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The latter half of the summer always tends to bring the threat of severe weather with it. Heat waves, humidity, severe storms and hurricanes, and unexpected weather changes can all have an impact on your business. Heat Waves In the past few months, we’ve seen heat waves set new records in locations all over the […]

One of the questions our Product Specialists are often asked by new customers is if Room Alert hardware can be monitored with their existing SNMP tools. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is widely used by many organizations to monitor everything from routers and switches, to servers and desktops, to printers and cameras and everything in […]

Data center monitoring has become an entire industry on its own over the last 20 years. Uptime, performance, and reliability are all critical to data centers, whether it’s a small local server room or a large multi-tenant facility. Any number of environment factors can spell disaster for data centers and facilities, however temperature will always […]

We have some exciting news to share with our customers and partners. AVTECH was announced as a finalist for the Interise “Best Place to Work” award for 2017! This is a very prestigious honor for all of us at AVTECH. To be recognized among businesses nationwide as a best place to work speaks to our […]

We continue to experience record growth at AVTECH, with many new customers choosing Room Alert to protect their most important facilities at assets in locations all over the world. We’re proud to say that Room Alert is now in use in 184 out of 196 countries, and we are adding new organizations of all sizes […]

Mold damage can sneak up on you very quickly. Many of the conditions for mold damage exist year-round, however when seasonal weather introduces humidity and moisture to the equation, mold can quickly grow and become a problem. It’s times like these that monitoring environment conditions becomes very important, as it’s more than just one factor […]

Your organization most likely has measures in place to help maintain your uptime. This is often contained within your business continuity plan, which should define the ways you are protecting your business against unexpected downtime. Your data is hopefully being backed up offsite, you have a firewall to protect your network, and you have documentation […]

The WannaCry ransomware virus has unfortunately made headlines over the past few weeks due to how quickly it spread, and how many companies it has affected. The latest statistics show that it has infected organizations in over 150 countries at this point in time. As a result, many anti-virus software packages have updated their definitions […]

The hurricane season in 2016 was one of the worst on record. 80% of named storms made landfall in the Atlantic basin, causing flooding and widespread damage in many countries, including Haiti, Mexico, and the United States. Thankfully the 2017 hurricane season is forecast to be less busy, with fewer large storms thanks to an […]

Customers who install Room Alert  are usually most interested in monitoring temperatures in their facilities, based on the questions our Product Specialists are usually asked during an initial call from a new user. It remains the top environment factor most customers are initially concerned with. Temperature is a critical environment factor to monitor regardless of […]