Industries
Demand grows for UK’s hybrid tech sectors
Job roles within tech increased by 40% in the first third of the year thanks to a surge in-demand within the ‘hybrid tech sector’ – namely fintech, edtech, healthtech, and agritech – according to global recruiter Robert Walters.
ID key-operated switches replace passwords in HMI
Human-Machine-Interfaces (HMIs) are dashboards that act as an interface between a user and a machine or device. They are designed to present information in a graphical format about the status of a process to an operator. HMIs can be password protected to only give authorisation and access to operators with the correct security clearance. However, a growing and recurring problem has been the loss or misplacement of these critical passwords, c...
Full Spectrum LEDs outperform standard lighting
It has been announced that Full Spectrum LED products outperform conventional solutions, according to a study into the visual impact and perceptual performance of LED lighting by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) in Stuttgart, Germany.
COVID-19 exposes weak link in video conferencing tools
Business tool Zoom has seen a 20-fold increase in users recently, as COVID-19 forces millions to work from home. However, reported problems with privacy and security have sparked concern about using video conferencing tools amongst governments and businesses worldwide.
Electric vans: the time is now
The driving force for electrification in light commercial vehicle sector is increasingly the economics. Whilst environmental and public health concerns have been the main motivation for the electrification of on-road vehicles, in the LCV sector, businesses are recognising that electrification of their commercial fleet is also likely to save them money.
LoRaWAN network in Kenya to help bring running water
Partnering to use LoRaWAN to deliver running water to homes in developing countries, Kerlink and CityTaps have installed a pilot project to help Kenyans receive, monitor and pay for water use.
Distributed FeedBack laser diodes for quantum application
LASER COMPONENTS has been supplying narrow bandwidth Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser diodes, FeedBack laser diodes and Single Angel Facet (SAF) gain chips for several years thanks to our manufacturing partner from Texas, US called PHOTODIGM.
Partnership for mmWave connectivity in Northern Europe
Exertis Hammer and Siklu have announced a distribution agreement for mmWave connectivity that will greatly expand Siklu’s reach to wireless connectivity resellers, datacentres, integrators, service providers and OEMs in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Benelux and Scandinavia.
Compressor upgrade saves 60 tonnes of CO2 a year
Midas Pattern Company is a precision polyurethane moulding manufacturer who took a compressor system audit from an Atlas Copco distributor as part of its green initiative project, leading to an equipment upgrade. Not only did this move achieve substantial energy savings but, at the same time, the company's carbon footprint was reduced by some 60 tonnes per annum.
Partnership to bolster DevOps security
One Identity has announced a partnership with HashiCorp. With the integration of One Identity’s privileged access management (PAM) Safeguard for Privileged Sessions, HashiCorp Vault users can now securely manage, monitor, record, and audit privileged and administrative access to their vaulted tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys and other secrets used in DevOps workflows.