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OxBlue Corporation Announces Jobsite Security Solutions


OxBlue, the leader in professional construction camera services, has announced an expansion of its project management solutions into the job site security space. The new security capabilities include video recording and motion detection alerts on all new Sapphire camera systems as part of OxBlue’s security solutions initiative.

OxBlue provides both high resolution and pan-tilt-zoom video camera solutions for project management, as well as always-on video recording and motion detection alerts to help prevent job site trespassing and theft. The application sends instant alerts to any computer or mobile device, ensuring that OxBlue clients will always know what’s happening on a project, no matter the hour.

“With the new job site security features on our Sapphire camera line, our clients have both a project management and security solution in one camera, cutting expenses by eliminating redundant systems and making each project that much easier to manage,” said Chandler McCormack, CEO of OxBlue.

All Sapphire Series cameras come with a minimum of 128GB of storage, providing live video recording for up to 30 days with the option to upgrade for additional storage.

To learn more about OxBlue’s security solutions, visit oxblue.com.

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About OxBlue

OxBlue is the leading professional construction camera service provider, serving clients globally since 2001. OxBlue’s high-resolution images, high-definition time-lapse videos, and intuitive technologies connect everyone to the job site, as well as make it easy to monitor, document, market and secure your project. OxBlue emphasizes client services and continuous improvement, as well as holds multiple awards for technology, innovation, and workplace culture.

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Newline Launches a New Device to Assist Teachers


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Newline Interactive is pleased to announce a new product powered by Google to provide more innovation and options for teachers in classrooms across the country.

The Newline Chromebox A10 connects educators to everything great about the Google ecosystem through their Newline interactive touch display. With Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Classroom, Google Drive, and the Google Chrome browser already installed, the Newline Chromebox lets you do everything you can do on a Chromebook, but on a large 4K ultra-high definition touch screen.

Google and Newline bring together innovative educational technology with the Google Play Store, providing thousands of apps for educators to customize their teaching experience.

“Newline is excited to partner with Google to provide access to more options for teachers in Google-focused school districts. The Newline Chromebox A10 combines the power of an expansive company like Google and the intuitive design of Newline’s touch displays to help educators everywhere,” stated Ty Hall, Vice President of Sales for Newline Interactive. “Google‘s ecosystem has transformed school infrastructures, and we are glad to be a part of a team making an impact on student learning.”

As more school districts turn to the power of Google for their classrooms, the Newline Chromebox A10 gives educators quick access to everything they love about the Google ecosystem in an easy to connect device.

More about Newline Interactive

Founded in 2012, Newline Interactive provides exceptional experiences to corporations, universities, government agencies, healthcare and schools with their multi-touch interactive panels, accessories and software. The continual innovation and product development Newline practices results in the company’s reputation as a world-class organization without exception. Find out more at http://www.newline-interactive.com.

More about Google Inc.

Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. wannabes Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com.

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CHASM Launches Strategic Business Unit and Appoints Vice President


CHASM Launches Strategic Business Unit and Appoints Vice President

CHASM Launches Strategic Business Unit and Appoints Vice President

“Daniel is a highly regarded electronics industry executive and an exceptional addition to the CHASM management team,” said David J. Arthur, CEO of CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc.

CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc, inventor of AgeNT™ – the leading ITO alternative for transparent printed electronics – announced today the formation of a business unit dedicated to the company’s printed electronics offerings and the appointment of Daniel Skiba as vice president to lead the organization. As part of the company’s expanded executive management team, Skiba will report to CHASM’s co-founder and CEO, David J. Arthur.

With more than 30 years of industrial experience including the inception and growth of printed electronics, Dan brings to the company expertise as a developer and manufacturer of user interface systems, wearable devices and flexible printed circuit assemblies. His diverse capabilities from product development and management to engineering and supply chain management will be instrumental as he is charged with scaling the new business unit to meet unprecedented market demand.

“Daniel is a highly regarded electronics industry executive and an exceptional addition to the CHASM management team,” said David J. Arthur, CEO of CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc. “Every day, more and more customers find that the unique capabilities of CNT Hybrids help innovate new products they previously thought were impossible. Transparent antennas that perform equal or better than solid, opaque conductors or transparent heaters that don’t interfere with automotive optical camera safety systems give their engineers a competitive edge to push the bounds in their product lines. Dan’s proven ability for helping customers realize a path to new innovations will help CHASM broaden our customer base.”

