Targeting cost-sensitive applications, Sealevel Systems, Inc. has introduced the SIO4-104 family of value priced four port PC/104 serial I/O modules. Choose from RS-232 and RS-422/485 interfaces to best match your application requirements. Each model is designed to meet the core needs of PC/104 applications requiring high reliability, small size, and long term availability. Various UART options and extended temperature range models (-40°C to +85°C) are available. (more)
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Archive for February, 2004
Liberty, SC (February 27th, 2004) – Targeting cost-sensitive applications, Sealevel Systems, Inc. has introduced the SIO4-104 family of value priced four port PC/104 serial I/O modules. Choose from RS-232 and RS-422/485 interfaces to best match your application requirements. Each model is designed to meet the core needs of PC/104 applications requiring high reliability, small size, and long term availability. Various UART options and extended temperature range models (-40°C to +85°C) are available.
SIO4-104 modules conform strictly to PC/104 specifications and support data rates up to 921.6K bps in RS-422/485 mode. Interface is accomplished via a 40-pin header connector. Terminal block adapters and other helpful accessories are available.
SIO4-104 boards ship with Sealevel Systems’ SeaCOM suite of Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP drivers. Sealevel also includes WinSSD, a full-featured application providing powerful testing and diagnostic capabilities. Use WinSSD for BERT (Bit Error Rate Testing), throughput monitoring, loopback tests, and transmit test pattern messages. In addition to Windows drivers and utilities, SeaCOM includes application notes and technical details to simplify installations in LINUX®, QNX®, and DOS.
All SIO4-104 modules are available immediately from stock. Prices begin at $179.00 in low volume quantities, and like all Sealevel I/O products, SIO4-104 modules are backed by a lifetime warranty.
Sealevel Systems, founded in 1986, provides communications and I/O solutions for multiple platforms including PCI Bus, ISA Bus, Ethernet Serial Servers, USB to Serial PC Card (PCMCIA), and PC/104. Their product line includes multi-port RS-232, RS-422/485, RS-232/422/485 multi-interface high-speed Sync/Async, and Digital/Relay I/O. Sealevel also provides related software, technical support and customer service. The company is known for its ability to customize products to meet customers’ unique application needs.
The company’s technical support, mass customization resources, and software leadership in Windows integration and Sync/Async drivers make Sealevel technology easy to integrate, manage, and upgrade. Their commitment to providing quality products and support services to the consumer has driven Sealevel to a leading position in the industry.
For more information on Sealevel Systems, please contact Earle Foster at Sealevel, by phone at (864) 843-4343 x116, or by e-mail at earlef@sealevel.com.
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ScanSource will offer SonicWALL’s firewall, virtual private networking, wireless and remote access solutions to retail point-of-sale solution providers. (more)
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ScanSource will offer SonicWALL’s firewall, virtual private networking, wireless and remote access solutions to retail point-of-sale solution providers.
SonicWALL provides businesses and organizations a complete suite of products and services for secure and reliable network communications. By utilizing SonicWALL’s offerings, solution providers’ end-user customers will benefit from increased productivity, reliable security, virus protection and flexible network connectivity, all at a competitive price.
“Security can no longer be an afterthought,” said Buck Baker, senior vice president of merchandising for ScanSource. “Our solution providers understand the importance of secure networks; that’s why we’re eager and excited to be working with a top-notch company such as SonicWALL, as they provide the solutions needed to protect vulnerable POS systems.”
ScanSource is the only specialty technology distributor offering SonicWALL’s security products to its solution providers, many of whom have been installing networked point-of-sale (POS) systems for their end-user customers.
“ScanSource is the premier specialty distributor focusing on the retail POS market, and SonicWALL offers the best retail security solution on the market today,” said Douglas Brockett, vice president of worldwide marketing at SonicWALL. “Together, more stores and restaurants will be able to take advantage of advanced technologies to improve the flow of critical retail communications such as credit card processing, and inventory and sales reporting, as well as improve the mobility of staff with the latest wireless solutions. We are pleased to have formed this alliance with ScanSource.”
Networked POS systems that are not properly protected can put valuable information, including personal customer data and credit card information, at risk to damaging viruses and hackers. Resellers who provide security solutions to their end-user customers will be offering a valuable service that could prevent costly downtime and network safety issues.
For more information, contact www.scansource.com or www.sonicwall.com.
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The Upstate Council for Entrepreneurial Development has announced the second program in its Spring agenda, Building a Management Team & Advisory Board. The program is scheduled for March 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the University Center. Ronald C. Reece, Ph.D. of Reece & Associates, P.A. and Susan A. Lill, SPHR, CHRP of AERIE Engineering, and Align HR Services will present on how businesses can develop strong management teams, one of the first things investors look at when determining whether to provide financial backing to a promising firm or idea. (more)
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The UCED has announced its second program in the Spring agenda, Building a Management Team & Advisory Board. The program is scheduled for March 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the University Center. Ronald C. Reece, Ph.D. of Reece & Associates, P.A. and Susan A. Lill, SPHR, CHRP of AERIE Engineering, and Align HR Services will present on how businesses can develop strong management teams, one of the first things investors look at when determining whether to provide financial backing to a promising firm or idea.
