White Papers

Blade-Level NAS Brings Rugged Storage to Network Storage
  by Steve Gudknecht, published July 2007

Storage Interfaces Shift from Parallel to Serial
  by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico. Published August 2006

Cost, Complexity Drive Ethernet Switching Layer Debate
  by Joe McCarthy, ACT/Technico. Published August 2006

Configurable Open Architecture Shelf Management Expands
  by Darren Dragish, ACT/Technico. Published August 2006
  The author presents technical guidelines to achieving "shelf management nirvana"

CompactPCI Passes Muster in Military Programs
  by Ann Thryft, Senior Editor, COTS Journal

VITA 31.1: Extending VME via Ethernet Switching
  by Valerie Andrew

Embedded Network Attached 6U Storage Blades Improve System Availability
  by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico, an Embedded Computing Systems Integrator

Reuse of Common SBCs Lets Users Adapt to Ruggedization Needs
  Reuse of rugged SBCs can reduce costs and risk for military program managers
  by Ken Grob and Steve Gudknecht, ACT/Technico.  Published May 2005 in COTS Journal

Embedded Storage Rides the Mobile Wave
  by Steve Gudknecht,  ACT/Technico. Published September 2004 in RTC Magazine

SAN Architecture in Real-Time Embedded Applications
  by Ken Grob, Vice President of ACT/Technico, an Embedded Computing Systems Integrator

Storage Networking Standards & Resources
  Reference material from White Paper: "SAN Architecture in Real-Time Embedded Applications"

Unique NEBS Telecom Chassis Enables a Scalable HA System Strategy
 In today's embedded communications systems, rack space in the Central Office (CO),
 or the Data Center is scarce and valuable. With five nines availability goals often required,
 and 1U or better mounting pitch desired for server equipment becoming commonplace,
 a CompactPCI platform supporting these features is necessary in the marketplace.