VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   APC by Schneider Electric has announced a price increase across all its products as an outcome of the depreciating value of the rupee and the consequent increase in costs of key input materials. With the current Forex depreciation, the input costs to APC have increased to the tune of 20% - 22% across the product portfolio, depending on the SKU’s form, size and usage of raw material. APC intends to pass on only a smaller portion of the total cost increases to its customers. Shrinivas Chebbi, Country GM & VP - India, APC by Schneider Electric said, "In the current scenario our objective is to minimize the impact of raw material costs & forex on our customers while maintaining the high quality of our solutions & investments in R&D and hence only a smaller portion of the total impact is being actualized in the price increase. For the company to keep investing in superior technology and provide customers with the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Schneider Electric has introduced EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment as part of a growing line of Energy Management Services for the data center.  The EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment is a customizable assessment of the power, cooling, physical infrastructure and operational efficiencies of a data center that aims to allow data center managers to benchmark the performance of their facility against industry standards.   “Providing data center managers with an assessment of the energy usage and efficiency empowers them to make informed decisions on optimizing their infrastructure. The recommendations included with Schneider Electric’s EnergySTEP Data Center Assessment will result in optimized energy usage, reduced operating costs and will enable the data center manager to prioritize data center improvements to better manage capital expenses,” said ShrinivasChebbi, Country General Manager & President India & SAARC, S...