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Harting adds Randolph Froude to Canadian sales force

no-reply@annexweb.com (Mike Edwards) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:29 +0000

MONTREAL – Harting has named Randolph Froude to the new position of Area Sales Manager for Ontario and Western Canada, the second stage in the company’s plan to establish a strong sales presence in the Canadian market.

The first, completed in 2011, was the opening of a national sales office in Montreal, headed by Claude Gravel. Froude, who has an engineering background with a leading machine builder and extensive experience in sales/marketing with major vendors, has built strong relationships with many large customers in Ontario by providing them with solutions to their interconnect needs.

“Randolph’s appointment continues the process of establishing a personal relationship between Harting and our Canadian customers and building on what has been a very successful launch for Harting Canada,” said Jon DeSouza, president and CEO of Harting, Inc. of North America as well as Harting Canada, Inc.

About Harting

The Harting Technology Group, family owned and based in Germany, employs approximately 3,500 people globally across more than 40 subsidiaries and branch offices. With production facilities in Europe, Asia and the U.S., the Harting portfolio of connectivity solutions focuses on multiple levels, from the machine to the device and into the communication infrastructure. The US plant in Elgin, Illinois is one of three Harting locations worldwide that manufactures HIS products (Harting Integrated Solutions/backplanes) and custom cable assemblies. The company’s core business is intelligent and high performance connection technology. Harting works in almost all industrial markets with a focus on requirements for robust, reliable connectivity solutions.

GlobTek mounted DC/DC converter power supply provides 5V DC regulated output

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:50 +0000

Continuing to pursue its commitment to quality products and service, GlobTek has released its latest Vehicle/Automotive mounted DC/DC converter power supply.

It provides 5V DC regulated output to a wide range of systems and applications with a wide range 1:3 input of 10-32VDC, Model GTD21088L-1505-T2. The most common applications include powering industrial PC systems, instruments, medical equipment and others in automotive applications and Compatible with Marine, Industrial, Private Aircraft, Forklift, Law enforcement, Police, Fire, Ambulance, Lift truck, and Military 24 VDC output systems, Model GTD21088L-1505-T2.

The miniature wide range 1:3 input of 10-32VDC input switching power supply model Model GTD21088L-1505-T2 is available in a high impact and high temperature plastic housing with wire harnesses for input and output. The input positive lead includes a field serviceable 5A Automotive fuse. Input and output wires may be terminated with customer specified terminations or stripped and tinned. Ferrite beads may be added to either the primary wire, secondary wire, or both for EMI suppression as required on a system level.

The tiny Vehicle/Automotive power supply has an input from 10-32VDC and a factory configurable output of 5VDC output with a max power of 15W continuous output and is produced in an ISO13485, ISO14001, ISO9001 certified facility.

This Family features Regulated output with very low ripple, Built-in over current, Short circuit, Over current, and thermal protection as well as low leakage, low ripple, and high efficiency. The product is suitable for most applications requiring DC power and common applications include medical devices, portable electronic devices, Toilet sensors and actuation devices, home automation and control equipment, appliances, instruments, and as a power source for Li-Ion battery chargers.

Custom, Bespoke, or Customized enclosure colors, housing designs, circuitry, functions, output cord types and lengths, as well as customized packaging available upon request.

Ruggedized IP42 to IP68 versions available upon request. According to BS EN 60529 and IEC 529, IP52 signifies that the medical (60601-1) power supply is Protected against dust - limited ingress (no harmful deposit) as well as Protected against direct sprays of water up to 15 deg from the vertical. IP42 test report and certification available upon request. Fully encapsulated and potted IP68 versions also available.

The power supply can be supplied with customer designated output plugs, many of which are stocked at GlobTek New Jersey USA, GlobTek Germany, and Suzhou China locations.

