Recognize the lyric from Kenny Rogers’s “The Gambler?” In it, Rogers sings about a gambler who shares a message about life with a fellow traveler. The gambler’s advice?

When I began my career in 1980, the mission-critical industry and the world were very different. Imagine being able to get downtime any weekend for maintenance.

The problem with mission-critical emergency systems is that failures only occur when the systems are called upon to operate.

The problem with mission-critical emergency systems is that failures only occur when the systems are called upon to operate.

As a follow up to a recent Mission Critical webinar, I thought it would be helpful to publish some FAQs about the subject of safety. 

This is the second of three columns inspired by a webinar I did for Mission Critical on August 22. 

A webinar I did for Mission Critical on August 22 inspired me to publish some FAQs about the subject of electrical safety. I included some questions asked by our audience during and after the event and many I have been asked over the years.

“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” This anonymous quote seems to describe the mission-critical industry and this column perfectly. Our industry is constantly reinventing itself, and today we find ourselves on the verge of arguably the largest change yet, moving to the cloud.