There was a news article the other day that pricked my attention. It probably would have passed most people by, but with “USB” firmly in the headline, it piqued my interest immediately. It transpires that tech giant IBM have made the decision to ban their staff from using USB sticks, SD cards and other removable memory devices. And it’s happening…
You could be forgiven for thinking that I was going to launch into a message about Christmas, but given that we’re only just into May, that’d be a little incongruous. You’ll be relieved to know that it’s not the festive season I wanted to talk about – it’s the exhibition one. It seems to be that this time of year…
I was fortunate enough to write an article for the Components In Electronics magazine last month, and I thought you might be interested in it. It’s actually an article on data security within the military, but it’s definitely relevant for anyone who needs their data to be secure. In the article, I touch on James Bond, CIKs and how secure…
When I speak to people about Datakey products, what really brings them to life is examples of how others are using them. And often, the example is in a totally different industry, but by picturing how and why they’re used, it sets engineers minds racing, and gives them ideas about how they can use them in their systems. With spring…
Have you come across Peter Diamandas? He’s the founder and chairman of the X Prize, and the man who made it possible for Stephen Hawking to experience zero gravity. Anyway, I’m a big fan of Peter. I’ve read his book – Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think – which I highly recommend, and I take the time to…
I’m really sorry. Genuinely I am. Let me explain: We meet a lot of people. Through shows and industry events, through our online presence and our features in various industry publications. And over the past year or so, the amount of people we speak to and share our content with has more than doubled. Which is absolutely fantastic – we’re…
I’ve seen a couple of articles recently that make me think that wind power is going to increase even more rapidly in the next few years, so I just thought I’d write a short post to see whether you thought the same? I’m still conducting my research, but here’s a summary of what I’ve learnt so far: Last year was…
I was out of the office at a business event last week. And it was massively helpful. Every month or so, I like to take time out of the day-to-day to learn new strategies that’ll help me grow my business and rub shoulders with other business owners. It gives me new impetus to get things done. It makes me realise…
Many of our customers test the Datakey industrial memory products in pretty extreme environments. And so do we. We’ve had it hit with hammers, tanks running it over, the list goes on. But one particular customer took things to a whole new level, performing a 20-year Highly Accelerated Life Test (HALT) The test was pretty simple, but very intense, and…
We’ve had a super busy start to January already, which makes me really glad that I had some really great family time over the Christmas period. And now that both the kids are officially old enough to really enjoy all that comes with Santa Claus, the tree and the presents, everything is a lot more exciting in the Barrett household….
