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CNet Training launches competency modelling tool
CNet Training has launched a Competency and Confidence Assessment Modelling (CCAM) Tool for the data centre sector. The software could transform the way data centre managers identify, manage and mitigate people risk, the company claims. The CCAM Tool provides real-time analysis of both competence and confidence for individuals and teams through situational judgement assessments, and exposes root causes of employee behaviour (positive and negative) in data centre facilities. Its complex software, which is supported by a team of psychologists and operates within International Test Commission guidelines, works through various criteria to identify people risk. It focuses on where individuals’ real skills, knowledge and ability gaps are and, through subsequent targeted intervention, behaviour can be positively changed and risks reduced. The results of each assessment allow the right course of development action to be planned and taken to address individuals’ weaknesses. In addition, with the ability to take the CCAM Tool assessment again post-development, it ensures any costs incurred have been used effectively, thus maximising the opportunity to achieve ROI. It can also be used as a valuable pre-employment tool allowing managers to understand the development investment required for new staff. Andrew Stevens, CEO of CNet Training, commented: ‘Ultimately risk is a human issue and businesses need people who are adept at tackling the threats they encounter, particularly within mission critical facilities. Understanding likely behaviours of individuals and teams in high-risk environments is one of the biggest challenges a data centre facility faces today, but one that the CCAM Tool addresses.’ He added: ‘The CCAM Tool really does take the traditional Training Needs Analysis into a new and more justifiable dimension, and one that will help maximise competitive advantage,
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Photonics alignment platform for automated manufacturing
Aerotech has released FibreMaxHP, a second-generation three-to-six axis photonics alignment platform designed for easy fibre-to-fibre or fibre-to-chip alignment in an automated production environment. This reliable drive and control technology ensures years of maintenance-free service in a high-throughput manufacturing environment, the company claims. FibreMaxHP is capable of 2nm linear and 0.05µrad rotary minimum incremental motion, with speeds up to 400mm/s, to meet the challenges of aligning next-generation photonics packages. The direct-drive technology employed in FibreMaxHP offers a significant precision and throughput advantage. Aerotech’s controllers work with a variety of smart cameras and machine vision systems. The company’s power servo scanning algorithms can optimise power coupled through the devices. Standard scanning routines include fast align, hill climb, spiral and raster searches in up to six axes of motion.
The company’s advanced kinematics enable a virtual pivot point where rotation can occur at any user-defined point in space, rather than the physical rotation point of the FibreMaxHP axes. This assists the speed and accuracy of active alignment. Aerotech has an extensive array of software and
EXFO delivers portable field tester for 100G metro and DCI
Test and measurement provider EXFO has made two new additions to the NetBlazer family: the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE high-speed portable field testers. Testing traffic speeds ranging from 64K to 100G, the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE offer a complete suite of testing capabilities to address the transformation of metro networks as well as the specific testing requirements of data centre interconnect (DCI). Housed in the FTB-1 Pro platform, the FTB-890 and FTB-890NGE NetBlazer Series of modules are the industry’s smallest test solutions that offer complete support of native CFP4,
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hardware options to suit specific needs. The FibreMaxHP is available with three to six axes of direct-drive alignment, allowing the platform to be specified with the exact number of axes needed for the application. Since many applications require manual adjustment of fixtures and parts for a one-time initial alignment, the FibreMaxHP is available with one to three axes of manual angular alignment with ±2° of motion. These manual adjustment axes mount directly to the direct-drive platform and offer a more economical approach to alignment when adjustment is not frequently required. The FibreMaxHP is a modular design that can be customised with a special arrangement of axes, fixture, and mounting patterns.
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QSFP+/QSFP28 and SFP+ transceiver interfaces to efficiently and cost effectively turn-up and troubleshoot 10M-to-100G networks, according to EXFO.
These latest NetBlazer modules are loaded with easy-to-use, intuitive test functionalities, meaning simply that more testing is done in less time. These capabilities include the following all on the same test set: iSAM—EXFO’s three-step SLA validation test based on Y.1564 and RFC 6349; a pluggable optics validation tool to quickly identify faulty optics (including the newest 100G pluggable module formats: CFP4 and QSFP28); and testing of Fibre Channel rates from 1x to 16x.
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