Prior to joining CHASM, Skiba served as CEO of GOT Interface, a developer and manufacturer of user interface systems, wearable devices and flexible printed circuit assemblies, and one of the founding members of CHASM’s Preferred Integration Partner (PIP) program. He has also worked in various Engineering and Engineering Management roles at KRONOS, Inc., Remanco Systems and Emulogic.

“Working with CHASM previously as a partner on several highly innovative products, I learned firsthand about the unique capabilities of the company’s advanced materials and how they could overcome many of the design challenges engineers face while integrating electronic controls seamlessly into their innovative, new product lines,” said Daniel Skiba, Vice President for Printed Electronics, CHASM. “High performance materials such as AgeNT or Signis can provide the spark of innovation – the epiphany moment – where customers realize their new product is not only feasible, but possible and manufacturable at scale. With the momentum continually building, this is an exciting time to be at CHASM.”

Skiba holds a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.

About CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc.

CHASM Advanced Materials is revolutionizing design and fabrication of printed electronics and energy storage devices through exclusive development and manufacture of CNT hybrid transparent conductive films and CNT hybrid electrode materials. The company’s line of AgeNT™ transparent conductive CNT Hybrid films is flexible and formable with low pattering costs and low sheet resistance at high transparency while Signis™ transparent conductive CNT inks balance value, printing consistency, simplicity of patterning and environmental stability without introducing a color cast on a variety of plastic substrates. Leading companies across multiple industries have successfully launched next generation innovations using transparent circuits, heaters, antennas, and films as well as advanced CNT inks and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) only available from CHASM. For more information on joining CHASM’s Preferred Integration Partner program – an exclusive network of “go-to companies” in the printed electronics industry, click here, contact sales@chasmtek.com or call +1.781.821.0443.

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Vesper World’s First Adaptive ZeroPower Listening™ Enabling “Hands Free” in Smart Home Devices


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This technology will power a new class of products such as always-listening far field TV remotes, always-listening smartwatches, home security cameras and doorbells with extended battery life and many other systems

Vesper, Global MEMS supplier of the most advanced piezoelectric sensors, today introduced VM3011, the first intelligent digital microphone with Adaptive ZeroPower Listening™, a disruptive power saving architecture that enables a 10 x extension of battery standby life with best-in-class acoustic performance. The VM3011 further extends Vesper’s technology leadership in the low-power always-listening device market.

The VM3011 expands the successful family of products based on Vesper’s patented piezoelectric MEMS transducer technology which leads the industry for quality and performance. The Adaptive ZeroPower Listening™ technology will automatically learn the acoustic characteristics of the environment in real-time, allowing the system to ignore background noise and only wake in response to keywords or other desired acoustic triggers. This allows the system to hibernate over 90% of the time and extend battery life >10x.

“Existing always-listening systems run continuously and must be plugged into an electrical outlet. The VM3011 creates a new paradigm where these sytems can now run for months or years on battery power,” said Matt Crowley, CEO of Vesper. “This technology will power a new class of products such as always-listening far field TV remotes, always-listening smartwatches, home security cameras and doorbells with extended battery life and many other systems. Vesper has already engaged with lead customers who plan to roll out products with the VM3011 later this year.”

Target applications for the VM3011 include IoT products, portable smart speakers, smartwatches, far field remote controls, security cameras, glassbreak sensors, automotive, medical devices and other battery powered systems.

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Environmental Robustness: The VM3011 has native IP57 rating for operation in environmentally robust applications. The microphone does not require any external protective mesh. This translates to saving device manufacturers’ costs, but also increases the acoustic performance of the end application. Dust and water tests were performed according to the highest standards, and Vesper was the only microphone company to achieve a zero-failure rate after being fully submerged in water and subject to extensive dust/harsh environmental testing.

For More Information

The VM3011 has a small industry standard 3.76 mm X 2.95 mm X 1.3 mm package. It’s reflow solder compatible with no sensitivity degradation. The VM3011 will be available in volume production by Q4 2020. For more information, please email: info@vespermems.com.

