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40Gig and 100Gig Ethernet standard ratified

June 25, 2010
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The next generation of high-rate server connectivity and core switching is with us. IEEE 802.3ba, a new standard governing 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet operations, and the first to cover two specifications simultaneously, has been ratified. According to an IEEE statement:
“IEEE 802.3ba will eliminate these bottlenecks by providing a robust, scalable architecture for meeting [...]

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New id-7 on-location ingest station range

May 19, 2010
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EACS Media has been working with id7 Media Solutions on a small footprint, location-based ingest station. It’s a self-contained, transportable touch-screen device, accessible via Ethernet – CIFS or NFS – from a Mac or a Windows PC. There are several variants in the range, with useable capacities of 2TB to 10TB and the option [...]

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Canon 5D Mark II used to shoot ‘House’

April 12, 2010
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‘House’ Director Greg Yaitanes reveals on Twitter some of the thoughts behind the decision to shoot the 2010 season finale, which airs on 17 May in the US, on a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR camera.

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Virtualisation Lab on theregister.com

March 14, 2010
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Virtualisation Lab is a section on theregister.com dedicated to all things virtualisation.

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vSwarm offers crowdsourced rendering

March 9, 2010
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The vSwarm remote crowdsourced rendering service is in Alpha. While it might not appeal to professional users, it points to a future for similar services facilitated by The Cloud.

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