Happy Monday! Did you miss us?! We took a little break last week to allow our team some time to rejuvenate but we’re back. Cheers to a great week ahead!
In This Issue: The Start of a Great Summer Ahead | HPE Aruba J4859D | What is Traffic Shaping? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – The Start of a Great Summer Ahead
Happy Monday!
It’s been a while since I’ve shared an update and a lot has happened. The week of Memorial Day we went to St. Augustine, Florida to spend some much needed R&R and to kick off the summer. The Saturday before we had left for our trip I participated in a Pokemon league cup and was able to pull off a 4th place finish, which is far better than the 2nd to last place finishes I’ve found myself in the past tournaments.
We booked a hotel on St. Augustine Beach, which was about 15 minutes away from the downtown area. The beach was quite nice, not crowded at all and we spent most of our vacation either at the pool or on the beach. We also visited the Castillo De San Marcos (a fort built in the late 1600s) and that was a highlight of the trip for my daughter who has a love for historical things.
I enjoyed the St. Augustine Alligator farm, but not because of the Alligators. What they should highlight more is that it is a massive migratory bird rookery/nesting area. We saw Great egrets, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, and all manner of other birds. I took some photos that I’ll share next week.
We took the week after our vacation to recover and then went to a small family reunion over the weekend, where some of my wife’s family from Montana came to visit. It’s definitely been a great start to the Summer.
Hope to have some more adventures soon. I hope you have a great day and a great week!
Cris
Product Spotlights & Updates
Our hot-swappable Aruba compatible J4859D transceiver module supports 1G speeds over lengths of up to 10km over single-mode fiber (SMF). These transceivers operate on a 1310nm wavelength and feature duplex LC connectors.
Learning Center Article – What is Traffic Shaping?
When you’ve worked in networking for a while, you’ll come to realize an unspoken truth. There’s never enough bandwidth to go around. A lot of professional network design is really a matter of figuring out how to split your resources in order to minimize problems.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Kit Kat is breaking out a refreshing new Pink Lemonade flavor for summer. The crispy wafer cookies wrapped in pink lemonade cream have a hint of strawberry in the recipe and come in a dusty pink hue.
- The Food and Drug Administration expanded the approval of GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting severely sick from the virus.
- United Airlines launched Kinective Media, a platform that aims to connect brands to customers via the carrier’s seat-back screens and app.
- The FCC’s Cyber Trust Mark program — which does not have an official launch date yet — is intended to protect personal smart devices and has commitments from Amazon, Best Buy and Google. A ‘U.S. Cyber Trust Mark’ shield logo emblazoned with a QR code will allow consumers to scan and receive detailed, up-to-date security information about smart devices, including doorbell cameras, voice-activated speakers, baby monitors, TVs, kitchen appliances, thermostats and fitness trackers.