This global recession looks like it may be around for quite a while and as many businesses go to the wall others are looking around for ways to save money. Job losses, wage cuts and three-day-weeks are obvious areas where most companies look to save money, yet making sacrifices in these areas can often have […]
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Recession Advice – Prolong the Life of your computers
Comments Off on Recession Advice – Prolong the Life of your computers Posted by on December 10th, 2008
Computer protection against theft
Comments Off on Computer protection against theft Posted by on December 8th, 2008
LONDON (Reuters) June 2008 ‘A computer containing “restricted” information was stolen from the office of a cabinet minister in a break in. “There was a break-in at the constituency office of Hazel Blears on the afternoon of Saturday, June 14. Hazel was not there at the time,” a government statement said. It continued: “The thief […]
Read More...Industrial Computer Enclosure – Selecting Your Enclosure
Comments Off on Industrial Computer Enclosure – Selecting Your Enclosure Posted by on December 6th, 2008
Industrial computer enclosures are now the preferred choice for industrial IT implementation. They are reasonably inexpensive, offer protection for all potential hazardous environments, flexible; units can be interchanged within them, and will lengthen the life of any IT equipment enclosed. Printers, monitors, touch screens, computer towers, desktop PC’s,, keyboards, TV’s, clocks and any other sensitive […]
Read More...40 Years Old but Has the Mouse had its Day? Touchscreens the New Input Device.
1 Comment Posted by on December 5th, 2008
In December 1968 at a computer network presentation in San Francisco, Doug Engelbart from the Stanford research Institute unveiled his prototype input device. Made of wood with wheels from a toy car the device was nicknamed by one of Engelbart’s researchers as the ‘mouse’ a name that stuck for over forty years. It did take […]
Read More...Global Economic Crisis – Save Money and Protect Investment
Comments Off on Global Economic Crisis – Save Money and Protect Investment Posted by on December 3rd, 2008
Belts are tightening, budgets are being slashed and some companies are being forced to make redundancies but there are other measures that can be taken to save money. IT and computers is now one of industry and businesses’ biggest spends. Tens of billions each year is spent by industry and business on IT and computers […]
Read More...Why Buy an Industrial Computer?
2 Comments Posted by on December 1st, 2008
Automation of production lines is an effective method of increasing productivity, increasing efficiency, reducing cost and reducing waste; essential in the current financial climate. When it comes to computers, monitors, printers, touchscreens and the other types of sensitive electronics, then there are many areas in industrial processes that are not suitable. Dust, dirt, heavy impacts […]
Read More...Who Uses Industrial Computer Enclosures?
Comments Off on Who Uses Industrial Computer Enclosures? Posted by on November 30th, 2008
Industrial computer enclosures are utilised by tens of thousands of businesses interested in protecting their IT investments in hostile areas. Whilst we are used to seeing computers in our offices and homes, the digital revolution has impacted the industrial and manufacturing sector as well. Computers, touch screen monitors and printers are now a prerequisite for […]
Read More...Dust and IP54 Protection
Comments Off on Dust and IP54 Protection Posted by on November 28th, 2008
Dust is prevalent in many workplaces. It is not necessarily a lack of good housekeeping that can cause a build up of dust but processes in industrial applications in particular generate lots of dust. Dust has terrible consequences for people’s health but it can also have other hidden dangers as well as being highly damaging […]
Read More...Body Armour Protects Avon and Somerset PC from Angry Attack
Comments Off on Body Armour Protects Avon and Somerset PC from Angry Attack Posted by on November 26th, 2008
Whilst police constables in most forces are now equipped with body armour, Avon and Somerset Police are using it to protect another type of PC – their computers. The force has installed Armagard’s Penc 300 compact computer enclosure in custody suites to protect their valuable new computer equipment and it has already withstood an attack. […]
Read More...Why an Armagard Enclosure?
Comments Off on Why an Armagard Enclosure? Posted by on November 22nd, 2008
Why indeed, after all, isn’t a computer enclosure just a metal box? Well that is what many of our competitors believe and mass produce clumsy steel cases and sell them as industrial computer enclosures. However, here at Armagard we pride ourselves on our engineering prowess, after all with over two decades of experience designing and […]
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