To support healthcare facilities, utilities, and industrial and commercial buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic, ABB Electrification reported March 27 that from now until the end of 2020, it's waiving its fees for one year for all new subscriptions to its iUPSGuard remote monitoring and diagnostics software for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) in hospitals and for all new or renewed subscriptions to its ABB Ability software-as-a-service (SaaS).
“We appreciate the challenges our customers are facing at this time and are committed to helping them achieve greater operational stability and savings," says Tarak Mehta, president of ABB Electrification. “The importance of the work they undertake across a variety of sectors can't be underestimated, and we wanted to enable as many facilities as possible to benefit from our solutions by waiving all charges for 12 months.”
Free-for-a-year ABB Ability energy and asset management software includes:
- ABB Ability Electrical Distribution Control System (EDCS), a digital energy management platform that can help businesses save up to 30% on operational costs.
- ABB Ability Backup Management for electrical systems—DataCare that allows convenient sharing of technical information on protection and control relays.
- Building Care Service control software and IoT dashboard server, and DALI Manager emergency lighting system software that's accessible via the dashboard.
- Video streaming and storage for smartIP VideoControl software that lets users remotely view video streams from ABB CCTV security cameras.
- Remote Lock Release for smartIP AccessControl software, enabling users to remotely open electronic door locks.
