Cost Reduction Through Alarm Monitoring

You're Losing Money Because Your Monitoring Isn't Good Enough

• A reactive approach to monitoring could be costing you millions
  Losing money happens all the time to companies who aren't proactive about their network monitoring. And the amount is staggering, with service disruptions costing as much as $4.8 million per hour.
• Generators and batteries alone can't help you
  Generators won't protect you if no one knows when they start running. Eventually the tank runs out and the site goes down. Now you have a network failure and the added burden of refilling the fuel tank. Your battery plants only delay the inevitable in the same way. When they're completely discharged, your site goes down.
• You must know when you're running on secondary transport
  You might think that falling back on secondary data transport for an extended period is OK. After all, that's why you have a backup. But running on secondary transport is like running on a spare tire. It works in the short term, but you shouldn't waste time restoring your redundancy.
• Downtime kills revenue, trashes your SLAs, and damages customer relationships
  The revenue loss from downtime is painful enough, but costs can escalate exponentially if you have an SLA. And how do you put a price on damaged relationships with your customers?

Save Headaches with Proper Monitoring

• Monitoring allows you to make proactive repairs
  Your infrastructure equipment typically has redundant protection against failures. That creates a limited window of opportunity to repair the damage before it causes downtime.
• Your customers won't even know about most of your network problems
  The net effect of a speedy and informed repair is a "non-event" for your clients and equipment. From their perspective, everything is working great.
• You'll cut your costs by eliminating emergencies and dispatching efficiently
  Proper alarm monitoring slashes the cost of recovering from unnecessary emergencies. It's easier and less expensive to fix a small problem before it grows. Even better, monitoring allows you to strategically address problems and dispatch your technicians effectively, reducing wasted fuel costs.

Proactive Maintenance Insights: Turning Alarm Data into Savings

One of the most overlooked benefits of a quality alarm monitoring system is the actionable data it provides for preventive maintenance. By tracking trends over time, such as rising temperatures, voltage fluctuations, or signal degradations, you can anticipate problems before they escalate into critical failures.

For example, a monitoring system integrated with environmental sensors can detect subtle inefficiencies in your HVAC system long before it causes equipment damage. Similarly, a voltage monitoring solution will alert you to battery underperformance, giving you time to replace them without unplanned downtime​​.

Key Benefits of Proactive Data Analysis:

1. Eliminate Over-Maintenance Costs: Monitoring allows you to move from time-based to condition-based maintenance. Instead of servicing equipment that doesn't need it, you can focus resources where they're needed most.
2. Reduce Catastrophic Failures: Many failures don't occur suddenly - they build up over time. Alarm monitoring helps identify these trends.
3. Improve Asset Longevity: Avoid unnecessary wear and tear by keeping equipment running within optimal conditions​​.

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