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In This Issue: CK Giving Day 7 | Cisco 40GBase-SR Bi-Directional QSFP Module | What Is an SSD? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – CK Giving Day 7, Gwinnett Special Forces
We’ve invited each member of our team to advance our giving efforts and provide us with an organization they are passionate about to donate $500 to. Enjoy Sue Moore’s story below on the organization they selected.
Gwinnett Special Forces is currently run by a close family friend, Elaine Chalmers. Her son, Cameron, is autistic and has been a part of this program for many years. She and her husband, Jerry, have tirelessly devoted themselves to giving Cameron as full a life as possible. Gwinnett Special Forces participate in Special Olympics and serve kids of all ages and abilities. It is one of few organized athletic programs for special needs kids once they are no longer served by the public school system. It provides these kids with a sense of accomplishment, a social outlet, and a structure that is largely lacking once they are no longer in an organized school environment. It also provides parents with a community of other parents walking the same path in life, almost like a super specific small group! I can’t imagine the isolation that some of these kids and their parents would feel if programs like this were not available to them.
If you’re interested in donating to Gwinnett Special Forces you can do so here!
Product Spotlights & Updates
This Cisco transceiver module is bi-directional and made to work with quad small form factor pluggable (QSFP) equipment. It is built for 40G networking, making it as fast and advanced as anything on the market, and it supports multiple fiber connection modes.
The transceiver words with two 20G channels that function via OM3 and OM4. These channels can transmit and receive on the same strand and at the same time (using multimode fiber). They are ideal for migrating to 40G from 10G. The modules allow you to upgrade the signal across your existing cabling infrastructure, one component at a time if needed.
Learning Center Article – What is an SSD?
When it comes to IT spending and getting the right hardware, it’s always a matter of knowledge. When you truly understand the risks and rewards of each purchasing decision, you can optimize your spending and get the most value out of your limited budget.
There are countless comparisons to make in this regard, which is why it’s always easier to break things down one concept at a time.
Today, we’re going to cover solid-state storage, or SSDs. They’re a modern improvement on a traditional computer component, and they can offer major advantages that merit an investment.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled Northern California early Tuesday morning, causing some damage and leaving thousands without power in Humboldt County. The quake was reported at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday 11 miles from Fortuna, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
- A court in northern Germany on Tuesday convicted Irmgard F., a former secretary at the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp, of complicity in murder of more than 10,000 people. She received a two-year suspended sentence as requested by prosecutors.
- Russia unleashed 35 self-detonating drones on Ukraine in the early hours of Monday morning as many people slept, damaging critical infrastructure in and around the capital, Kyiv.
- Electric vehicle battery startup QuantumScape said it has begun shipping prototypes of its batteries to automotive customers.