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We are happy to announce the induction of OPENXTRA Console into the Softpedia software library. We’ve also been given the “100% CLEAN” Softpedia award. [...]

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK v3.1.
What’s new in the 3.1 release?

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
A Windows PowerShell cmdlet for non-programatic access to sensor data
.NET sample written in C#

Enjoy!

In a recent customer survey a staggering 100% of respondents said they would recommend OPENXTRA to a colleague or associate!

Having dipped my toe into trying to understand quantum physics (in books designed to explain such concepts to the ordinary wo/man in the street) and ending up with not inconsiderable brain-ache, I don’t stand a hope of understanding the development announced last week by Canadian start-up D-Wave Systems of the world’s first commercially viable quantum [...]

Just a heads up…just found an interesting blog about triple play (and quad play for that matter).
Personally, I’m not a big fan of West Coast marketing buzzwordery, but triple play does cover a real world phenomenon of the convergence of voice, data and video. So, it is worth checking out.

The resource section has been rather unloved and untouched of late. It hasn’t been updated for over a year and I think it is in need of a makeover.
I’ve budgeted this week to perk things up a bit. One thing I have noticed is that if a section of a website is hard to update [...]

Just a quick heads up to a nice post by our friends at Sentinel outlining how to use the Sensatronics E4 device for monitoring door opening.
Nice one guys!

We are currently working on the follow up to the (very) recent release of OPENXTRA HotSpot v3.0. The main focus of version 3.1 will be Windows PowerShell.
PowerShell is the Windows version of all of those nice shells available for *nix. Traditionally Windows has been rather weak in the sys admin automation stakes. PowerShell is designed [...]

As we have mentioned in a previous post, our recent purchase of a Cisco router has not been entirely a happy one.
To rub insult into injury, even when I switched it off it still caused us downtime
It was at the top of our rack with the power switched off, but still with a [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post we now have a Google Desktop Gadget. We are pleased to announce that Google have now accepted our Gadget to go on their own Dekstop Gadget directory.
What can I say, we are thrilled. If you have the time please install it and try it out. You will need [...]