System and method for managing uninterruptible power supply systems

An uninterruptible power supply manager for managing a plurality of uninterruptible power supply systems coupled to a computer network, the uninterruptible power supply manager comprising:

• a communication port for communicating over the computer network with the uninterruptible power supply systems and a plurality of user computers;
• a storage medium that stores at least one of inventory information and status information for each of the uninterruptible power supply systems;
• a processor coupled to the storage medium and the communication port and configured to obtain the at least one of inventory information and status information from each uninterruptible power supply system over the computer network via the communication port and to send at least a subset of the inventory information and status information toward at least one user computer, coupled to the computer network, via the communication port;
• and
• an engine coupled to the storage medium and configured to aggregate the at least one of the inventory information and status information of the uninterruptible power supply systems;
• wherein the processor is configured to send at least a subset of the aggregated information toward the at least one computer.