The Internet of Things

What is " The Internet of Things"?

Nowadays, “The Internet of Things” is a very popular and increasingly growing topic in the world. The concept is new and complex. The main idea is that any of devices can connect to each other with the use of an on or off switch, which is also called "The Internet of Things" platform. All of the shared data transfers through that platform between connected devices. In the process of data transfer, people also help to create a connection between devices. For example, you are in a hurry for a very important meeting but gets into a traffic jam. Your car navigator in the phone reacts immediately to the situation and sends a message to people that wait for you at the meeting. It is a perfect scenario, isn't it?

How does it work?

In fact, "The Internet of Things" gets more discussions around the concept than it is actually applied for daily use. But this is just a matter of time. Some companies already work on the implementation of "The Internet of Things" to their businesses. In several years, people might start living a "smart" life in their "smart" houses and more than that, "smart" cities. Imagine, you are going back home from a nice time spent with your friends. You have an electronic watch on your wrist and press on the screen. Simply, your electronic watch sends a signal or notification to your house to start preparing for your come. The house immediately turns on the heating in rooms, a boiler heats the water for a warm shower and the kettle starts boiling water for tea in the kitchen. This is how a "smart" house will look like in the near future.

The same will happen to cities all over the world. The infrastructure will be improved and made better for the living conditions of citizens. For example, the number of traffic jams will decrease because people get informed quickly about it so that they know which road not to drive. This is just a small drop in the ocean of changes and improvements, which should be awaited ahead.

"The Internet of Things" in business 

"The Internet of Things" is also very important for companies, which operate in a B2B sector. If manufacturers produce their products by embedding sensors, it will help them to know whether there are any problems with products. In such a way, issues with products will be detected on an early stage and fixed accordingly. Sometimes, a problem is not exactly with a specific product, but with distribution and supply chain. This is also something that can be found out immediately with a help of sensors embedded in products. For sure, this is quite expensive to use "The Internet of Things" for a lot of businesses and consumers. However, it is a big step towards the future.

 

 

 


Advantages of Green Computing

There are a lot of advantages of technologies, which help to make the environment better. Nowadays, companies in a field of IT try to provide clients and consumers with hardware, which brings no harm to the society. Easy Hardware Trading is one of those companies who care about people and the world we live in. Here you can find a list of advantages of EHT towards the environment:
1. We offer devices, which are made from sustainable materials. It means that the danger of getting cancer or other serious diseases is reduced.
2. Also, the company provides computer staff with the care of energy. For example, the displays for computers have a power-saving mode, which helps to consume less energy.
3. EHT makes sure that the recycling of old hardware is done in a good and reliable way.
4. There is a wide range of switches and routers the company offers to people. The use of switches or routers helps to work or study with electronic devices. It reduces a deforestation that happens when a lot of people prefer working or studying with printed books.
EHT always do as much as possible in the improvement of the environment!


The best performing hardware of the past week - Cisco SG100D-08P-NA

EHT is happy to announce you that the best performing hardware of the previous week is Cisco Systems 8-Port-SG100D-01-NA 8 Gigabit  Switch. The product is perfect for people who work from home or have small businesses. The initial idea of creating this switch is for the usage in business networks. It is easy to use the switch for people who prefer working from home. The speed is fast and it has 16 Gbps of capacity, meaning that the data can be transferred to other users quickly. It also provides users with HDTV and VoIP phone connections.  The size of the switch is 5.51, which makes it good for putting somewhere at home. The hardware also supports 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1,000 Mbps technical products.

Furthermore, the Cisco switch saves energy when the devices turn off, meaning that the hardware changes its mode. This helps to consume less energy, which is also an advantage for a potential user of the switch. The product is very comfortable for using it, offering fast speed for data transfers and a power-saving mode.


