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Don’t risk deadly delays with your data

There is no doubt that industrial applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) have emerged as some of the most compelling use cases for the technology. The latest estimates place the number of connected devices anywhere between 20 billion and 50 billion by 2020, (more…)

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March 21, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Microsemi expands market opportunities for cloud data centres with announcement of Adaptec Smart Storage compatibility with AMD EPYC processor

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced interoperability between its 12 gigabits per second (Gbps) SAS/SATA host bus adapters (HBAs) and redundant array of independent disk (RAID) adapters, including the Microsemi Adaptec HBA 1100, (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Italy’s national research council CNR and Italtel enter ICT framework agreement

A new framework agreement to promote research, knowledge exchange and innovation within the Information and Communication Technologies sector has been signed by Italtel and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy’s national research council. (more…)

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March 20, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Edge computing adds virtualisation and hyperconvergence: Part 1

Data is created at the edge and bringing processing power close to the source generates real-time information on which informed decisions and actions can be taken at the local level. This development — edge computing — has been driven by cost and time. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Patent for simplified, integrated electronic locking on intelligent PDUs awarded to Chatsworth Products

Chatsworth Products (CPI) was recently awarded a patent for a cost-effective, simplified electronic access control (EAC) product for data centre cabinets. This new technology combines access control, intelligent power management and environmental monitoring into a single, integrated platform—highlighting the company’s pioneering expertise in power products and solutions for the data centre.

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Microsemi enhances Switchtec PCIe switch for fabric connectivity and composability of multi-host GPU and NVMe SSD systems

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced enhancements to its Switchtec PCIe advanced Fabric Switch (PAX), which now provides high-performance fabric connectivity and composability for multi-host graphics processing unit (GPU) (more…)

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March 16, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Wireless Logic Group acquires Mdex AG, expects 2018/’19 group revenue contribution of €8m

Wireless Logic, Europe’s IoT connectivity platform provider announced the acquisition of Mdex AGthe leading German M2M and IoT service and solution provider for encrypted data communications via mobile networks, DSL and satellite. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

QualiTest releases advanced IoT testing solution

QualiTest Group, the pure play QA and independent software testing company, announced the launch of a comprehensive testing solution dedicated to IoT. The offering was developed over the course of testing thousands of IoT projects involving both hardware and software, and across diverse software ecosystems. (more…)

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Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Upgraded Raspberry Pi has a more powerful CPU, offers faster Ethernet and dual-band wireless networking

Farnell element14 has announced the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, the fastest and most powerful version yet, enhancing the already successful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Built on a new quad-core Broadcom BCM2837 64-bit application processor running at 1.4GHz, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is over 15% faster than the Raspberry Pi 3 (more…)

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March 15, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde

Cree acquires Infineon RF Power Business for €345m

Cree, Inc. has acquired assets of Infineon Technologies AG Radio Frequency (RF) Power Business for approximately €345 million. The transaction expands the Cree Wolfspeed business unit’s wireless market opportunity. (more…)

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March 14, 2018

Posted by: Zenobia Hegde