About Vesper

Vesper’s
proprietary piezoelectric MEMS technology has created the most reliable and advanced MEMS microphones on the market. Vesper’s award-winning MEMS microphones are a major leap over the capacitive MEMS microphones that have dominated the market for over a decade. With Adaptive Zeropower Listening™ technology Vesper enabled devices have a 10 x extension of battery standby life with best in class acoustic performance. This new era of pervasive voice interfaces allows a natural interface with your digital devices such as Remote Control, TWS, Mobile Smartphone, Smart Watches, Portable Smart Speakers, Security Devices etc.

Vesper leads the industry with the lowest power consumption and highest acoustic performance.

For more information, visit http://www.vespermems.com, Twitter, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChmGRw06gWwitdcDfJ6AfgA, and the Vesper Blog.

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Silanna Semiconductor Expands Customer Sales Support Team and Appoints World-Class Customer Sales Advocate


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Silanna Semiconductor addresses the ultimate power management challenges with best-in-class power density and efficiency that delight customers with unprecedented BoM savings

Silanna Semiconductor, The Power Density Leader, today announced the appointment of Larry Wasylin as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Silanna Semiconductor addresses the ultimate power management challenges with best-in-class power density and efficiency that delight customers with unprecedented BoM savings.

“Silanna Semiconductor takes great pride in its best-in-class Sales, Marketing and Service organizations, which are focused on design-win driven success and collaborative customer relationships,” said Mark Drucker, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Silanna Semiconductor. “Larry is a proven senior-level executive with extensive customer-facing and cross-functional experience. He brings a valuable combination of sales and business insight to his new role, and is well-equipped to help us grow our business at a rate that outpaces the market.”

In his new position, Mr. Wasylin will be based in Taiwan to have close access to Silanna Semiconductor’s customer base throughout Asia. Larry will lead the company’s Sales, Distribution, Field Applications Engineering and Customer Applications Engineering team in the Philippines. All these functions directly support Silanna Semiconductor’s customers worldwide. Armed with a growing portfolio of power semiconductor solutions with best-in-class power efficiency and density, the company expects he and his teams to aggressively grow the business and expand market share. The company is also looking to Mr. Wasylin to increase the total value proposition of Silanna Semiconductor by leveraging the technical expertise of the company’s power design tools and Field Application Engineering (FAE) teams, and capitalizing on the expansion of the company’s progressive supply chain programs.

“I’m delighted to expand my role with Silanna Semiconductor. Being based in Taipei, Taiwan I feel I am perfectly situated to support our customer growth with the support of our Asian field and applications teams. During my time with Mobiverse I supported Silanna Semiconductor’s Asian sales teams, witnessing first-hand the Silanna Semiconductor global management team’s determination to solve the toughest power management challenges. Delivering both DC/DC and AC/DC solutions with the highest Power Density and Efficiency while simultaneously delivering the greatest value and reduced BoM costs,” said Mr. Wasylin. “The plan is to drive sales and design-win momentum upward by continuing to foster customer-focused design tools and sales support worldwide. Our customers’ success is, after all, our success. Being a member of the team with the goal of re-imaging power semiconductor allows us as a start-up the imagination to uniquely respond quicker and innovatively to our customers design challenges.”

Mr. Wasylin has more than 20 years of technology sales and sales management, marketing and business development experience in the semiconductor industry. As CEO, of Mobiverse, Larry has worked with various start-ups ramping up their business, by establishing world class sales, application and field engineering teams to win designs with tier one customers. He has also worked with various tier 1 customers throughout Asia as a strategic advisor to expand their various business lines. Previous, to Mobiverse, he served as Worldwide Vice President Sales and Marketing at Sandbridge Technologies where he was instrumental in growing their overall business until it was successfully acquired. In previous roles he served as Vice President Sales and Marketing of a venture funded start up Magnolia Broadband, Raytheon/TelASIC and Sound ID gaining extensive sales and marketing and business development experience throughout Europe and Asia.