The power supplies also comply with and are certified to IEC 60950-1 2nd edition or IEC60601-1 3rd edition and have certifications by UL (North America), C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand), Iram (Argentina), BSMI (Taiwan), CB (Worldwide), CCC (China), Demko (Europe), eK (Korea), NRCAN (Canada), Spring (Singapore), SIQ (Europe), Gost (Russia), Singapore (PSB), and UkrSEPRO (Ukraine). They also comply with Canadian Nrcan efficiency requirements as well as FCC/VCC/CE emc requirements.

Balluff opens new office in Chicago

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:31:47 +0000

Chicago, IL – Balluff’s new office in Chicago features areas for customer testing and validation of advanced control system architectures and sensing packages.

Rick Ayres, Sales Director – Midwest Region of Balluff, Inc. states “This new office space provides the infrastructure that will allow us to help our customers evaluate, plan and validate their next generation of control systems architectures using our distributed, modular concepts.”

The Midwest Sales Team at Balluff, Inc. consists of 9 Strategic Account Managers, Industry Managers, Project Managers and a Technical Support Team. Balluff’s sales team assists their customers in the design, build and support phases by providing flexible solutions for nearly every need. Ayres adds, “We help our customers reduce their risk on automation projects from concept to end of machine life. We use our ability to coordinate worldwide between customer HQ locations, plants and their machinery builders to ensure our customers have the lowest possible life-cycle costs and minimize their risks.”

Balluff offers a broad portfolio of products, including distributed modular I/O, RFID, connectivity, power supplies, sensors and accessories. Balluff specializes in helping customers automate their processes in a variety of industries including Assembly, Aerospace, Medical, Packaging, Energy and Steel.

About Balluff
Balluff Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Balluff GmbH, Neuhausen, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of inductive, photoelectric, vision, capacitive and magnetic sensors as well as linear position transducers, RFID systems, and networking products. Balluff products for OEM and factory floor solutions are used to control, regulate, automate, assemble, position, and monitor manufacturing, assembly, and packaging sequences for industries including: metalworking, automotive, plastics, material handling, wood processing, aerospace, alternative energy, medical, electrical, and electronics.

www.balluff.us

Sandvine report: Apple takes big bite of streaming video

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:04:45 +0000

WATERLOO, ON – Sandvine has released its internet traffic trends report, entitled Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2013, based on data from a selection of Sandvine's 200-plus service provider customers spanning many countries.

These include North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena report is published twice a year.

"We predict from this data that 2013 will be the year long-form video will make its move onto mobile networks," said Dave Caputo, CEO, Sandvine. "The "home roaming" phenomenon, the concept of subscribers voluntarily offloading mobile traffic onto Wi-Fi networks, has continued. This combined with increased consumption of real-time entertainment on mobile networks globally, and the doubling of Netflix traffic on mobile networks in North America, suggests that users are getting comfortable with watching longer form videos on their handheld devices."

Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2013 findings:

Global data usage

European mobile monthly usage increased 25% to 311MB in just six months

Skype and other communications applications represent over 7% of traffic in Latin America

Filesharing applications like BitTorrent continue to lose share in many regions but still account for 30% of traffic on Asia-Pacific fixed access networks

Tablets and smartphones consume over 20% of all fixed data in North America

Audio and video streaming

Apple devices (iPads, iPhones, iPods, AppleTVs, and Macs) represent 45% of all audio and video streaming on North American home networks

YouTube accounts for over 20% of mobile downstream traffic in North America, Europe and Latin America

Netflix mobile data usage share doubled in the last 12 months in North America

SMS revenue leakage on a tier-one European network

For every subscriber on the network, 10 WhatsApp messages are sent and received each day

3% of all WhatsApp messages sent include a media file such as a photo or video

"This is the tenth year we have issued the Global Internet Phenomena Report and have witnessed the peak of file sharing, the introduction of Skype and other communication apps and the dominance of online entertainment, namely streaming video," said Mr. Caputo. "Video continues to be the trend to watch as devices and tablets cater to higher definition content with larger screen sizes enabling the market for longer form video on mobile. World Cup 2014 next June will be the event that shapes the next evolution of streaming video, as we predict it will be the most streamed event to date."

