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Blade-Level NAS Brings Rugged Storage to Network
  by Steve Gudknecht, published July 2007

Graphics PMC Pulls Together Advanced Features
         by RTC New  Products Editor
 

VMEbus: Then & Now - The Next 25 Years
 
    by Valerie Andrew, ACT/Technico and Barbara Schmitz, MEN Micro- January 2007
 

CompactPCI/PICMG Standards on the Move: A Look at CPCI Express
 
    by Valerie Andrew, ACT/Technico, Published in COTS Journal - January 2007
 

Storage Considerations For Industrial Applications
 
    by Steve Gudknecht, ACT/Technico.  Published October 2006
 

Storage Interfaces Shift from Parallel to Serial
 
    by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico. Published August 2006
 

Cost, Complexity Drive Ethernet Switching Layer Debate
 
    by Joe McCarthy, ACT/Technico. Published August 2006
 

Configurable Open Architecture Shelf Management Expands
     by Darren Dragish, ACT/Technico. Published August 2006
       The author presents technical guidelines to achieving "shelf management nirvana"
 

CompactPCI Passes Muster in Military Programs
     by Ann Thryft, Senior Editor, COTS Journal
 

VITA 31.1: Extending VME via Ethernet Switching
     by Valerie Andrew

Embedded Network Attached 6U Storage Blades Improve System Availability
   by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico, an Embedded Computing Systems Integrator
 

Reuse of Common SBCs Lets Users Adapt to Ruggedization Needs
  
Reuse of rugged SBCs can reduce costs and risk for military program managers
  
  by Ken Grob and Steve Gudknecht, ACT/Technico.  Published May 2005 in COTS Journal
 

Embedded Storage Rides the Mobile Wave
  
by Steve Gudknecht,  ACT/Technico. Published September 2004 in RTC Magazine
 

SAN Architecture in Real-Time Embedded Applications
  
by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico, an Embedded Computing Systems Integrator
 

Storage Networking Standards & Resources
  
Reference material from White Paper: "SAN Architecture in Real-Time Embedded Applications"
 

Unique NEBS Telecom Chassis Enables a Scalable HA System Strategy

In today's embedded communications systems, rack space in the Central Office (CO), or the Data Center is scarce and valuable. With five nines availability goals often required, and 1U or better mounting pitch desired for server equipment becoming commonplace, a CompactPCI platform supporting these features is necessary in the marketplace.