About Silanna: Silanna Semiconductor: The Power Density Leader. Delivering on the ultimate Power Management challenge of best in class density and efficiency performance that delights customers with unprecedented BoM savings. Silanna Semiconductor’s DC/DC and AC/DC power converter ICs are driving key innovations in Travel Adapters, Laptop Adapters, Appliance Power, Smart Metering, Computing, Lighting, Industrial Power, and Display Power utilizing the latest digital and analog control and device technology. Silanna Semiconductor is headquartered in San Diego, CA, is a privately held semiconductor company, and has global facilities supporting design and customers with design centers and offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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Global Power Supply Announces Addition of Three Key Team Members to Support Expanded Critical Systems Sales and Engineering Support


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Excited to have three very talented and experienced individuals join the GPS team

Global Power Supply, LLC. (GPS) – https://www.globalpwr.com, a privately held leader in integrated power solutions, is pleased to announce that it has expanded our critical power systems sales and application engineering division by adding key senior level staff that exceed 85 years of power industry experience.

“I’m excited to have three very talented and experienced individuals join the GPS team. The combined 85 years of experience we are adding provides invaluable industry expertise and will allow us to provide even higher quality solutions than we already do for our customers at such a critical time in the business.” said Global Power Supply CEO, Trent Robbins.

John Kleba is GPS’s Senior Vice President of Sales Operation. He will be leading our expert power system sales team and increasing our direct sales performance and core competencies in power generation sales and service. John is an electrical engineer with 30 years of power industry experience with companies such as Square D, Exide Technologies, and FIAMM Technologies. From Salt Lake City, John’s successful career as a sales leader will help strength our team’s sales, rental and turnkey services.

Del Maccio has joined GPS as the Vice President of Business Development working from Orange County California. Del brings 20 years of experience in the Power Generation industry with a significant time in the power services business including in international markets. Del started his career in the service side of the business with Cummins at the dealer level in South Florida before moving to sales. From there he moved on to Generac at both the dealer and corporate levels developing five different markets and verticals, including California and Florida. Well known to the general and electrical contractors as well as engineering community across North American and the Caribbean, Del will be executing GPS’s plan to expand our presence in this key market space. GPS is looking forward to Del building on our key relationships with strategic partners.

Mark Michaelson, is joining GPS as our new Applications Engineer. An Ohio native and a US Air Force veteran (23 years), and working from North San Diego California, he has over 35 years experience as an applications engineer, manager and master generator technician for the likes of Cummins, Kohler, Generac and most recently MTU Onsite Energy (Rolls Royce). Mark was named the Technician of the Year for 2015 by the Electrical Generating Systems Association (EGSA).

John Kleba

Senior VP Sales Operations

Global Power Supply

Direct (805) 724-0672

john.kleba@globalpwr.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kleba/

Del Maccio

Vice President – Business Development

Direct (805) 724-0618

del.maccio@globalpwr.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/delmaccio/

Mark Michaelson

Applications Engineer

Direct (805) 724-0673

mmichaelson@globalpwr.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-michaelson-83638911/

About Global Power Supply

GPS is a leading provider of high quality backup and prime power systems for sale or rent including new and used diesel and natural gas generators, new and used UPS systems, and electrical switchgear. GPS designs custom solutions to meet your facilities critical infrastructure power system needs including turnkey installations, decommissioning, and asset recovery including project management and logistics in North America. GPS offers flexible financial options including leasing packages, start-ups, maintenance, trade-ins, purchasing of used or surplus assets and de-installation of infrastructure from data centers and other critical facilities.

For more information, visit the Global Power Supply website at https://www.globalpwr.com/full-service-power-provider/

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MeshTek Labs Solves COVID19 Digital Contact Tracing’s SPACE-TIME Limitations


The MeshTek Labs solution solves an important aspect of the problem of COVID19 airborne and fomite exposure detection and transmission.

Public restrooms, gathering spaces, airports, retail stores, restaurants, subways, busses, office buildings, hospitals, schools, universities are faced with the challenges of re-opening in a safe and secure manner after several months of state-mandated ON/OFF lockdowns. After 239 scientists worldwide wrote an open letter to the World Health Organization, both WHO and CDC finally acknowledged the possibilities of airborne transmission, expected to overwhelm manual contact tracing requirements.

