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Review of fanless mini-PC, Hiper M11

Fanless mini-computers are in steady demand among both ordinary users and business customers. The first choose such machines to set up some home services like Home Assistant, pfSense or torrent download, and then throwing the piece of iron somewhere under the bed, forget about its existence for a long time. For business customers, such a computer is the basis for creating information kiosks, vending machines, collecting automated control system metrics at remote facilities, and for various Edge ...
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Why Keenetic Peak is an ideal router for peripheral (Edge) projects

If your company is faced with the task of connecting dozens of small objects to the Internet, I suggest considering the option of using top-end Keenetic home Internet routers. You will not only save money, but also get centralized cloud management, omnivorous VPN, VLAN, NAS, IntelliQOS, and in general solve the maximum of emerging tasks by clicking the mouse from the web interface. If your company is faced with the task of connecting dozens of small objects to the Internet, such as off-site ...
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Review of Lenovo ThinkEdge SE50 and SE30-industrial and peripheral PCs based on Core i7 with passive cooling

These are universal computers that can simultaneously be used in production, at peripheral facilities, and are equally well suited for PC-controlled equipment, for building control rooms, laboratories, and engineering workplaces. No moving parts concept, 4G/LTE support with eSIM, DIN rail mount and RS232 ports. The development of robotics and automation of workplaces today has led to the fact that the OT industry (short for operational technologies), which includes a system for receiving ...
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NETGEAR ReadyNAS 516 powerful 6-drive NAS review

Today we are reviewing one of the most powerful desktop 6-disk NASs available on the market. It has a modern Core i3 processor, but with passive cooling. This NAS supports the installation of expansion cards, which means that in the future you can install a 10 Gigabit LAN controller in it. If the storage capacity is no longer enough for you, you can connect an expansion shelf, reaching 84 TB, and this volume is typical for more expensive devices. When marketers talk about the applicability ...
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How the oil and gas industry uses IoT

Like many traditional industries that use long-standing methods of operation, the oil and gas sector has been rocking for a long time before it started using IoT technology.despite having devices on drilling rigs, pipelines, and wastewater treatment plants for decades, the mining industry has only recently started working with modern IoT. Like many traditional industries that use long-standing methods of operation, the oil and gas sector has been rocking for a long time before it started ...
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Enterprise-class network switch Netgear ProSafe 24+2 L2 (FSM726)

As a rule, such network switches are considered as workhorses in enterprises of different classes, from small to large. 24 local copper 100-megabit ports, 2 trunk combined SFP / copper, support for 512 static VLANs. To connect a remote warehouse with the Central office, to connect offices to the Central network, and even if you want-to distribute the Internet provider at home or a small business center. Fortunately, the switch allows you to very accurately limit the port bandwidth. 24-port ...
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NetGear SRX5308: Gigabit UTM for small offices

The NetGear SRX5308 firewall is designed for companies that require the speed of communication channels. Four WAN ports support two session-level load balancing modes, as well as switching for increased reliability. Support for up to 125 VPN tunnels or up to 50 tunnels when using SSL. Support for VLAN, extended ACL, 4 WAN and 4 LAN, and all this - at a price of about $ 550, that is, we are dealing with a new price range that is available to all customers. Today, more and more companies are ...
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Managed switch NETGEAR GS108T v2 - the best option for connecting NAS in the office

A very interesting gigabit managed switch for small offices. NETGEAR has provided it with features such as support for virtual networks, channel aggregation, automatic allocation of VOIP traffic for VoIP networks, as well as the ability to backup power over PoE in case of problems in the 220V network. And all this - in a budget model with 8 ports, which is ideal for creating aggregations for connecting a server or NAS to corporate networks. Almost all modern file servers for home and small ...