The Ideal Battery for Backup: Nickel-zinc battery technology improves TCO, safety and sustainability in data centers

Nickel-zinc (NiZn) is the world’s only high-power, fail-safe, fully recyclable battery technology which makes it an ideal choice for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) battery backup. Key attributes to consider with any battery chemistry utilized in UPS applications include power density, safety, reliability, sustainability and total cost of ownership (TCO). NiZn batteries are high power density batteries with rapid charge/discharge capabilities across a wide temperature range without the threat of thermal runaway. Their high-power density sign ...more

The smart buyer’s guide to flash

If you’re searching for the right data-storage method for your company, you’re probably over whelmed by the number of hybrid flash and all-flash storage options out there. So how can you figure out which solution gives you a strong competitive advantage and offers the best fit for your company’s requirements?  This guide lays out key information and answers common questions about flash storage, so you can make the best possible decision for your business. ...more

IBM FlashSystem family

Managing, moving and storing large data volumes with great efficiency and enough performance to derive maximum value from data assets requires a modern IT infrastructure with wide-ranging capabilities, from intelligent system optimization and powerful data reduction, through comprehensive security and encryption features, multi cloud sharing and access, and, of course, ultra-low-latency flash storage. ...more

Container Security 101 UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF SECURING CONTAINERS

By now it’s apparent to cybersecurity teams everywhere that the proverbial container genie is out of the bottle. Developers have widely embraced containers because they make building and deploying so- called cloud native applications simpler than ever. Not only do containers eliminate much of the friction typically associated with moving application code from testing through to production, application code packaged up as containers can also run anywhere. All the dependencies associated with any application are included within the containerized ...more

THE STATE OF CLOUD NATIVE SECURTIY

Today, the focus is less on the hardware underlying computing and more on the application itself – the thing that delivers actual value. We abstract computing away from the hardware as much as possible, in myriad ways: the concept of the cloud itself, as well as the specific technologies for operating in the cloud, such as virtual machines (VMs), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), containers, managed container services such as Kubernetes and more. As we adopt all these enabling technologies, we introduce a new ...more

The Ultimate Guide to Lightweight Materials and Parts Testing in Automotive and Aerospace

As the demand for lightweight and composite materials continues to grow, impact testing is becoming more and more critical to success in design and manufacturing. But how do you ensure that added testing requirements don’t translate into downtime and disruption to just-in-time workflows in automotive and aerospace? This guide will give materials engineers and scientists working in these industries valuable insight into the latest drop weight impact testing methods and technology. It will provide you with useful guidance on how to make compo ...more

Electrifying a Movement: Connectivity for electric vehicle charging, energy storage, and controlled power management

Handheld, battery-powered devices are pervasive in our daily lives. Cell phones, tablets, laptops, leaf blowers, webcams, and drones (to name a few examples) are a part of everything we do. What once seemed like magic, are now common and ordinary. These devices all have several things in common: 1. they need to be charged quickly and conveniently; 2. they need to efficiently and safely store energy in a battery; and 3. they need to operate and function effectively and intelligently. The same story holds true for Battery Electric Vehicle ...more

Thermal Modeling for High Power Charging (HPC) of Electric Vehicles

Powertrain electrification, automation and increasing autonomy and the emergence of new mobility business models are the three dominant worldwide trends that are shaping the transformation to the next generation of mobility. These trends will have a profound impact on the electrical power and electronic architectures (E/E architecture) of future vehicles. The next generation of vehicles will generate, process and communicate much more data than current vehicles. Wireless networking via mobile technologies (e.g. 5G, V2X) enables communication ...more

BCON+ Touch-safe bolt termination for traction batteries

TE Connectivity’s new BCON+ high voltage connection system is a versatile, compact, robust, and touch-safe solution for interconnecting cell modules inside a traction battery and high voltage connection points outside the battery. The BCON+ connection system combines the advantages of solid steel-to-steel bolt termination with the extremely low contact resistance of copper contact elements. The system is touchsafe in unmated and mated condition. It flexibly interconnects with a large number of available conductors and cross-sections. The ...more