About Us

Universal Networking Services is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida with regional offices in Denver, Colorado, Houston, Texas and Lafayette, Indiana. UNS and its partners bring true value to the client by combining all core data center infrastructure into a single point of contact. UNS completes the entire lifecycle of the data center by putting the end user in direct contact with the manufacturer of critical components, thereby saving time and money during deployment. Our model leverages the pricing on each component to ensure that your are getting the most out of your capital investment.

Universal Networking Services is critical facilities. Our vision incorporates a "Single Solution Provider" in the data center market that specifically targets the small to medium enterprises. UNS brings significant value to the customer by viewing the IT and facility as a single entity. This approach allows us to bring highly reliable, cost effective solutions to your organization. The UNS approach reduces acquisition costs, enables faster deployment and brings the best of each component of the data center and make it available to the customer at competitive prices. Our partnerships with the World's Leading Manufacturers of critical components ensures that your organization gets a reliable, cost-effective, right-sized solution.

Mission Statement

UNS serves it clients with the loyalty of a business partner and the economics of an outside vendor. We are dedicated to providing reliable, adaptable, scalable and cost-effective solutions for your wiring closets, server rooms and data centers. As each project brings new challenges, UNS promises to offer technological solutions that meet productivity, efficiency and reliability goals of each client. UNS strives to design, build, implement and service the world's lowest total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) facilities. We are committed to understanding our clients challenges and provide the tools needed to operate their businesses with reliability and maximum efficiency.

Executive Team:

Andrea Berg, Chief Executive Officer
Kurt Ave, Chief Operating Officer
Waite Ave, Vice President of Operations

 

Industry Organizations


The Leading Association for Data Center Professionals

AFCOM

AFCOM is the only association dedicated to providing data center management professionals with information and resources that pertain to their daily life in the data center. Since 1980, AFCOM has helped thousands of data center managers work more efficiently.

AFCOM is the only association dedicated to providing education and resources for data center managers. Our mission is to enable data center management professionals to share industry best practices by providing a forum for dissemination of critical information; to provide education on key data center management issues; to provide the industryʼs most comprehensive insight and analysis in key areas affecting all data-intensive organizations; and to be the most comprehensive and effective resource available to the overall data center community.

AFCOM is one of the most respected authorities in the data center industry. IT and mainstream media regularly consult AFCOM for analysis on technology and trends. Some of these publications include Computerworld, eWeek, InformationWeek and The Wall Street Journal.

 

CSIA

CSIA is the state’s largest and most influential technology association. Since its beginning in 1994, CSIA has provided hundreds of programs, workshops and major events to create connections and portals for information. CSIA also provides leadership for key issues in the industry. Through the work of more than 100 key volunteers, board members and staff, CSIA also serves as an industry advocate for C-Level connections, legislative/regulatory leadership, and local influencers including news media, government leaders and other industry leaders.

CSIA represents more than 5,000 software companies, nearly 1,000 hardware/storage and related technology companies, and 175,000 IT workers throughout the state. We get technology leaders across the state involved in the trends and issues of the industry.

 

ASHRAE

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 51,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.

 

The Ultimate On-Demand Data Centre LinkedIn Group: Owners/Moderators

To offer group members educational material and promote discussions on containerised datacentres including their deployment, operational effectiveness, cost benefits and applications

Data Center Critical Power and Cooling LinkedIn Group: Owners/Moderators

Open forum to discuss the following topics relating to data center "best practices". Key areas:

  • Power
  • Cooling
  • Racks
  • Security
  • Management
  • Fire Suppression
  • Personnel

Submit your questions or comments on issues that affect your data center and have them answered by our Critical Facility Specialist. We provide valuable insight to common problems that often plague modern data centers.

Data Center Industry: Industry Member

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Mission: To create a quality resource to help you find the right solutions for your data center.

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