Ecl-ips wins Best use of Technology Award

We are thrilled that having been shortlisted as a finalist we went on to win the ‘Best use of Technology’ award at the recent North Worcestershire Business Awards.

The team was able to celebrate the win with other businesses at the event at Hogarths Stone Manor near Kidderminster. We were among the 30 local businesses that were shortlisted for an award and beat two other finalists in our category to win. These were Redditch-based TSR Electrical Group and StarkEV, an electrical vehicle charging point installer.

Our entry centred on the advanced technology that is provided by our vape detector offering, the HALO Smart Sensor manufactured by IPVideo in the USA. We were one of the first companies in the UK to identify the potential of the technology that provides real-time alerts of vaping as well as indoor air quality monitoring.?

This smart sensor has supported schools in the UK to tackle the problem of the rising numbers of young people who are vaping. Schools are finding that students are disrupting lessons by asking to go to the toilet and creating an intimidating atmosphere in the school toilets because more students are gathering in them to vape.

The North Worcestershire Business Awards were judged by an independent panel that said the finalists reflect “an impressive range of diverse businesses, all showcasing their commitment to growth, sustainability and adding extra value for customers.”

Now in their sixth year the awards are organised by North Worcestershire Business Leaders (NWBL) and the local authorities in North Worcestershire in partnership with Hogarths Stone Manor.?

Stock clearance offers APC Netbotz appliances at great price

We are having a stock clearance of our APC Netbotz appliances and accessories which means we have dropped our prices. If you are looking for an effective way to protect your IT equipment and business continuity then this is a great range of products.

The products on offer include:

• The APC NetBotz Rack Monitor 550 (NBRK0550): this is an effective and flexible hardware appliance for temperature, humidity and smoke monitoring and control in all IT environments. .
• The APC NetBotz Rack Monitor 750 (NBRK0750): this appliance provides integrated surveillance, sensing, access control, and advanced alerting for IT environments of all sizes, from single-rack edge networks to large data centres.
• The APC NetBotz Camera Pod 165: this is an IP-based, power-over-ethernet (POE) camera managed by a NetBotz Rack Monitor 750, either plugged directly into the rack monitor’s private switch or discovered over the network.
• The APC NetBotz CCTV Adapter Pod 120 (NBPD0123): this allows you to add CCTV cameras to a APC NetBotz 500 or 420 monitoring appliance so you can improve your server room monitoring.
• The APC Netbotz Wired 2 Door Switch Sensor (NBES0303): this has been designed for?NetShelter SX Enclosures?to provide added protection to your server room. It is compatible with APC?NetBotz 250,?750?and?755?appliances.
• The APC Netbotz PoE Injector (NBAC0303): this allows a PoE enabled NetBotz appliance to be used with a non-PoE ethernet switch. This enables users to provide a power supply to NetBotz room monitors and pods more easily.

We are established suppliers of APC Netbotz appliances, sensors and power monitoring devices. These give organisations the peace of mind that their IT infrastructure will be protected and will help reduce business downtime.

To view these stock clearance items and other APC Netbotz items take a look at our online shop: https://ecl-ips.com/product-category/real-time-monitoring/

MPs support smoking and vaping restrictions

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will introduce strengthening restrictions on vaping, is now in its committee stage following the Bill’s second reading in the House of Commons on 26th November, when it passed with 415 votes to 47.

Wes Streeting, Secretary State for Health and Social Care, led the debate on the law, which will raise the legal age of the purchase of tobacco by one year every year. This, the government hopes will create the first smokefree generation and, eventually, a smokefree nation.

Additionally, he said: “The Bill will come down on the vaping industry like a ton of bricks, to prevent a new generation of children and young people from getting hooked on nicotine. Taken together, these measures add up to the most significant public health intervention in a generation.”

The Bill, if passed, will phase out the sale of tobacco products for those aged 15 or younger this year, bring in restrictions on vaping and introduce on the spot fines of ￡200 to retailers found to be selling tobacco, vape and nicotine products to people underage.

As well as powers to restrict the flavours, display and packaging of all types of vapes, and other nicotine products the Bill includes:

• A ban on vape advertising and sponsorship;
• Further powers to regulate the design of vapes;
• Powers to create a retail licensing regime for the sale of tobacco and vapes;
• Powers to extend smokefree legislation to further outdoor areas;
• Powers to prohibit vaping in smokefree places

The Bill will now have more detailed scrutiny in its committee stage and interested parties will be asked to give evidence. Once the committee of MPs reports back to Parliament, the Bill proceeds to the report and third reading before repeating the same process in the House of Lords.

Before the legislation, which will introduce these vaping restrictions, comes into force UK schools are finding they need to tackle the growing numbers of their students who have taken up the habit right now. Staff training, student education and developing the right policies will help, but many schools have found vape detectors are the key to success in tackling vaping among students.

We supply the?HALO Smart Sensor which can help schools to combat vaping. If you want to know more, please contact us.