ESIS Blog
The True Cost of Hardware Failure at Remote Sites
When an industrial PC fails in an urban factory, someone just walks across the floor and deals with it. When one fails at a remote substation, pumping station or mine site, hours from the nearest city, the recovery process can cost many times the value of the...
Free 3-Year Warranty on TBOX Fanless and Panel PCs in June
ESIS is offering a free three-year warranty on all CyberVisuell TBOX fanless PCs and panel PCs this month.* The offer gives you an extra year on the standard two years included with every unit. Why the extra year matters CyberVisuell's standard two-year warranty is...
Why ‘Industrial Grade’ Matters when Specifying PCs
The label 'industrial grade' gets used a lot, usually very loosely, and it can be easy to dismiss it merely as marketing. But understanding what it actually means, and what it doesn't, is essential for anyone specifying hardware that needs to work reliably in...
Our Free Set-Up Call Offer Ends Soon – Don’t Miss Out!
A quick reminder that our free 30-minute technical set-up call with every order over $1,000 expires on May 31.* Most industrial PC problems we see could have been avoided with the right technical guidance at the installation stage. The wrong power supply, poor...
Serial, PCI, ISA and Parallel: What’s Still Available in 2026?
The PC is rarely the most expensive part of a system, but it's often the part that fails first, and the legacy interfaces it depends on are what make replacement difficult - and costly. Recently, a construction provider called us after the industrial PC controlling...
Free 30-Minute Technical Set-Up Call with Orders Over $1,000
Most industrial PC problems we see could have been avoided at the installation stage. Think the wrong power supply, poor mounting that restricts airflow, firmware not updated before deployment and software incorrectly configured for the environment. These are not...
How to Build a Spare Hardware Strategy Without Overspending
We get two very different types of calls when an industrial PC fails. The difference between these calls is whether someone thought about spares before the failure even occurred! The first type of call is a calm one. The customer has a spare on site, they have swapped...
Free CyberVisuell Keyboard Offer Ends April 30
A quick reminder that our offer of a free industrial silicone keyboard with every CyberVisuell panel PC runs out at the end of this month. That's just over a week away! Order any CyberVisuell PPC from ESIS before 30 April 2026, and quote the code CV-FREEKEYB to...
Why Different Rules Apply for Industrial PCs in Utilities
The rules for specifying industrial PCs in water, gas and power plants are fundamentally different from a factory floor, and it's vital to take a range of factors into account for these environments. A few years ago, we supplied a fleet of industrial servers to...