UPS Protect against the following: Downtime - of employee time wasted while waiting for equipment to come back on line after a crash Data loss- of work in progress forcing employees and equipment to wastefully reproduce their work, at twice the price Equipment damage - to hard drives and expensive circuitry prompting frequent maintenance and or component replacement Inability to provide service to customers leading to a loss of current and future business, personal embarrassment and damage to reputation UPS are Power Insurance. A UPS will significantly reduce the risk of poor power and is the best investment to maximise you or your clients electrical equipment. A UPS is the only device that can achieve this for electrical equipment. Traditional insurance policies usually do not protect against 1. Data loss 2. Business downtime 3. Failure to provide service At best it will provide a replacement for damaged equipment. Its better to spend a little now to protect a business, than spend a lot to repair it - this can be summed up as Prevention is better than a cure.