Archive for the 'Announcements' Category

Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean we’ve been slacking in the Chambers this week.
If you’re lucky enough to be using Microsoft Vista we now have a sidebar gadget for displaying the current readings from your Sensatronics temperature monitor. You can have multiple gadgets in your sidebar in case you’ve got more than one [...]

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A minor release with a big version change.
We’ve changed the HotSpot SDK to use an in-proc DLL instead of out-proc for the core COM object.
Not a big change, but using a DLL will make the core component far easier to deploy. Many deployment tools, like the one shipped with older versions of Visual Basic, will [...]

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We are pleased to announce the availability of Intellipool 3.3.
The headline feature for us is the support for the Sensatronics Senturion, the new rack-mounted environment monitor. There is plenty more for everybody though.
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We are pleased to announce the Senturion rack temperature monitor. You’ve been asking for a rack mountable solution for a while and here it is.
Main highlights include:

1U 19″ rack mountable form factor, perfect for your data centre cabinets. Thin unit so it can be fitted behind other equipment to maximise your cabinet space;
Built-in temperature, humidity [...]

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PLEASE NOTE: OPENXTRA are currently experiencing problems with our email service, therefore to contact us please call +44 (0)1943 465918 or use the Boldchat Service available on the right hand side of each page. Our apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to have resolved this shortly.
Update: It’s all sorted out now…I will be blogging [...]

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We are pleased to announce the availability of the OWL single mode fibre optic cable testers. The shop now has a dedicated Fibre cable testers section.
The OWL products provide great features for an unbeatable price, starting at just £230. Features include:

Germanium photodetector
2.5mm Universal Adaptor Port
Multimode and Singlemode ready
NIST Traceable at all wavelengths
Separate zero reference for [...]

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Intellipool have announced the immediate availability of Intellipool Network Monitor 3.3 beta. Registered customers can download the software from the Intellipool customer portal.
The following improvements have been made:

Reports: rewritten from scratch to give a better user experience;
Performance: further enhancements to make better use of your current hardware;
Layout: better use of modern higher resolution screens;
WMI: addition [...]

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The end of August sees a bank holiday in the UK. We will not be available on Monday, 27th August for one day only! The online shop will be open for business, items will be shipped on Tuesday.
We are open as usual today, and will re-open on Tuesday morning as usual. Enjoy your break…looks like [...]

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Hope you like the new theme! We were bored with the bog standard Wordpress theme so we thought we’d custom build our own.
The theme, and the blog for that matter, are intended to be a bit folksy and characterful whilst at the same time giving a nice I.T. feel to the place. Please let [...]

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Good news! The online shop now is able to handle non-UK based European VAT registered companies to buy without VAT being added to the bill.
You must, of course, have a VAT number from the country to which the goods are being shipped. And yes, we do check them to make sure they are kosher, so [...]

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