February 3, 2012
The innovative engineers at Aprel have announced that the popular EM-ISight EMI scanning system is now upgradeable to 20GHz, utilizing a single probe solution. The specifics of the upgrade involve upgrading the system software, additional probe calibrations and a new micro Stripline for self calibrating and verifying the system. This upgrade makes Aprel the only [...]
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August 30, 2011
APREL has been overwhelmed by the recent surge in orders received and are on target to have one of the best Q3 results in their 30 year history. Orders have been received from the US, India, China and Taiwan for the EM-ISight and MiNi-HAC automated test systems. This shows that the recent financial troubles have [...]
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May 6, 2011
To those in the optical fiber industry, what a fusion splicer is may be obvious, but for those that aren’t, we will attempt to answer this question for you. Fusion Splicers Defined In its simplest terms, a fusion splicer is a special piece of test equipment that is used to join the ends of two [...]
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October 27, 2010
We have been debating internally whether to move towards a hardware-based WAN optimization solution or shift towards software-based WAN optimization. The financial considerations of a lower total cost of ownership with software-based solutions pulls a lot of weight. In addition, the virtual appliances also leverage the scalability, flexibility and manageability of the virtualization system that [...]
October 25, 2010
Recently one of our broadcasting clients was configuring a couple video routers. So we stayed longer than planned to watch and learn a few technical things about 3GHz modern routing systems. Routing signals in television facilities at one time supported only one or two formats and a couple of audio channels. With all the new formats and the need to [...]
We had a cooling situation this past summer, which we thought we were prepared. Our computer room AC unit had some mechanical issues which required significant downtime in the middle of a heat wave. We rolled in a small portable backup AC unit and got some floor fans in place around the equipment racks. All efforts were inadequate [...]
October 21, 2010
Any empty rack spaces should be filled with blank panels. Any open space in the front of the rack will allow the colder air in front to mix with the hot air inside or behind the rack. Keeping the front of your racks sealed helps contain and control the flow of air. See diagram: Rack Cooling [...]
October 19, 2010
We’ve been debating a SAN or NAS technology enhancement for our network storage. We think it’ll come down to costs in the end. NAS: Any machine that is connected to the LAN can use NFS or CIFS protocols to share files in NAS. Since storage devices are directly connected to the LAN it increases congestion [...]
July 1, 2009
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private networks (VPN) provide secure remote access to an organization’s resources. A VPN is a virtual network, built on top of existing physical networks, that can provide a secure communications mechanism for data and other information transmitted between two endpoints. Because a VPN can be used over existing networks such [...]
June 25, 2009
A successful SSL VPN deployment can be achieved by following a clear, step-by-step planning and implementation process. The use of a phased approach can minimize unforeseen issues and identify potential pitfalls early in the process. The 5 phases of the recommended approach are as follows: 1. Identify Requirements. Identify the requirements for remote access and [...]
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