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2009年12月16日星期三

Kontron AG - Kontron Concept Box: Embedded Box PCs in altered sizes and adjustable configurations

“Form follows function” abstraction reduces development accomplishment and time to-marketStore this angel in big sizeEching, Germany, December 03, 2008 – With the Kontron Concept Box, Kontron presents a new alternation of fanless bunched Embedded Box PCs that appear in altered concrete sizes and can be flexibly configured according to alone anatomic requirements. This decidedly reduces the time-to-market for bunched Box PCs with customer-specific configurations.

Starting from the aboriginal ambit of 40 x 200 x 200 mm (H x W x D), OEMs can use the “form follows function” assumption to configure their alone Embedded Box PCs with account to size, arrangement apparatus and affection set in adjustment to accommodated their application-specific requirements. From the outset, the adjustable accumulation and interface abstraction accept been advised to accommodated the altered agreement requirements of complete OEM solutions. This decidedly reduces antecedent development costs. In addition, OEMs accomplish faster time-to-market acknowledgment to “5-5-5” service: A arrangement simulation is accessible aural 5 canicule and the aboriginal absolutely activity ancestor 5 weeks afterwards the acknowledged simulation. Series assembly begins 5 weeks afterwards ancestor approval. Box PCs are acclimated in the automation, POS/POI, medical, security, busline and gaming sectors.

“With the Kontron Concept Box OEMs accept a custom-built Box PC belvedere for their alone applications that has the adaptability of a custom architecture and the time-to-market of a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf solution”, explains Norbert Hauser, Vice President Marketing at Kontron. “Kontron thereby extends its alternation of COTS Box PCs with an added affiliate that now offers scalability in agreement of its concrete dimensions. This minimizes the aggregate of customization accomplishment for baby Box PCs. After the acknowledged addition of this band-aid with mini-ITX motherboards, we are analytic advanced to extending this abstraction to added anatomy factors.”

The Kontron Concept Box gets its top akin of adaptability from the modular apartment concept. This abstraction is based on accepted apartment profiles that appear in altered lengths and widths as required. Standard profiles are aswell acclimated on the foreground console with alone openings for committed I/Os as able-bodied as at the rear. The adjustable architecture is a ample advantage if it comes to custom accumulation in OEM accessories and implementing appliance specific interfaces.

Expansion cards can be positioned absolutely area they are needed: in the amplification slots, or adulate with the use of raiser adapters or by agency of anchored cables next to, in foreground of, abaft or beneath the motherboard. This can be implemented with accepted PCI and PCI Express amplification cards or with any added PCI or PCI Express accordant amplification card. A simple Concept Box, for example, can be implemented with a motherboard and Slim Raid harder drive that are positioned either next to anniversary added (flat and wide), one abaft the added (flat and deep) or one aloft the added (narrow and high). The appearance of the arrangement is thereby bent by the requirements of the OEM accessory or accession environment. Following the harder drive example, the accepted interface block of the mini-ITX motherboard can be positioned to the right, left, aloft or below. Placing the interface block below is alone accessible if the processor cooling arrangement permits alteration cooling from below.

The best of Kontron mini-ITX motherboard and processor determines which base adaptation of the Kontron Concept Box is used. Customers accept a advanced best alignment from the Intel Atom Z5xx processors, Intel Core2 Duo processors and AMD processors. All of the Kontron Concept Boxes are fanless for reliable operation in temperatures alignment from 0 to 50 °C. The best Thermal Design Power for the motherboard is 35 watts and the arrangement is advised to accomplish with a best ability appeal of 70 watts. Power accumulation is via DC-IN.

The Kontron Concept Box is accessible as a tailor-made, activated and, if required, certified solution. Each alone arrangement is congenital into Kontron’s artefact portfolio to accord it the aforementioned abiding availability administration as a consecutive product. Kontron takes affliction of the absolute production, from the motherboard to bearing the complete Box PC arrangement according to customer-specific accumulation sizes.
More advice about the Kontron Concept Box:
www.kontron.com/products/systems+and+platforms/embedded+b...

About Kontron
Kontron designs and articles standard-based and custom anchored and communications solutions for OEMs, systems integrators, and appliance providers in a array of markets. Kontron engineering and accomplishment facilities, amid throughout Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, plan calm with automated all-around sales and abutment casework to advice barter abate their time-to-market and accretion a aggressive advantage. Kontron’s assorted artefact portfolio includes: boards and mezzanines, Computer-on-Modules, HMIs and displays, systems, and custom capabilities. Kontron is a Premier affiliate of the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance. The aggregation is a contempo three-time VDC Platinum bell-ringer for Embedded Computer Boards. Kontron is listed on the German TecDAX banal barter beneath the attribute "KBC". For added information, amuse visit: www.kontron.com

Kontron AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Strasse 1
85386 Eching/Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 (8165) 77-777
Fax: +49 (8165) 77-279
www.kontron.com
sales@kontron.com

Roaring Penguin Software - CanIt-Domain-PRO plugs the holes and helps ICT ConcepT accumulate the spam out

ICT ConcepT is a hosting solutions provider based in the Netherlands. For the accomplished 15 years they accept specialized in web hosting and arrangement administration for added than 700 small- to medium-sized businesses. ICT ConcepT is focused in the legal, banking and biking fields including lawyers, bailiffs, agent offices, biking agencies and bout operators in the Netherlands. This focus allows the experts at ICT ConcepT to actualize solutions specific to their audience and the industries they represent.

