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Monthly Archives: September 2007
70 Servers in a Rack
Our latest toy.. is a custom built rackmount blade-style server hosting system. It allows you to put 70 standard servers in a (43U) cabinet.. that’s 560GB of memory. 5 servers per 6U box, mounted back-to-back, with two 48port switches back-to-back. … Continue reading
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Frogfoot: best stand at Futurex
Quoting Linda Kruger from Exhibitions for Africa (who run Futurex).. “if there was an award for the best stand, Frogfoot would win” It’s a bit of a bummer that there is no (actual) award. Minor technicality. It’s been fun. At … Continue reading
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GeekDinner Number 4
My pics from GeekDinner #4 are here. It was a fun evening. Nice venue. Good food. Bright people. It was nice chatting with an old friend (since 1996 days) and meeting a few new people. I think it’s safe to … Continue reading
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GeekDinner Talk Slides
My GeekDinner talk tonight was about “All things Wireless”. Here are the slides: geekdin-joe.pdf I mostly covered WAPA, SchoolWAN, Wifi Hotspots, wifi.org.za and nomadic telephony.
Posted in Amobia, Frogfoot, GeekDinner, WAPA
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A chat with ICASA Cape Town’s chief cook
I was sitting at Frogfoot’s Futurex stand this afternoon. I had an interesting chat with the new head of the ICASA Cape Town office. We came to ask how our Wifi Hotspot product works… but he was more interested in … Continue reading
Posted in Amobia, Frogfoot, WAPA
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Joe on ITWeb : Let the Animals run the Zoo
I was quoted in an ITWeb article today: Frogfoot Networks launched its Internet WiFi offering at Futurex. It allows a small business to keep up to 70% of the profits generated through the connection. “Our offering is based on the … Continue reading
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Live from Futurex
It’s been a busy morning. I’m at Futurex using the Frogfoot Wifi Hotspot to write this. We have a 2Mbps Amobia link to the roof of the CTICC. We have balloons all over the place… mmmust use up the whole … Continue reading
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It is the strongest swimmers who drown
Warning: this contains soppy and maybe even depressing stuff, with a good helping of self indulgent bullshit and I should probably not publish this, but writing helps me think. Do you remember that scene at the end of Gattaca?.. with … Continue reading
Frogfoot Wifi product launch at Futurex 2007
Frogfoot will launch it’s new Wifi Hotspot product at Futurex on Wednesday. The expo is at the Cape Town Convention Centre (CTICC) and runs from 26 to 28 Sept. Join us at the show! We’ve had lots of fun designing … Continue reading
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Meeting with Frost and Sullivan
I had a meeting with Lindsey from Frost and Sullivan on Friday morning. She’s an “Industry Analyst” doing research on things like Broadband and Open Source in the Western Cape. I was first introduced to their work when I attended … Continue reading
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Amobia Meeting Day
Just got home from an Amobia meeting, it’s now just after 1am… which makes it about an 8 hour meeting time. The sad thing is: I don’t think it’s a record, there have been longer meetings. The good news is … Continue reading