Things did not always run as smoothly as this. "About eight years ago, CIGI was experiencing major power problems that its former UPS brand couldn't manage," Tolosa said.

When CIGI relocated from Mandaluyong to their current office in Ortigas Center, Pasig City in 2003, the company turned to APC to assess their power requirements.

At the previous location, workstations were protected only by automatic voltage regulators (AVRs), providing little or no security against sudden power fluctuations or power trips. As a result, the staff was constantly anxious about not having enough time to save their work and to properly shut their PC. To remedy this, the company replaced the AVRS with APC's Smart UPS RT 7500VA, along with the addition of 70 desktops to the network, Tolosa said.