Green Technologies in Computer Sciences

We are in an era where we need to be aware of environmentally friendly green technologies. It simply means that people try to reduce harm to nature. A few examples are the production of cloths from the recycled materials, cotton packaging or rechargeable batteries. The same goes for computers and hardware. Modern PC's and laptops are made in a way to consume less power by a specific hardware inserted in them. LCD displays are one of those components, which help to improve the quality of the image and lower the use of power when working on computers. The modern society extremely uses technologies in every field of work. etc. marketing, IT, medicine. Furthermore, a big percentage of technologies are exploited in households. Almost all of the home duties are done with the help of washing machines, dishwasher, vacuum cleaners, and many others.  Such intense usage of technologies leads to the environment pollutions and a huge amount of energy wasted. The environment is polluted with dangerous chemical elements found in technologies. Therefore, researchers have started looking for options of how the danger can be minimized by society. There are found several ways of how to make our planet greener and less intoxicated by the technologies. Let's look at a few of them:

  1. As it was mentioned in the article, there are eco-friendly displays. They eliminate toxins from the materials that regular displays are made of. Dell offers a few of such displays: G2210 and G2410 LED Monitors. This is a perfect chance for tech savvies and people who care about the environment to help the planet go greener. EHT is happy to let everyone know that eco-friendly displays can be ordered from the company's official website. Go in one step with innovative offers!
  2. Bamboo keyboards. What kind of material could be better for a new eco-friendly keyboard?  This is a perfect solution for everyone. Do not miss a chance to own this keyboard be going to EHT's website and making a pre-order. Yes, the bamboo keyboards is a top-product for the last few months. Hurry up!

The trends are moving forward and we should also keep on improving our lives. Technologies occurred to be the most important part of human life and it is always good to stay tuned in this area.

 


Why is refurbishing Hardware Good?

We have noticed that whenever we have contact with a potential client, they are a bit hesitant in buying a "refurbished" hardware.

At the end of the day, purchasing refurbished hardware is smart. Buying used IT equipment is a lot like buying a used car. It offers the best quality at its price point. Due to multiple quality tests, refurbished equipment tends to have better performance ratings than new equipment. Used equipment is also backed by warranties, support, and maintenance plans. Furthermore, restored equipment is the best option if a business has a lean IT budget and needs to purchase quality equipment at a fair price.

Refurbished hardware offers high quality and warranties at the lowest cost. Not only will it save your business’ bottom line, it will help save the planet. Instead of quality used products wasting away in landfills, renewed equipment recycles quality hardware.


WhatsApp Business

Our Customers has been wondering what the WhatsApp icon is doing on our website.

WhatsApp is building new tools to help people and businesses communicate with each other. Since we launched the WhatsApp Business app people have told us that it's quicker and easier to chat with a business than making a call or sending an e-mail. Today we are expanding our support for businesses that need more powerful tools to communicate with their customers.

Here's how people can connect with a business:

  • Request helpful information: When you need a shipping confirmation or boarding pass, you can give your mobile number to a business on their website, on their app, or in their store to send you information on WhatsApp.
  • Start a conversation: You may see a click-to-chat button on a website or Facebook ad to quickly message a business.
  • Get support: Some businesses may provide real-time support on WhatsApp to answer questions about their products or help you resolve an issue.

With this approach, you will continue to have full control over the messages you receive. Businesses will pay to send certain messages so they are selective and your chats don't get cluttered. In addition, messages will remain end-to-end encrypted and you can block any business with the tap of a button.


New Technology Trend: Cloud and AI Centric Processors

Every week we will be presenting you with the technology trends that we think will be here to stay. This week, we are presenting the Cloud and AI centric Processors

 

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While your phones are not full of AI specific hardware (though they have a little of that), there are places where this specialized equipment is poised to make a considerable impact: cloud and data centers.

