Archive for July, 2007

Data, Voice, and Video Cabling book


July 31st, 2007

If you are involved in installing data, voice or video cabling then you won’t be disappointed by Data, Voice, and Video Cabling by Jim Hayes and Paul Rosenberg.
Jim Hayes, as we’ve recommended before, also has a couple of online tutorials available. Well worth a look!
The book gives a nice overview of the various technologies involved [...]

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ANN: Introducing “The Tech Teapot”


July 30th, 2007

Some of you may have noticed a name change. This blog is now called The Tech Teapot. Why? Well, we are pretty obsessed with tea
We make nice steaming pots of tea at least three times a day. Great for team building!
Our current brew is Waitrose Kenya large leaf tea. Loose leaf tea of [...]

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Green Everything


July 27th, 2007

You know how hot carbon footprints, recycling and energy efficiency are right now, well Computacenter are introducing the Green Electronics Council’s EPEAT system, that stands for the snappily titled “Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool System” a tool designed to help identify the environmental friendliness of IT equipment. Based on a system of 23 criteria (I’ve [...]

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ANN:Agilent Test Tools Here & Now


July 27th, 2007

To complement OPENXTRA’s range of Test-Um and Psiber cable and network test tools we are really pleased to add Agilent FrameScope, FrameScope Pro and WireScope Pro. These tools are top-notch fast professional tools for CAT6/7 copper and fibre (prefer the english spelling) installation and certification. What’s best about this range is that once you have [...]

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ANN: HotSpot SDK (3.1.1) update


July 27th, 2007

Just a quick announcement to say that there is a new version of the HotSpot SDK (version 3.1.1) available to download. It contains a few bug fixes, the major being a fix in how the SDK handles attaching to a sensor that aint there!
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ANN: Product configurator now for Sensatronics EM1 & E16


July 24th, 2007

You’re probably getting a bit bored of me announcing new features on the e-commerce system. I promise this will be the last one for a while. I’m off on my mini summer holiday now.
The product configurator tool has now been rolled out to the Sensatronics E16 and EM1.
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Goodbye to a much loved teapot :)


July 23rd, 2007

I must announce, with much sorrow, the sad loss of our first tea pot.
It wasn’t a fancy tea pot, nor was it a particularly good tea pot. But it was the first OPENXTRA tea pot, so it has a special place in our hearts.

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ANN: product comparison now available for power switches and telephone testers


July 20th, 2007

In our continuous, never ending quest to make your life easier, we have introduced the product comparison feature to the manageable power switch and telephone tester categories.
The comparison feature will be rolled out to the rest of the site over the next couple of months or so. Just thought you’d like to know
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ANN: Door Movement Sensor


July 19th, 2007

There is now a door open/closure probe available with the Sensatronics range of temperature and environment monitors. It works by using a magnetic contact which gives different values when together and apart. The user can then be notified when doors are opened and the server room or sensitive area accessed. This device will guard against [...]

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ANN: Introducing product configurator for Sensatroncs E4


July 19th, 2007

As mentioned on Tuesday, I am happy to announce the availability of a product configurator for the Sensatronics E4.
The E4 page now has a Config and Buy button. When pressed you go through to the E4 product configurator page (the bottom image). There you can select the product options that best suit you. You can [...]

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