For more information on Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2013 visit us at CTIA, May 21-23 in booth 4720 or www.sandvine.com.

GLOBAL INTERNET PHENOMENA REPORT METHODOLOGY
Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena Reports are based on a representative cross-section of Sandvine's data from a selection of Sandvine's 200-plus customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Data is gathered over a one-month period and is completely subscriber-anonymous. No identifiable information of any kind, including IP addresses are collected during the study. Sandvine's network equipment analyzes data from an application utilization level and is not content aware.

About SANDVINE
Sandvine's network policy control solutions add intelligence to fixed, mobile and converged communications service provider networks to enable services that can increase revenue and reduce network costs. Powered by Sandvine's Policy Engine and SandScript policy language, Sandvine's networking equipment performs end-to-end policy control functions including traffic classification, and policy decision and enforcement across the data, control and business planes. Sandvine's products provide actionable business insight, the ability to deploy new subscriber services and tools to optimize traffic while enhancing subscriber Internet quality of experience.

Sandvine's network policy control solutions are deployed in more than 200 networks in over 85 countries, serving hundreds of millions of data subscribers worldwide

www.sandvine.com

Espial powers Harvard freeview hybrid STBs and multiscreen applications

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:30 +0000

OTTAWA, ON - Harvard International is now shipping Espial View21 and Goodmans set-top boxes (STBs) throughout the U.K., powered by Espial STB client and multiscreen software solutions.

Harvard has operated for more than 40 years in the global consumer electronics market and is the U.K. market leader for retail STBs. Leveraging the flexibility of the comprehensive platform, Harvard offers an engaging and application-rich television experience on STBs and second-screen devices such as tablets and smartphones.

"We believe that today's TV viewers are looking for a feature-rich yet relevant, multiscreen experience delivered with a simple and intuitive User Interface," saidChristian Corney, Commercial Director, Harvard. "Combining Espial's STB client and multiscreen solutions with our UI development knowledge, our STBs can become the gateway to all the video in the household and cost-effectively delivers compelling TV and Web content."

"We're excited to be working with Harvard — the leading STB manufacturer in the U.K.," said Jaison Dolvane, president and CEO, Espial. "The Espial STB client and multiscreen software solution is flexible, cost-effective, and feature-rich, allowing device manufacturers to approach the increasingly complex and connected TV world with ease."

Utilizing the intuitive Espial platform, Harvard will be able to generate additional revenue streams through the sale of companion application downloads customized for Apple^® iOS devices. Known as View21 Play and View21 Photo, the applications are available for download from the Apple App Store^SM and are supported on View21 STBs. Consumers can manage recordings, access programming information, quickly navigate through the electronic program guide, and record and stream video on iPads^®, iPhones^®, and iPods^® from the local STB, as well as push photos from these devices to the STB and TV. The applications are designed to optimize the use of the varying device display sizes to enhance the user experience.

Espial's flexible middleware engine supports today's open standards for TV applications, including HbbTV, OIPF, and HTML5 and has been pre-integrated for the DTT Freeview market. Relying on the open middleware platform, device manufacturers and service providers can deliver an advanced TV experience tailored to the specific requirements of a geographical market. A comprehensive set of porting APIs dramatically reduce time to market and development cost, enabling Harvard to easily add capabilities and functionalities to their STBs.

General Dynamics Canada introduces smaller, more-capable airborne acoustic processing system

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:37:13 +0000

OTTAWA, ON – More powerful, reliable and accurate detection of underwater threats is now possible with the introduction of the next-generation airborne acoustic processing systems by General Dynamics Canada.