The COVID19 virus can float in the air for up to three hours and remain on surfaces for days and, to a certain degree, spread that way. The current digital contact tracing solutions, including the Apple-Google platform, limits contact tracing to an exchange between two people in close contact AT THE SAME TIME by having them exchange the private keys at that time only, thereby, limiting tracing capabilities with respect to the airborne or fomite transmissions. In other words, if two people visit the same restroom a few minutes apart, their phones will not exchange keys as their visits in the same space are sometime apart, resulting in a SPACE-TIME Limitation.

Dallas-based MeshTek Labs has developed a hardware and software solution compatible with Apple-Google and Bluetooth based tracing applications that make it possible to track airborne and fomite infection spreads.

“As COVID19 viruses “surf” the air and a variety of surfaces in heavily used public spaces, digital contact tracing solutions can help track virus “outbreaks” in these spaces by simply installing MeshTek plug and play devices. The device does not need any configuration or any network, providing ultimate privacy protection and data security,” said Swapnil Bora CEO of MeshTek Labs. “We have partnered with various well-respected organizations including MIT based Path Check Foundation and we are working on various pilots.

“MeshTek’s device complements the PathCheck exposure notification and case management solution, addressing an important aspect of notifying people if they were exposed to infected spaces,” said Ramesh Raskar, an MIT professor and founder of the PathCheck Foundation.

For more information, watch the embedded demonstration video here: https://youtu.be/xhz8zWmsRkQ

The MeshTek Labs solution works with all Apple-Google exposure notification apps and relies on standard Bluetooth devices in the form of wall plugs, light bulbs, fixtures, occupancy sensors, etc. The MeshTek device can be either installed independently or the solution can be enabled in any third party BLE devices such as wall plugs, lights, and sensors. The solution enables any BLE device with built-in clock, dynamic range selection BLE from 5ft to 100ft with robust networking protocol, and edge computing.

“The MeshTek Labs solution solves an important aspect of the problem of COVID19 airborne and fomite exposure detection and transmission,” said Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, one of ABC’s “Sharks” on the hit show Shark Tank, “In addition, testing and exposure detection is the key to keeping workers, students, shoppers, and the general population safe and jumpstarting the economy.”

For more information on MeshTek Labs IoT Platform and the company’s revolutionary COVID19 Contact Tracing solution, and partnerships and pilots visit http://www.MeshTek.com or contact: Info@MeshTek.com.

About MeshTek Labs

MeshTek Labs, headquartered in Dallas TX, creates and builds sensors, smart lighting, devices, and a variety of other systems that operate on a proprietary Bluetooth® mesh networking platform with built-in Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing solutions for direct customers and OEMs. MeshTek is a unique IoT (“Internet of Things”) platform that uses Bluetooth Low Energy to form both broadcast and connection mesh networks along with optional BLE-WiFi-Ethernet-Cellular Gateway solutions, enabling efficient communication and control among networked devices. Featuring a series of extensible firmware, hardware, and software products, MeshTek can be custom-tailored to meet customer application and product requirements. Learn more at http://www.MeshTek.com

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10ZiG® and Zoom Come Together for Best Video and Best Audio Performance in Virtual Desktop Communication Solutions


10ZiG Technology’s cutting-edge endpoint hardware & software joins forces with Zoom’s unique architecture for optimized video and audio meeting solutions in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

With Zoom and 10ZiG together, video meetings, phone calls, chats, and webinar solutions are optimized to deliver the best possible experiences.

With over 15 years of experience in providing leading hardware and software for virtual desktop infrastructure and server-based computing environments, it is no wonder 10ZiG Technology is the perfect collaborator with Zoom Video Communications for best video and audio performance. Zoom, a leader in modern enterprise video communications, is an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems.

The “Dual-Advantage” combination of Zoom and 10ZiG is nothing short of some of the best there is to offer when it comes to enabling optimized methods of delivering communication during these ever-changing and challenging times.

The Advantage of Video-First Engineering is what drives Zoom’s unique architecture. Zoom can support increased video participation capacity without degradation in quality because they are the only service built from the ground-up for video. From the very beginning, Zoom was engineered to be cloud-native and optimized for video. Other approaches to date have attempted to add video to an aging, pre-existing conference call, screen sharing, or chat tools.

