Press Release: MSI-ECS Sweeps Dell EMC Awards

MSI-ECS sweeps Dell EMC Awards

One of the most anticipated events IT vendors, distributors and channels look forward to is the annual awards night.

In one roof, all the major distributors and channels are gathered to bear witness to the announcement of sales achievement awards. In the recently concluded Dell EMC Partners’ Appreciation Night held last March 21 at Shangri-La The Fort, MSI-ECS has once again proved its dominance in the consumer, commercial and enterprise segments when it bagged all the major distributor awards namely: Distributor Partner of the Year for Consumer; Distributor Partner of the Year for Overall Business (Commercial); and Distributor Partner of the Year for Enterprise Storage (EMC) segments. 

MSI-ECS bagged the Distributor Partner of the Year awards for Consumer and Commercial segments because it has posted the highest revenue contribution in both segments. Aside from the highest contribution in the enterprise storage segment, MSI-ECS has also posted the highest incremental revenue on Enterprise Storage Solutions in FY17. Apart from sweeping the three major distributor awards, two members of the MSI-ECS Dell-EMC team also brought home the Product Manager of the Year and Overall Sales Champion of the Year awards.

MSI-ECS distributes the complete line-up of Dell-EMC solutions and services.  For product and technology interest, please email marketing@msi-ecs.ph.

About MSI-ECS: MSI-ECS is one of the country's leading providers of innovative and reliable computing solutions. Specializing in IT distribution as its core competence, MSI-ECS has continuously redefined and broadened its portfolio of IT products and services to fully address the evolving needs of the local IT community. More information about MSI-ECS is available at http://www.msi-ecs.com.ph. 

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This Cloud Actually Rains Drops Of Tequila

They have created an indoor cloud that produces raindrops of real tequila

Science has pulled through with the goods once again. Nope, no word yet on an unlimited clean energy source or a phone battery that lasts more than a day. But hold tight, they have created an indoor cloud that produces raindrops of real tequila.

The tequila cloud is part of an installation at Urban Spree art gallery in Berlin, created by the ad agency LAPIZ on behalf of the Mexico Tourism Board. The idea is that the weather sucks in Germany during March, so why not head over to Mexico for a holiday? Sounds good to us.

It works by using specialized humidifiers to vibrate tequila at an ultrasonic frequency that turns it into a thick visible fog. The mist is then able to condense into water and fall as rain drops. They even let guests drink the tequila rain for free.

#tequilacloud Serving free shots of delicious Silver Tequila since 2016. Come to Urban Spree, Revaler Strasse 99 for a taste #mexico #travel #tequila #art #berlin

A post shared by Ernesto Adduci (@eadduci) on Mar 10, 2017 at 7:31am PST

 A more conventional way of creating some steamy fog, such as heat vaporization, would evaporate all the alcohol off because it boils at a much lower temperature than water – and that's definitely not a good idea.

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Boom Supersonic to build the fastest airplane for passenger flight

Boom Supersonic has raised a new $33 million Series A round, which it says is enough to build and fly its first supersonic jet, the XB-1 demonstration and testing craft, which will be a 1/3-scale prototype version of the supersonic airliner it will eventually build and sell to air fleet customers. The final Boom jet aims to be able to make the trip from NYC to London in just three hours and 15 minutes, less than half the time it takes on current transatlantic flights, at a cost of $2,500 for a one-way flight in either direction.

“This funds our first airplane, all the way through flight tests,” explained Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl in an interview. “Now we have all the pieces we need – technology, suppliers and capital – to go out and make some history and set some speed records.”

“We have almost all the engineering completed, and the first wing components are showing up in the office this week,” Scholl told me about their progress since wind tunnel testing. “We’re about to do structural tests, and then we’re probably about a year away from flight.”

Asked what the funding will cover specifically in terms of the demonstration plane’s development, Scholl said that the bulk will be committed to funding the existing team, and talent acquisition. The bill of materials for the plane itself is surprisingly low, given what it aims to achieve. Boom’s entire premise is that it can build supersonic jets at a price point that makes financial sense for global air carriers to purchase and operate, however, so that makes sense.

