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SYS-CON Events announced today that Serena Software will exhibit at DevOps Summit Silicon Valley, which will take place on November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Serena Software supports DevOps and Continuous Delivery by providing application deployment automation and software release management solutions to replace slow and error-prone manual processes. 2,500 enterprises around the world trust Serena to help them develop and deploy better software.
For more information, visit http://www.serena.com.
The 15th International Cloud Expo has just expanded its conference program, to bring together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC at one location.
The show now has three tracks devoted exclusively to the IoT (with WebRTC present in one of the tracks), a full single track focusing on Big Data, and a two-track DevOps Summit, in addition to four tracks devoted exclusively to Cloud Computing in the enterprise.
Cloud Expo is the single show where delegates and technology vendors can meet to experience and discuss the entire world of the cloud.
With Cloud Computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to learn about the latest technology developments and solutions.
Attend Cloud Expo Nov 4-6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Craft your own custom experience. Learn the latest from the world's best technologists. Find the vendors you want and put them to the test.
15th Cloud Expo Expanded Conference Program
Cloud Expo
Track 1: Enterprise Cloud Adoption
Track 2: APM, Cloud and Hot Topics
Track 3: Cloud APIs & Business
Track 4: Cloud Security - Mobility
Big Data Expo
Track 5: Big Data/Analytics
Track 6: Consumer IoT
Track 7: Enterprise IoT
Track 8: IoT Developer & WebRTC
DevOps Summit
Track 1: "Dev" Developer Focus
Track 2: "Ops" Operations Focus
More than 150 all-star faculty members will discuss the hottest technology topics in November. In addition to the expanded APM and API coverage, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will offer a variety of Linux containers and Docker sessions.
DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo also doubled its content from June, in two full simultaneous tracks for three days.
Tracks and topics for DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo will include:
- Application delivery
- ROI and business value
- Site reliability
- Continuous delivery
- Kanban, Scrum, and Agile
- Continuous integration
- Release scalability
- Continuous release
- Service virtualization
- Operational monitoring
- Capacity management
- Load testing
- Quality assurance
- Manager and exec support
- Release automation
- Cultural change
- Breaking down IT silos
- Cloud development
- Cloud platforms
- Test automation
- Teaming
- Application security
- API management
- Identity and access
- Audit and control
- DevOps and ITIL, ISO, Six Sigma, COBIT
- Mobile DevOps
- DevOps for legacy systems
- Software-defined servers
- Network automation
- Server automation
- Configuration automation
- Continuous support
- DevOps anti-patterns
- Enterprise DevOps
- DevOps system architecture
- IT orchestration
- Containerization
- DevOps skills and training
- WebOps, CloudOps, ChatOps, NoOps
- Change management
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A Rock Star Faculty, Top Keynotes, Sessions, and Top Delegates!
DevOps Summit Silicon Valley, November 4-6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading DevOps industry players in the world.
The growth and success of DevOps will be on display at the upcoming DevOps Summit in Santa Clara, CA, November 4-6, 2014.
All main layers of the DevOps ecosystem will be represented at the DevOps Summit - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
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DevOps Summit Silicon Valley "show prospectus" has shipped. Sponsorship, exhibit, and keynote opportunities can be obtained from Carmen Gonzalez by email at events (at) sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021.
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DevOps Summit delegates can pre-register for DevOps Summit Silicon Valley with Early Bird Savings here.
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Cloud Expo® is a registered trademark of Cloud Expo, Inc.
SYS-CON Events announced today that 910Telecom will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Housed in the classic Denver Gas & Electric Building, 910 15th St., 910Telecom is a carrier-neutral telecom hotel located in the heart of Denver. Adjacent to CenturyLink, AT&T, and Denver Main, 910Telecom offers connectivity to all major carriers, Internet service providers, Internet backbones and exchanges.
Aug. 31, 2016 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,076
While DevOps promises a better and tighter integration among an organization's development and operation teams and transforms an application life cycle into a continual deployment, Chef and Azure together provides a speedy, cost-effective and highly scalable vehicle for realizing the business values of this transformation. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 19th Cloud Expo, Yung Chou, a Technology Evangelist at Microsoft, will present a unique opportunity to witness how Chef and Azure work together. He will review and demonstrate the essentials of deploying a functional and realistic DevOps ...
Aug. 31, 2016 07:15 PM EDT Reads: 272
SYS-CON Events announced today that Isomorphic Software will exhibit at DevOps Summit at 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Isomorphic Software provides the SmartClient HTML5/AJAX platform, the most advanced technology for building rich, cutting-edge enterprise web applications for desktop and mobile. SmartClient combines the productivity and performance of traditional desktop software with the simplicity and reach of the open web.
