Remote Office-ing

With the global epidemic of a virus upon us, and generically the workforce being asked to stay home or in isolation, working away from the office is going to a major topic. So, this month I wanted to talk about a few things to keep in mind when setting up spaces for remote access. Unlike video or music streaming, which …

What private data have they collected?

When Google first showed up, a start-up search engine built in a garage during student spare time, it had a motto… “Don’t be evil“, this was watered down to “do the right thing” when Alphabet became Google’s parent company, and what it is now is a good question! Google along with Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and many other corporations live of …

A World of Questions

The IT world is confusing, there is so much to look out for, and so many components that one really wonders why they are there? So I will start this years’ first article addressing a few common questions here, but at the same time I invite you to write me if there is any particular topic that you want to …

Antennas

They come in all shapes and sizes. They are specific for each wireless communication purpose. Yet they are so often mis-understood. In the basic form, how an antenna works is always the same. Each manufacturer then enhances the design to improve on performance. But I am sorry to say, that if you now intend to build your own antenna, you …

Cyber-secure

Cyber security is a big word which also is somewhat lost in translation. As far as security goes, what are you actually wanting to protect? Generically there are two boxes that are covered when talking about protection from online or digital threats. There is the protection that you do to ensure your data durability, in case of damaged hardware or …

What do you really want?

The AV industry is moving fast with new feature rich contraptions appearing every day. That coupled with the fact that everything seems to be connected via IP/Ethernet now. It isn’t surprising that in this world of technology there seems to be an amplitude of equipment to meet your wildest expectations. Full home cinemas; party size sound systems; invisible speakers; and …

Hype about sound!

Like every experience you have, every experience is personal, and every experience can have a WOW factor, or is just pleasant. Audio is no different, and when you sit down to watch that favourite movie, but you need to use the remote to raise or lower the volume because the action noise gets too loud, but when they talk its …

Dirty Dirty Electronics!

Quietly running in the corner, inside the cabinet or in a specific rack, electronic components require a continuous airflow to keep cool. Funny that though overtime that very airflow brings something that is the death of any integrated circuit. A fine layer of dust! Vents that are clogged with fluff, hair, a slightly greasy, sticky layer of residue from the …

WHAT ARE YOU PLUGGING IN TO?

Hardly any machinery or entertainment system and least of all navigation system now runs without sensitive electronic processing equipment. Aside from your IT equipment, everything now seems to have a computer or some sort of processor inside. And with the “Internet of Things” pushing its way into every aspect of connectivity and monitoring, be it for convenience, AI (Artificial Intelligence) …

Washing basket of acronyms

In the world of IT (Information Technology) the number of acronyms seems to grow by the day. Although many say they are there to make life easier when talking about them, for the ones living outside the IT world they simply become a set of letters to be confused with others.  Here are a few of them that you will …