The Advantage of Sole-Focus Thin & Zero Client Technology is what drives 10ZiG’s Power, Speed, and Performance. Unlike others, 10ZiG’s only area of concentration is endpoint hardware and software for VDI. From their very beginning, 10ZiG was dedicated to endpoints for VDI, providing a wide range of devices with dual to quad screen support, 3D, CAD, 4K, Fiber, PoE, and more, along with The 10ZiG Manager™, their endpoint management software with Cloud capabilities.

Kevin Greenway, CTO of 10ZiG Technology, “We have seen a sharp increase in demand for Zoom for communications and thanks to the support for Zoom VDI with Citrix and VMware, we have been able to integrate Zoom endpoint plugins to our NOS 64 bit and Windows 10 IoT based endpoint platforms. This provides an optimized user experience, as well as dramatically improves scalability and reduces latency, all due to the fact that the 10ZiG endpoint is responsible for offloading all video and audio streams directly to Zoom’s cloud-based services. Workers, including home-based users, can collaborate using Zoom VDI via their secure, centrally managed 10ZiG endpoints. With Zoom and 10ZiG together, video meetings, phone calls, chats, and webinar solutions are optimized to deliver the best possible experiences.”

About 10ZiG

10ZiG Technology is a world-market leader in Thin & Zero Client endpoint devices for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. They provide leading Intel and AMD based Dual and Quad Core Thin & Zero Clients for VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft, etc., environments, in addition to the widest range of Teradici PCoIP Zero Clients on the market. Free, no-obligation demo devices, US & EMEA based Tech Support, and the free 10ZiG Manager™ software solution with Cloud capabilities and unlimited user licenses, gives them their cutting edge.

Contact Us

To learn more about cutting-edge VDI technology from 10ZiG, or to arrange for a free Thin or Zero Client demonstration device, please contact 10ZiG below.

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10ZiG Technology Inc.

23309 N. 17th Drive #100

Phoenix, AZ 85027, USA

P. +1 (866) 865-5250 | Email: info@10ZiG.com | Web: http://www.10ZiG.com

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10ZiG Technology Ltd.

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Leicester LE5 1TY, UK

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Industrial Internet Consortium Publishes Distributed Ledgers in IIoT White Paper


The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™) today announced the publication of the Distributed Ledgers in IIoT White Paper. The white paper is an overview of the use of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) in IoT and was written to help IIoT decision makers incorporate them in their environments. The white paper includes use cases, architectures and building blocks necessary for scalable industrial deployment.

A distributed ledger is a consensus of replicated, shared and synchronized data spread across multiple sites, countries or institutions. “DLTs are relevant to industrial IoT because they provide a safe, immutable distributed ledger that stores sensor data and allows information to be verified without relying on a third-party authority,” said Michael McBride, Sr. Director of Innovation & Technology Strategy, Futurewei and Co-chair of the IIC Distributed Ledger Task Group. “This reduces mistakes and fraud, particularly along the IIoT supply chain. Industrial companies are using DLTs successfully for everything from shipping-container tracking to vehicle identity and history to energy trading to farm-to-store tracking.”

Types of distributed ledger technologies include:

  • Blockchain – a historical record of transactions, much like a database, that can contain financial and non-financial transactions distributed across several systems in near-real-time over a peer-to-peer network
  • Directed acyclic graphs – directed acyclic graphs nodes that send transaction events to nodes that are participating in a transaction
  • Smart contract – a computer program that directly controls the transfer information between parties under certain conditions. The contract is stored on the distributed ledger and triggers a specific smart contract when a transaction occurs

While DLTs have great potential for disrupting and improving industry, ensuring scalability for industrial applications can be challenging. Several technologies are available to address scalability challenges, including:

  • Hardware-layer solutions – high-end machines used to accelerate blockchain operations
  • Data-layer solutions that boost transaction performance by increasing block size and reducing the intervals at which blocks are created
  • Network-layer solutions that optimize network bandwidth usage and increase connectivity among blockchain nodes to improve the transaction throughput
  • Consensus-layer solutions that enable greater scalability
  • Off-chain solutions that off-load transactions from the main blockchain to reduce network traffic

“Distributed ledgers are a nascent technology but they are already being used in IoT environments,” said Xinxin Fan, Founding Member and Head of Cryptography, IoTeX, and Co-chair of the IIC Distributed Ledger Task Group. “If companies use due diligence in testing, DLTs can be used for a competitive advantage.”