“It’s a combination of things,” Scholl said. “The build cost of the airplane itself is about $13 million. So that’s carbon fiber composites, and avionics and the hydraulics and fuel pumps and all the stuff of an airplane. The bigger cost is actually the engineering team, the development cost, so the $33 million is going towards continuing to fund the team as well as basically doubling in size this year.”

The investors contributing to the new round include 8VC, Caffeinated Capital, Palm Drive Ventures, RRE Ventures and YC’s Continuity Fund. YC President Sam Altman joins the board alongside this round, as does entrepreneur and investor Greg McAdoo. Boom’s total funding is now at $41 million, and also includes investment from Lightbank and Paul Graham.

The company will be announcing new customers (Virgin Galactic has secured the first order off the line as an early partner) later this year, Scholl says, and he suggests we’ll start to see those customers participating as strategic funding partners in future rounds.

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HPE Proliant ML10 Gen9 Server: The Right Choice for Your First Server

Planning to replace your standard desktop unit for an entry-level server solution? Look no more.

Packed with performance and reliability for your valuable data,the HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 Server might just be the entry-level server solution you’re looking for. 

The ML10Gen9 Server offers server level performance in a quiet, compact size that makes for an easy deployment in your home or small business. Priced affordably, it will make you replace your current workstation solutions to your first server. Its expandability allows required workloads to be delivered and its performance helps prevent potential data loss. It’s simply the right choice for your first server.

Low Acquisition Cost with Server Level Performance

The HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 Server offers the right server technology for home or small businesses looking for performance and features at an affordable price.

Embedded Intel® AMT Management module with remote console, Web browser GUI and remote power on/off.

Intel chipset supports RSTe SATA RAID disk drives to improve the performance for workloads.

Efficiency and Expandability to Fit the Needs of Growing, Budget-Conscious Businesses

The HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 Server offers expandability with internal support for up to six Large Form Factor (LFF) disk drives and increased I/O expansion.

Configured with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode allows provisioning both locally and remotely with either Intelligent Provisioning or Scripting Toolkits.

With the optional HPE H241 Smart Host Bus Adapter your get the flexibility to run in HBA mode or simple RAID mode. When operating in simple RAID mode, it provides RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 with optional HPE Secure Encryption capabilities.

Workstation Oriented Design for Better Performance

The HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 Server graphics processing unit (GPU) supports two single wide and one double wide GPU card to boost performance in graphic and VDI applications for financial services, education, scientific research, and medical imaging.

It supports the Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v5 processor in a 4U chassis offering increased performance and efficiency.

Server class technology allows for 24x7 business operation, offering higher reliability and longer lifecycle.

Upgrading soon? Contact the exclusive distributor for HPE Proliant ML10 Gen9 in the Philippines, MSI-ECS, at (02) 688-3512 or email them at inquiry@msi-ecs.com.ph.

 

About MSI-ECS: MSI-ECS is one of the country's leading providers of innovative and reliable computing solutions. Specializing in IT distribution as its core competence, MSI-ECS has continuously redefined and broadened its portfolio of IT products and services to fully address the evolving needs of the local IT community. More information about MSI-ECS is available at http://www.msi-ecs.com.ph. 

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Fukushima first radioactive salmon have been found in British Columbia, Canada

The Fukushima nuclear accident is one of the worst disasters in the history of our planet.

The Fukushima nuclear accident is one of the worst disasters in the history of our planet. It has devastated the surrounding soil, people, animals, and food – but that’s not all.

It has been about 6 years since the disaster first took place. Since nuclear activity is relatively new to the human race, we still aren’t completely aware of all of the environmental factors that will be provoked by the accident. 

However, as time goes on we are seeing some interesting things. Because of this, images were released from British Columbia, Canada and they show something startling.

The images feature radioactive salmon! Because of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, over 1/3rd of the world’s oceans were contaminated by nuclear waste. Consequently, fish and other marine life are paying the price. 

A team of researchers from the University Of Victoria started an investigation of the salmon. They took radioactive samples of the fish and tested them.

“WHOI is a crowd-funded science seawater sampling project, which has been monitoring the radioactive plume making its way across the Pacific to America’s west coast, from the demolished Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in eastern Japan,” Environews reported.

According to the tests, the samples from the Oregon coast measured around 0.3 becquerels per cubic meter of cesium 134.This level of radiation was deemed safe and “not a risk to humans or the environment”  by multiple researchers in both the US and Canada.

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