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Bank's backup power system ensures uninterrupted customer service.(Current Happenings And Events)
Wachovia Corporation (formerly First Union Corporation), one of the nation's largest banks, can't afford downtime at its customer information centers. Serving more than 15 million customers in 11 states along the East Coast, these centers are backed up by on-site emergency power generation systems.
The ability of Wachovia's customers to access their records depends on a reliable source of electricity. Vice President Thomas Nickolopoulos, who oversees centralized computing hardware at the company's critical facilities works constantly to prevent downtime due to electricity outages.
Wachovia has installed what Nickolopoulos calls "two flavors" of Russelectric switch gear--open- and closed-transition systems. At full power, one system can generate 20 megawatts (MW). The Russelectric switch gear coordinates six ...
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