EngineerIT May 2007

LEAD EDITORIAL Forty five years and still smiling! by Roger Dawes, Computer Society SA and  Electronics Industries Federation COVER STORY Mobile flow calibration rig provides on-site solutions INDUSTRY NEWS Adec 2007 Exhibition Are we prepared to handle an asteroid collision? Response to CPD debate and ECSA CSSA appoints new head News and events Trade mission to India VIEWS, COMMENT and OPINION “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to going mobile” Data hosting and outsourcing - market opinions SA teacher participates in space academy Wits professor wins literary award COMPUTING TECHNICAL Securing remote data centre management Preparing your network for the future of routing TELECOMS TECHNICAL Winning with 3G in Africa Deploying a secure and viable VoIP network SPACE AND BEYOND South Africa in two dimensions from space SPACE DIGEST Space and Beyond Digest AMATEUR RADIO Radio amateurs set their sights on Mars ELECTRONICS TECHNICAL Electronic System Level explained Battery management for portable devices MEASUREMENT TECHNICAL Implementing decision support portals with data visualisation AUTOMATION TECHNICAL The impact of SOA on the control industry Fundamentals of fibre optic technology COMPUTING NEWS Register domains directly with ICANN ERP technology partners Innovative learning centre Widescreen business displays Enterprise multimedia server Forensics solves network crime Leasing program for customers and partner network Comprehensive range of UPS services Secure IT for Land Affairs UPS with modular distribution Extending local PC assembly capabilities TELECOMMS NEWS Automatic remote metering solution Telecoms in Africa Affordable broadband internet access in sub-Saharan Africa Global harmony for identity management Enabling global seamless inter-office communication Antenna for multipurpose enclosures Expansion of network operations in Africa Nokia Siemens Networks starts operations ELECTRONICS NEWS PC-based logic analyser Silicon chips for set-top boxes Module for dual-band handsets Mini DC-DC converters Electronic and turnkey manufacturing solutions Miniature photo detector LED power supply Space-saving for high-end portable applications Synchronous buck regulator Filter for AC and DC input Operational amplifiers MEASUREMENT NEWS Multigas monitor Deep memory, ultra-compact oscilloscopes Ultrasonic sensor Sensor with bus capability Safety system health and reliability Analysis for digital oscilloscope Support for Windows Vista Transducers and relay modules Measurement of high sound levels Aerial surveying Profibus enabled encoder Industrial environment recorder Feature-full temperature calibrator Next-generation opto-sensors Intrinsically safe process calibrator AUTOMATION NEWS Neotel to acquire Transtel Fast fault recovery Operator interface unit Industrial ethernet, networking and media converters Flexible software architecture Pump application interface 150 A contactor Fieldline modular bus coupler for ethernet measures digital signals Three controllers in one Viewable network topology Authentication for production safety Low-cost gigabit LAN connection

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