ICT ConcepT's Technical Director, Richard Huveneers explains the catalyst to change from their antecedent anti-spam solution. “We acclimated addition product, and it was a band-aid provided anon from them to our clients. Over time, delays in email accumulation become added common and best lasting... it was time to try something new.” Recognizing that, as able-bodied as accepting ineffective, the accepted band-aid was aswell added hands-off than they preferred, Huveneers and his aggregation began researching alternatives. Explains Huveneers, “Since we are Linux-based, Roaring Penguin's CanIt-Domain-PRO was a accustomed fit.”

Hands On + More User Control = Better Results

At aboriginal some barter were borderline about a new product, but the aggregation at ICT ConcepT begin that it was simple to run CanIt-Domain-PRO with their own products, authoritative their barter added adequate in the process. Huveneers continues, “Although it costs us added time upfront to drift humans to Roaring Penguin's product, it saves us abounding assets and hours in the continued term.”

With CanIt-Domain-PRO, ICT ConcepT has been able to download abundant of the responsibilities associated with spam blockage to their customers. Each business is able to accept what it wants and block what it doesn't. Huveneers explains, “What you or I ability accede spam, a Travel Agency or law close may accede accepted email.” ICT ConcepT is now able to accept some all-around anti-spam policies, while absolution their alone audience be the agent of their own “realms". As with CanIt-PRO, the end user still gets ascendancy over their specific spam settings as well.

Excellent Support

ICT ConcepT runs CanIt-Domain-PRO on HPDL360 boxes active Linux. Currently 70% of email that is accustomed is spam. As the accomplishing of CanIt-Domain-PRO continues, the humans at ICT ConcepT are actual impressed. “With our antecedent provider, as the emails slowed down so did the service” says Huveneers, “but with Roaring Penguin the abutment has been above by far.” Add to these aglow words the actuality that ICT is now able to plan with CanIt-Domain-PRO as an “in-house” band-aid and it seems that they'll be auspiciously breach the sea of spam from their clients' servers for a continued time to come.

About Roaring Penguin
Founded in 1999, Roaring Penguin Software Inc., specializes in e-mail filtering. The aggregation focuses on angry spam at the mail server, with the acclaimed CanIt and MIMEDefang artefact lines. Today, Roaring Penguin develops its spam- and virus-fighting articles for barter that cover enterprises, ISPs, campuses, web hosts and government offices. For added information, appointment www.roaringpenguin.com.

Roaring Penguin Software Inc.
17 Grenfell Cres., Suite 209C
Ottawa, ON K2G 0G3
Canada

Bill White, VP Sales & Marketing
info@roaringpenguin.com

FSI (FM Solutions) Limited - Concept Evolution absolutely web-enabled CAFM software from FSI, Microsoft Gold partners

Store this angel in big sizeConcept Evolution from FSI (FM Solutions) Limited, Microsoft Gold partners, is a absolutely web-enabled Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) band-aid and the next bearing of FSI’s Concept Facilities Management (FM) software range.

Concept Evolution merges able functionality with adult technology to extend accessories administration above borders, and optimise action efficiency, accuracy, and abundance throughout the lifecycle.

With Concept Evolution, FSI has added the client-server adaptation of the accepted Concept range, application key features, functionality, and crucially compatibility; whilst amalgam them aural a highly-scalable, web-based belvedere accouterment a amount able adjustment of deployment.

Easily accessed through a accepted web browser, Concept Evolution offers an acutely powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use software belvedere that leverages the web to accommodate a single, chip appearance of accessories and aliment activities. By centralising abstracts and processes throughout the ability administration lifecycle, Concept Evolution provides a secure, seamless breeze of advice above locations, divisions, operations, people, and projects.

Concept Evolution makes analytical operational abstracts accessible on-demand to users in any location. It offers a single, holistic appearance of all accessories and aliment activities, and can calmly clue every location, asset, and person; analyse the processes, costs, and efforts appropriate for optimal operations; and accept the appulse of acquisitions, utilisation, maintenance, improvements, account provision, and expenditures.

Whether an organisation needs to administer a individual facility, all-around acreage portfolio, or focus on a atypical aspect of accessories operations, Concept Evolution allows them to break on time and on budget, active cogent amount accumulation that construe to abiding profitability.

The Concept Evolution facts:

Fully web-enabled CAFM Software
Accessible anywhere via a individual web browser
Extremely powerful, adjustable and easy-to-use
Single, chip appearance of Facilities Management and Maintenance Management activities
Integration with accepted business applications for complete ascendancy of Facilities Management and Maintenance Management functions
Built application the latest Microsoft® .NET technology
Owned and developed by FSI

FSI, Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, advance the multi award-winning Concept ambit of Facilities Management software. The amount includes Helpdesk, administration of Hard and Soft casework accumulation and Asset Management including alternate maintenance. FSI aswell accommodate an all-encompassing ambit of modules, a ambit of able services, training, development and a committed abutment department.

FSI (FM Solutions) Limited
Exchange House
180-182 St. Mary's Lane
Upminster
Essex RM14 3BT
ENGLAND

General email: info@fsifm.com
Press enquiries to: sally.wotton@fsifm.com