In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric's Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit,[1] which recorded 2007 revenue of US$3.5 billion (EUR 2.4 billion) and employed 12,000 people worldwide.

[2] When government funding for their research ended, APC shifted its focus to power protection by introducing its first UPS in 1984.

APC Smart-UPS is a line of smaller units intended for home and office use, available as floor-standing and rackmount versions.

It facilitates unattended shutdown of servers and workstations during extended power outages and provides monitoring and logging of UPS status.

PowerChute Business Edition requires servers to be connected via serial port or USB to the monitored Smart-UPS equipment.