What You Want? You Got It!
We confess! We literally love finding new ways to give our data center manager customers what they want. Need to figure out if our data center lifts can lift your equipment? Need to find a co-location company near you? Need a lift for super-heavy equipment? Need to load equipment into a bottom-rack position? About to embark on a very large migration? Trying to decide which type of lift to buy? Want to rent a lift, rather than buy one right now? Wish you could safely dispose of that lift you’re not using anymore—and recoup some of your cost? Want us to come out and service any kind of lift? Contact […]
Designed Specifically for Data Centers
There are companies that make warehouse lifts. They like to tout their lifts as appropriate for data centers. Too bad, because if you try to use one of those lifts in your narrow-aisle data center loaded with heavy and expensive servers, requiring pinpoint positioning and safe, one-operator use, you will see immediately that they are simply not up to the task. Only a lift that is designed specifically for safely and easily transporting, precisely positioning, installing, and removing your DC equipment can deliver on its promises, day in and day out. We are so glad we are still the only company making the only “designed for data centers only” lift.
The Babysitters Club
Wow. You won’t believe the call we just got. A regional colocation provider asked if we could expedite their recent data center lift order. They have one lift already, but at least five of their clients have been fighting like crazy over it! Okay – we’re going to do our best to move the delivery up…provided that everyone behaves and “plays nice”. We have a feeling an order for another 2-3 ServerLIFT® server-handling lifts might be coming in soon 😂.
Safety Overdrive
Even after spending nearly 20 years helping eliminate all unsafe, manual handling of rack-mounted IT equipment in data centers across the world, we are sometimes reminded that while buying ServerLIFT® lifting solutions is the easiest and safest data center decision, integrating them into the operations can take a lot of planning. Before buying and implementing our lifts, a prominent government contractor impressed us with their diligent safety procedures by having us submit a detailed Safety Plan for us to perform work at their site. Odd, we thought, since we are just providing them the tool that they will use. But kudos to them because their safety team was thinking ahead […]
One Data Center’s Trash is Another’s Treasure
Despite the continued growth of the IT industry, like any other, it also has businesses that reach end-of-life. That’s why we were happy to help buy back two ServerLIFT® SL-500X® powered lifts from a data center that was being decommissioned. As soon as we get the machines back to our facility, we’ll fully inspect, test, and refurbish these fantastic data center safety tools as certified pre-owned lifts for another facility that wants to give them a home. ServerLIFT® still has customers using their original SL500 Classic models that we shipped them nearly 20 years ago!
Client Sells Entire Team on ServerLIFT® データセンターの伸び
A long-time member of our user community told us recently how he worked in a data center overseas years ago, where they used our SL-350X® hand-crank model lifts. Fast forward to the present. He is now working for a company here in the United States, and they were lifting servers with a warehouse lift 😢. He informed his team that they were going to have OSHA problems and injuries if they didn’t get a ServerLIFT® brand data center lift ASAP. They arranged an onsite demo, and their team fell in love with the machine. Now everyone there likes to claim that they started the relationship between their company and ours. […]
Supply Chain Crisis Effects On ServerLIFT® Products
The port delays and supply chain disruptions of the last couple of years had extended lead times for ServerLIFT® products (and many others) well beyond normal levels. Finally, those issues are starting to ease up which means we have been shipping out many more orders in shorter periods of time. While we’re not all the way back to pre-Covid lead times yet, our production crew and shipping carriers have been working overtime to help get orders fulfilled. It’s when times are toughest that it’s more important than ever for us, our suppliers, and carriers to continue providing the same exceptional customer service we strive for everyday.
ServerLIFT® News | April 2023
Nature teaches us the necessity of seizing moments of change, regardless of when and how they appear. Trees that were bare mere weeks ago are now full of leaves. The sound of chirping birds, rarely heard in winter, now fills the air as they return to protective nests to have families. Similarly, there are moments of change happening for data centers. This month we discuss what they are and give some ideas on how best to capitalize on them. 1. Edge Computing Trends to Watch in 2023 A current moment of change for data centers has been edge computing. Edge computing itself is now shifting to smaller utility boxes that […]
ServerLIFT® News | March 2023
We endeavor each month to share educational information to help you run your data center more smoothly. This month we focus on how to choose a data center rack, supply chain innovations, buyback program info, and dealing with tight spaces. 1. Guide to Choosing Data Center Server Racks Unsure what racks to choose for your data center? This guide helps you select the right racks the first time. 2. Innovative Solutions for Supply Chain Woes Data center operators are taking innovative steps to ensure they have the supplies they need, including keeping extra inventory on hand and sourcing materials locally or regionally. 3. Solving Server Installation in Tight Spaces If […]
Keeping Clients Happy With Our Global Data Center Solutions
Because we ship our safety-certified data center lifts across the globe, they’ve always been designed so they can be used in any data center anywhere in the world. When someone in South Asia inquired about upgrading their data center operations with a ServerLIFT® solution, it reminded us that not everyone is used to product universality. They were concerned that the lift wouldn’t be compatible with their local power supply. They were pleasantly surprised to learn that this was one international purchase they could make—without worry.
