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Monday, December 7th, 2009A newly released iSupply study on the global PC and EMS market is analyzed in this article at ventureoutsource.com. In Q3 2009 Dell dropped to third in PC shipments behind leader HP and the new #2 Acer (Taiwan). As we all deal with the recession, the article identifies two encouraging signs about the global economy [...]
The Reliability Cycle: Understanding the Booms and Busts of Reliability in Electronics
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The following article was written by my colleague Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions. The Cycle of Reliability The Past Those who interact closely with DfR realize that we proscribe to the theory of the ‘reliability cycle’. The early years of electronics, 1950’s and 1960’s, were disasters for reliability and led to the establishment of [...]
Sharing Large Files with YouSendIt
Monday, August 10th, 2009This article has been cross-posted in the Baselodge blog. Thanks to John over at Fedcor Global, I have become a satisfied user of YouSendIt.com, a service that makes sharing large files a snap. Those of us in the manufacturing and sourcing industry have frequent needs to send and receive large files. For years I have [...]
Aluminum Extrusions
Monday, May 4th, 2009One of the most exciting aspects of my job at Baselodge Group is being able to expand my knowledge of different industries and manufacturing solutions. There is something energizing about learning. At the end of 2008 Baselodge Group signed on to represent Extrusion Technology (X-Tech) based in Randolph, MA. X-Tech is a manufacturer of aluminum [...]
Embedded Systems Q&A
Friday, February 20th, 20091. What is an “embedded system”? An embedded system is basically any device that has an internal computing architecture designed to handle a specific application. This applies to any type of processor and operating system, so can be anything from an ARM platform running Linux or an RTOS to a full x86 implementation running Windows. This [...]
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