The UYS-505 system, named VENOM, is the latest addition to General Dynamics' industry-leading family of acoustic processing offerings. It leverages commercial-level advances in hardware and the latest innovations in signal processing technologies to maximize the detection of submerged threats in deep and coastal waters. VENOM is built specifically for fixed and rotary-wing applications, and engineered to improve tactical awareness, reduce operator workload and alleviate size, weight, and power concerns in the cramped cabins of modern military aircraft.

"Airborne acoustic processing has become more complex. Additionally, many of the legacy solutions that are still used on fixed and rotary-wing aircraft were designed 15 to 20 years ago and lag current technology," says David Ibbetson, general manager, General Dynamics Canada. "The new VENOM system processes and presents large volumes of information in an easily accessible and digestible manner. It allows operators to find a target quickly and hold onto it for as long as necessary. Plus it is considerably smaller and lighter than current systems, which eliminates the need for large, bulky processors and their accompanying hardware and harnesses."

The VENOM system is engineered for passive and active signal processing operations. It can process signals from up to 64 deployed sonobuoys, and features embedded control for dipping sonar systems. It also includes General Dynamics Canada's Computerized Underwater Detection Assistant (CUDA), an application designed to automatically assess the tactical picture in noisy littoral regions without operator intervention.

The VENOM processor is based on more than 40 years of knowledge and experience General Dynamics Canada has acquired developing advanced acoustic processing systems for military organizations worldwide. The advanced features, functions and capabilities of this new system have already led to its selection for duty on fixed- and rotary-wing maritime patrol aircraft in the Pacific Rim.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics Canada is part of General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics.

www.gdcanada.com

Redline lands first wireless oil field project in South America

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:32:48 +0000

TORONTO, ON - Redline Communications’s rugged industrial wireless system has been chosen to create a wireless infrastructure for a major oil producer in South America.

As in other parts of the world, the oil & gas industry in South America has turned to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques to increase production, safety, and to reduce the environmental impact in their mature oil fields. Key to the success and safety of these field enhancements is the need for secure and reliable high speed IP data networks - a network with more performance than could be delivered using satellite.

Redline's powerful wireless infrastructure system, already in use in dozens of oil fields in the USA and the Middle East, will connect hundreds of access nodes, which in turn will link thousands of M2M devices across a 230 square mile (596 square Km) oil field in the tropical jungles of South America. The system will be capable of delivering the increasingly high performance requirements that these complex networks require, and is able to accommodate virtually any networked device or application, not just today but in the years to come.

"We are thrilled to be providing a wireless solution for our first major oil field in South America, and we expect that it will be one of many for this customer as they have several fields in the region," said Carl MacKinnon, vice president Worldwide Sales. "This win is part of our stated growth plan: develop relationships with new customers to prove the value of our networks, expand with them in the same field as more services and connectivity is needed, then expand to other fields and eventually offer more products and services to them as we learn more about their unique needs."

This customer is Redline's first major oil and gas installation in South America. It is also this customer's first oil field to be powered by Redline's wireless solution, and the Company is working to ensure that it is the first of many.

Redline's advanced wireless broadband system, which leads the industry in reliability, distance, capacity and low-latency, allows personnel to securely remotely monitor and control oilfield production - including the ability to capture data in real time from thousands of M2M sensors at remote sites.

The Virtual Fiber™ network will be built using Redline's nomadic RAS platform, RDL-3000 and eLTE-MT systems. All are rugged, reliable and secure wireless broadband equipment designed by Redline for harsh environments, in this case a remote desert with large shifting sand dunes, and engineered and built to the exacting standards required by the energy sector.

Redline's Virtual Fiber network system offers the ability to instantly adjust to the living oilfield as a whole -- from individual well production, to drilling rigs, to the pressure of a part or all of the reserve itself -- based on a variety of sensor data, including pressure, temperature, and flow. This capability allows the oil company to optimally run each well or each drill, maximizing drilling efficiency and uptime while minimizing breakdowns from drilling too quickly through hard rock or other obstacles that could hamper the drilling activity. This communication ability also moves with the drilling rigs, with Redline's RAS system delivering instant secure communication without any system realignment, even as the units move from location to location.

