I've had the opportunity to work on a lot of projects involving Universal Electric Corporation’s Starline products, ever since our company began representing them a little over a year ago. The Starline Busway, one of their leading products, continues to deliver in its promise of simplifying power distribution needs. Our customers are so ecstatic with their installations and are happy to show off.

It's able to be so versatile because it allows customization for your data center’s specific power distribution needs. Busway amp sizes run from 100A to 1200A and can have dedicated ground and/or oversized neutral. Also, hot swappable bus plugs can be designed to have different receptacles or drop cord connectors made to order.

Check out the video below to see the Busway in action, and please reach out to me at 215-826-1133 to learn more.

Don’t you just love this time of year? The excitement of the holidays and no pressure at all because you’ve got all the IT projects for 2017 wrapped up, right? Well, consider this Vertiv™ blogpost a fancily wrapped present, just for you (and your IT department)... It’s a look into the future of what 2018 will bring, so you don’t have to worry about what will blindside you in the coming year. Our friends at Vertiv™, who have done a great job being defined as the data center industry thought leader, have these great insights to offer. In addition to a whole array of new CRAC and CRAH units, UPS Systems, and other data center infrastructure equipment, they are positioned as your data center expert to help you save money, time, and energy.

Please enjoy this short read and let us know your thoughts. One thing that caught my attention was that higher densities are arriving. In my career, this has been one of the most talked about and planned for issues, but seldom seems to materialize. Do you think we are there? Let us know.

We at DVL wish all of you a very happy holiday, and hopefully, with the Vertiv™ insight, we’ve helped your company prepare for a happy new year.

Take a peak at 2018's data center trends.

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, DVL Group held an awards ceremony to honor associates who have made outstanding contributions to the company in 2016. In addition, associates who have recently achieved milestone anniversaries with the company were recognized.

Congratulations to all of the award recipients, shown below!
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Eagle Award Recipient Tina Penn (center), with CEO Gary Hill and Sanja Motz, VP of Service Operations  This award is given to the sales person who delivers outstanding service.	Owner of the Year Award Recipient Helene Laurusevage and CEO Gary Hill This award is given to the associate who cares about the company and finds ways to make improvements that will benefit our ESOP.
	Customer Champion Award Recipient Rich McKinney was not able to attend in person because he was on a job site. Ray Fegley and Bob Gusciora presented the award to him via speakerphone. This award is given to the associate who has been identified by a DVL customer as an outstanding asset to their operations.
Core Values Award Recipient Jenniffer Pineda and CEO Gary Hill This award is given to the associate who best represents DVL’s Core Values of Caring, Collaboration, Creativity, Integrity, and Professionalism.
35 Years Lissa Wolf, pictured with CEO Gary Hill	30 Years John DeFlores pictured with CEO Gary Hill (Not pictured: Joe Everman)
20 Years (L-R) Joe Bedics, Gary Hill, Gary Halliwell, and Rick Stahmer	15 Years (L-R) John Yacina, CEO Gary Hill, and Kevin Bender
10 Years (L-R) Kerry Shepherd, Sean Delaney, CEO Gary Hill, Bill Highlands, and Jim Boyle. Not pictured: Rich McKinney, Buddy Nestor, Annie Samuel	5 Years (L-R) Nick Babiak, Sean Murphy, Leigh Ann Kearney, CEO Gary Hill, Clayton Mitstifer, and Jill Kennedy. Not pictured: Deanne Krisch.

First U.S.-based company to achieve certification of data center cooling systems

Columbus, Ohio – (January 18, 2017) – Vertiv™, formerly Emerson Network Power,  announced their Liebert^®cooling products have earned the trusted AHRI Certified^® mark through the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute’s (AHRI) Datacom certification program, an assurance to customers of the products’ efficiency and capacity performance.

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Data center solutions company lauds new CEO and Executives

Bristol, Pa. – (Jan. 12, 2017) – As of the first of the year, DVL Group, an employee-owned data center solutions company, appointed Gary Hill as its new CEO. Mr. Hill, who has been with the company for over 20 years, is the company’s fourth CEO since its founding in 1985. He most recently served as President of Data Center Solutions prior to succeeding former CEO Michael Beck.

Simultaneously, Mr. Beck transitioned from the role of CEO to Chief Marketing Officer. In this newly formed position, he will focus on his passion of marketing, as his 33 years of experience in the industry will serve as a major asset to his efforts. A main goal of his is to work with Marketing Specialist, Jodi Holland, to communicate to the marketplace how DVL can solve their IT challenges and to empower employee-owners to expertly serve customers...

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