Google is one of many that want to leverage hardware to make AI calculations faster. This makes sense if you compare the price of services to the cost of the device. As the price of the equipment drops, the amount of profit that services will make starts to warrant the design of custom hardware. Here, each small improvement in power or speed will translate directly into money saved and earned. It’s no wonder the likes of Facebook and Google are spending so much effort in this arena. Facebook even wants the open source community to help out in its efforts.


The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR (EU)

2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. Superseding the Data Protection Directive, the regulation contains provisions and requirements pertaining to the processing of personally identifiable 

information of data subjects inside the European Union. Business processes that handle personal data must be built with privacy by design and by default, meaning that personal data must be stored using pseudonymisation or full anonymization, and use the highest-possible privacy settings by default, so that the data is not available publicly without explicit consent, and cannot be used to identify a subject without additional information stored separately. No personal data may be processed unless it is done under a lawful basis specified by the regulation, or if the data controller or processor has received explicit, opt-in consent from the data's owner. The business must allow this permission to be withdrawn at any time.

A processor of personal data must clearly disclose what data is being collected and how, why it is being processed, how long it is being retained, and if it is being shared with any third-parties. Users have the right to request a portable copy of the data collected by a processor in a common format, and the right to have their data erased under certain circumstances. Public authorities, and businesses whose core activities center around regular or systematic processing of personal data, are required to employ a data protection officer (DPO), who is responsible for managing compliance with the GDPR. Businesses must report any data breaches within 72 hours if they have an adverse effect on user privacy.

It was adopted on 14 April 2016 and after a two-year transition period, becomes enforceable on 25 May 2018. Because the GDPR is a regulation ling legislation and is directly binding and applicable.


THE BEST WAY TO BE GREEN : REFURBISHMENT

As every Tuesday, Easy Hardware Trading presents a new way to become a green company.

The topic of today is very important for us because it represents the main activity of how EHT operates and shows that the involvement of Easy Hardware Trading in the green world is very high.

The green activity that we are going to be presenting today is called refurbishment. This process involves old and obsolete hardware presenting itself as one of the best ways to recycle material, help the environment, and it represents the most efficient use of resources.

- Performance: the refurbished product will be equivalent to the new or same configuration.

 

The US Environmental Protection Agency wrote that “Two million tons of used electronics are discarded yearly- only 18 percent of computers and television are recycled”. The process of refurbishment consists of cleaning, testing, reconfiguring and warranting the product for further use, instead of just throw it away and waste its potential.

Companies choosing refurbished products instead of new ones will have significant benefits:

- Cost savings: a refurbished product is cheaper than a new one.

- Reliability: the product is tested to identify defects and repaired them. In this way, even if the product is not new, it will be able to perform well for several years.

- Availability: there is a high availability of refurbished products to choose from.

- Value: buying the refurbished product will not represent a loss of value.

- Environmentally friendly: buying a refurbished product will help the environment since the overall carbon footprint deriving from the production of the new product will decrease and the carbon emission will decline.

In the picture, it is shown a part of the refurbishment process at Easy Hardware Trading.


A NEW FREE TOOL TO FIGHT MALWARE ATTACKS

 

SentinelOne released Blacksmith, a free Linux tool that can detect meltdown vulnerability exploitation attempts. The Blacksmith tool influences the performance counting feature on modern chipsets. This lets Blacksmith monitor processes to detect malicious behavior. The Meltdown vulnerability generates these patterns during exploitation. Blacksmith reports detected exploitation attempts by email, which allows each admin to take individual action to clean up the exploitation. Linux is one of the preferred world’s supercomputer’s brand, and this makes it a high-value target for attackers. Therefore, it was urgent finding a solution to secure Linux computers from malware attacks and meltdown, since several businesses and working places could have been affected by them.  Meltdown creates a vulnerability that puts Linux powered computers at risk. The flaw is in the kernel that controls the chip performance that allows commonly used programs to access the contents and layout of a computer's protected kernel memory areas. This tool represents one of the safest and most reliable solution to fight malware attacks and meltdowns at a very fair price.