As a Psychologist in private practice since 1975, Dr. Reece has focused on consultation with family and non-family closely-held businesses to help them deal with the unique aspects of these close relationships, business demands, generational transition, and change management issues. He has extensive experience consulting with businesses, state organizations, schools, hospitals and families.
Susan Lill has extensive experience in new business start-ups, recruitment, retention, performance management and organizational development initiatives. A certified senior HR professional (SPHR) in the United States and Canada (CPHR), Lill is co-founder and vice president of a local engineering services firm, AERIE Engineering, which was a finalist for the 2003 Small Business of the Year by the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce. She is also founder of Align HR Services, which focuses on helping organizations in strategic planning, process improvement, diversity training, management training and development, culture audits and HR assessments.
High-impact companies are the pulse from which economic success in any area is measured. UCED developed its Spring agenda to address the need for developing a strong knowledge-based infrastructure in which gazelles, startups and high-impact companies can prosper in the Upstate. Leading up to the first-ever venture capital forum in the Upstate, the InnoVenture Conference, scheduled for May 20, the UCED will be addressing the following topics in April and May:
April 5 – Raising Venture Capital – Venture Capital accounts for a very small percent of overall business investment in the Upstate. What will it take to change that and why is it important?
May 3 – Initial Public Offerings and Exit Strategy – Your business is cash flow positive, stable and successful. Have you identified the next generation? Learn about which options are best for you and your business—exit strategies, autonomy, or going public.
The UCED exists to improve the climate for emerging, growth-oriented and high-impact companies across the upstate. UCED helps improve the flow of ideas, services and capital to entrepreneurs and helps to connect companies to expertise and other resources they need to grow their businesses. For more information regarding UCED, contact Bob DeGarmo at bob.degarmo@tatumcfo.com, Brenda Laakso at blaakso@greenvillechamber.org, Mark Lee at mgtsolutions@charter.net, or Janet Christy at jwc739@bellsouth.net.
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Symantec Corp. has announced it will host a Webcast titled, “The Security Implications of Sarbanes-Oxley.” This Webcast will educate senior executives and IT professionals of the information security measures necessary for integrity and accuracy that are critical for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The Webcast will be held Thursday, Feb. 19 at 9:00 a.m. PST. Attendees can register on the web.
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Lockwood Greene (www.lg.com) has announced that Food Processing magazine’s readers have dubbed the company as the top engineering-construction (E&C) firm for the food industry. Based upon a survey sent to more than 15,000 subscribers, Lockwood Greene was named the 2004 “Reader’s Choice” award winner. (more)
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Lockwood Greene (www.lg.com) today announced that Food Processing magazine’s readers have dubbed the company as the top engineering-construction (E&C) firm for the food industry. Based upon a survey sent to more than 15,000 subscribers, Lockwood Greene was named the 2004 “Reader’s Choice” award winner.
Bill Kinross, Publisher of Food Processing (www.foodprocessing.com) explained that Lockwood Greene’s name was cited more often than any other E&C firm in an opened-ended question. The survey was based purely upon subscriber recall of industry’s best E&C firm. Food Processing’s more than 65,000 subscribers include the key decision-makers for new food product and manufacturing issues, who are uniquely qualified to choose the best overall supplier of E&C services.
Lockwood Greene is also noted year-in and year-out as a top firm in the foods industry based upon Engineering News Record’s (ENR) annual “Design 500 Sourcebook.” For the past 5 years, Lockwood Greene has ranked as one of the top eight firms serving the foods and beverages market. Two of those years, including the most recent, Lockwood Greene was garnered the top spot based upon engineering revenues. ENR annually ranks E&C firms based upon annual revenues in various industries.
Lockwood Greene is a global business partner for engineering and construction for the food & beverages, manufacturing, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries. With headquarters in Spartanburg, South Carolina, it is the oldest, continuously operating professional services firm in the U.S. Lockwood Greene has 2,500 professionals working from 30 worldwide office locations. Lockwood Greene is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CH2M HILL. (www.ch2mhill.com)
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Applications improve customer and supplier relationships to grow 7 percent while inward facing ERP and SCM applications stagnate
A recent survey by the Yankee Group shows that 34 percent of IT spending in 2004 will be focused on outward-facing applications that improve customer and supplier interaction. Recent Yankee Group research reveals that spending for these edge-of-the-enterprise applications is the largest and fastest growing portion of IT budgets. (More)
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