations — voltage sags, brown outs, outages, over voltages, and voltage... 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