About Redline Communications
Redline Communications is the innovator of Virtual Fiber™, a rugged wireless broadband solution used to cost-effectively deploy and extend secure networks, enable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, connect digital oilfields and smart grids, facilitate and enhance public safety networks, and bring Internet access wherever and whenever it's needed - regardless of terrain or remote location. For more than a decade Redline has delivered powerful, versatile and reliable wireless systems to governments, militaries, oil and gas companies and telecom service providers through its global network of certified partners.

www.rdlcom.com

EDS 2013: Xtronics president Claude Hajji discusses switch applications

no-reply@annexweb.com (Mike Edwards) — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:56:21 +0000

At EDS 2013 in Las Vegas, manufacturers representative Xtronics president Claude Hajji talks to Canadian Electronics about how switches can often be misapplied in designs – and what considerations should always be kept in mind.

BlackBerry Scholars Program to engage more women in science, tech, engineering & math

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:09:16 +0000

WATERLOO, ON - The new BlackBerry Scholars Program is designed to inspire more women to enter and develop careers in the fields of science, tech, engineering & math (STEM).

The program was unveiled by BlackBerry's Global Creative Director, Alicia Keys, at BlackBerry Live in Orlando, Florida.

The BlackBerry Scholars Program will provide full, four-year tuition scholarships to outstanding women globally who are seeking degrees at accredited colleges and universities in the areas of STEM with a particular interest or aptitude in the area of mobile computing. This scholarship program is the first step in BlackBerry's long-term commitment and multi-tiered strategy to engage young women at every step of their education from high school to college, and as they rise through the workforce.

While significantly more women enroll and graduate college than men, only 8.6% of women graduate with computer engineering degrees. When they enter the workforce, 25% of US IT jobs are held by women, and 56% of these women eventually leave the field of technology for other careers. As more than 55% of BlackBerry customers are women, BlackBerry aims to champion this generation of female leaders as they strive to achieve their ambitions in this highly-competitive industry.

"Women are underrepresented in fields of science and tech, and we feel strongly that it's time to support a change," said BlackBerry Global Creative Director, Alicia Keys. "It's important to connect the dots for young women in high school and college and show them that careers in science and technology are within their reach. And when women do land these jobs, it's vital they receive the tools and support they need to advance in their careers. I'm proud BlackBerry is demonstrating leadership in women's education, both in school and in the workplace, and giving back to its most loyal users in such a profound way."

In addition to providing full, four-year course tuition, BlackBerry will also offer mentorship and professional opportunities for each of the scholars. The scholars will be selected based on their academic merit and passion for entering the mobile computing industry. A panel of inspirational and accomplished women, led by Alicia Keys, will choose the applicants from the pool of nominations submitted before the deadline of 5pm EDT on June 26, 2013.

For more information about the program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply, please visit www.blackberry.com/scholars.

Research finds 63% of smart TVs in the U.S. are connected to the internet

no-reply@annexweb.com (CE Staff) — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:47:54 +0000

DALLAS, TX – Research from Parks Associates shows that 63% of smart TV owners in the U.S. connect the set to the internet, and 79% watch premium online video on a monthly basis.

This is based on 26% of U.S. broadband households owning a smart TV and 46% owning at least one set-top box.
Corporate executives and Parks Associates analysts will focus on these issues at the 17th-annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference in Las Vegas, May 20-23.
"Mobility is a key part of the connected home, with the average broadband user watching 1.6 hours of video on a mobile phone each week," said Stuart Sikes, president, Parks Associates. "Our research shows consumers are watching the same kinds of movies and TV programs on mobile phones and tablets as they are on computers and TV sets, shifting competition from subscriptions to content and multi-screen offerings. Starz, Samsung, and AT&T bring significant expertise in the role of content and mobility in building strong consumer services. Their insights will be invaluable at CONNECTIONS."
www.connectionsconference.com