Use cases in select vertical industries described in the white paper include:

  • Mediledger Network – pharmaceuticals
  • Alibaba Food Traceability – transportation
  • Amazon Managed Blockchain and Quantum Ledger Database – infrastructure
  • Walmart Farm-to-Store – transportation
  • Dun & Bradstreet Business Identity – finance & banking    
  • Everledger Diamonds – mining & minerals
  • Wien Energie – energy & utilities
  • SkyCell Smart Containers – transportation & logistics
  • Maersk’s & IBM’s Global Trade Platform – transportation
  • Bosch & TÜV Odometer – transportation
  • Deloitte Supply Chain with Integrated IoT and ERP – automotive

The authors of the Distributed Ledgers in IIoT White Paper include: Michael McBride, Futurewei; Pieter van Schalkwyk, XMPro; Bassam Zarkout, IGnPower; Lei Zhang, iExec; Xinxin Fan, IoTeX, Alex Ferraro, PwC, and Anoop Nannra, Trusted IoT Alliance and Co-chair of the IIC Distributed Ledger Task Group. The white paper can be found on the IIC website here.

About Industrial Internet Consortium

The Industrial Internet Consortium is the world’s leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The IIC delivers a trustworthy IIoT in which the world’s systems and devices are securely connected and controlled to deliver transformational outcomes. The Industrial Internet Consortium is a program of the Object Management Group (OMG). For more information visit http://www.iiconsortium.org.

Note to editors: Industrial Internet Consortium is a registered trademark of OMG. For a listing of all OMG trademarks, visit https://www.omg.org/legal/tm_list.htm. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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TEGAM, Inc Announces Temperature Calibrators for SAE AMS2750F Pyrometry


945A Handheld Temperature Calibrator

945A Handheld Temperature Calibrator

One of the significant changes was the increased resolution of temperature instruments. It is now required that instruments measure to 0.1° of resolution throughout their entire range. This limits the choices as many digital thermometers only register 0.1° up to 999.9°.

TEGAM, Inc., the recent release of SAE AMS2750F Pyrometry has impacted the Metal Heat Treating Industry by requiring upgrades to their temperature measurement and calibration instruments. The TEGAM Model 945A meets the requirements in one convenient and portable instrument.

There are many changes in SAE AMS2750F of which you should be aware. It is a complete rewrite. One of the significant changes was the increased resolution of temperature instruments. It is now required that instruments measure to 0.1° of resolution throughout their entire range. This limits the choices as many digital thermometers only register 0.1° up to 999.9°. Many heat-treat processes operate above this temperature and the increased resolution is necessary to properly set and adjust ovens.

The 945A Thermocouple Calibrator is the ideal tool for heat treaters. It is a field-portable instrument that meets the accuracy and resolution requirements of a Secondary Standard Test Instrument. It serves both as a thermocouple simulator and a reference thermometer for 14 types of thermocouple and mV. You may calibrate control and recording devices as well as perform Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS) and System Accuracy Tests (SAT) with one instrument. Now you may service your entire operations with one 945A instead of maintaining multiple instruments. The 945A also has 10X the battery life of any portable calibrator and the simplest controls. You won’t be reaching for new batteries or the manual every time you use it.

In addition to the standard ISO17025 calibration report, the 945A also offers an optional AMS2750 calibration service with the required 6 calibration points per thermocouple. The customer specifies which thermocouples are calibrated.

For more information on the TEGAM Thermocouple Calibrators or to download a datasheet, visit TEGAM.com.

About TEGAM

Headquartered just east of Cleveland, Ohio, TEGAM, Inc. designs, manufactures and calibrates instrumentation that impacts your daily life in surprising ways. Our goal is to make your measurement task easier, faster and more accurate. We continuously invest in R&D of products and calibration techniques that allow you to make your critical measurements with unparalleled uncertainty. Our electrical measuring capabilities include temperature, RF power, and micro-Ohms. In addition to the Geneva, Ohio Headquarters, TEGAM operates a sales office in Beijing, China providing regional support to our customers in Asia. A cohesive network of strong technical distributors extends our representation to over 40 other countries throughout the world. For more information visit http://www.tegam.com or contact Sales at Sales@tegam.com.

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