Aug. 31, 2016 06:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,538
DevOps at Cloud Expo – being held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA – announces that its Call for Papers is open. Born out of proven success in agile development, cloud computing, and process automation, DevOps is a macro trend you cannot afford to miss. From showcase success stories from early adopters and web-scale businesses, DevOps is expanding to organizations of all sizes, including the world's largest enterprises – and delivering real results. Among the proven benefits, DevOps is correlated with 20% faster time-to-market, 22% improvement in qua...
Aug. 31, 2016 06:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,632
Between the mockups and specs produced by analysts, and resulting applications built by developers, there exists a gulf where projects fail, costs spiral, and applications disappoint. Methodologies like Agile attempt to address this with intensified communication, with partial success but many limitations. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 19th Cloud Expo, Charles Kendrick, CTO at Isomorphic Software, will present a revolutionary model enabled by new technologies. Learn how business and development users can collaborate - each using tools appropriate to their expertise - to build mockups a...
Aug. 31, 2016 06:15 PM EDT Reads: 241
Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 19th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will conti...
Aug. 31, 2016 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 3,861
As the world moves toward more DevOps and Microservices, application deployment to the cloud ought to become a lot simpler. The Microservices architecture, which is the basis of many new age distributed systems such as OpenStack, NetFlix and so on, is at the heart of Cloud Foundry - a complete developer-oriented Platform as a Service (PaaS) that is IaaS agnostic and supports vCloud, OpenStack and AWS. Serverless computing is revolutionizing computing. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Raghavan "Rags" Srinivas, an Architect/Developer Evangelist at IBM, will discuss the Microservices archite...
Aug. 31, 2016 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,158
19th Cloud Expo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS – software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
Aug. 31, 2016 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,302
SYS-CON Events announced today that eCube Systems, a leading provider of middleware modernization, integration, and management solutions, will exhibit at @DevOpsSummit at 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. eCube Systems offers a family of middleware evolution products and services that maximize return on technology investment by leveraging existing technical equity to meet evolving business needs. Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies turn to eCube Systems to reduce risk, extend ROI, and...
Aug. 31, 2016 11:15 AM EDT Reads: 937
Deploying applications in hybrid cloud environments is hard work. Your team spends most of the time maintaining your infrastructure, configuring dev/test and production environments, and deploying applications across environments – which can be both time consuming and error prone. But what if you could automate provisioning and deployment to deliver error free environments faster? What could you do with your free time?
Aug. 28, 2016 08:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,020
To leverage Continuous Delivery, enterprises must consider impacts that span functional silos, as well as applications that touch older, slower moving components. Managing the many dependencies can cause slowdowns. See how to achieve continuous delivery in the enterprise.
Aug. 27, 2016 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,726
Kubernetes, Docker and containers are changing the world, and how companies are deploying their software and running their infrastructure. With the shift in how applications are built and deployed, new challenges must be solved. In his session at @DevOpsSummit at19th Cloud Expo, Sebastian Scheele, co-founder of Loodse, will discuss the implications of containerized applications/infrastructures and their impact on the enterprise. In a real world example based on Kubernetes, he will show how to migrate an existing application to Docker and Kubernetes, and what the benefits are.
Aug. 26, 2016 09:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,528
Is the ongoing quest for agility in the data center forcing you to evaluate how to be a part of infrastructure automation efforts? As organizations evolve toward bimodal IT operations, they are embracing new service delivery models and leveraging virtualization to increase infrastructure agility. Therefore, the network must evolve in parallel to become equally agile. Read this essential piece of Gartner research for recommendations on achieving greater agility.
Aug. 25, 2016 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 993
SYS-CON Events announced today that Venafi, the Immune System for the Internet™ and the leading provider of Next Generation Trust Protection, will exhibit at @DevOpsSummit at 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Venafi is the Immune System for the Internet™ that protects the foundation of all cybersecurity – cryptographic keys and digital certificates – so they can't be misused by bad guys in attacks. In today's connected world, cybercriminals want to gain trusted status and remain undetected, whic...
Aug. 25, 2016 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,779
In today's uber-connected, consumer-centric, cloud-enabled, insights-driven, multi-device, global world, the focus of solutions has shifted from the product that is sold to the person who is buying the product or service. Enterprises have rebranded their business around the consumers of their products. The buyer is the person and the focus is not on the offering. The person is connected through multiple devices, wearables, at home, on the road, and in multiple locations, sometimes simultaneously. Products have rebranded from content management, asset management, CRM, social media, analytics .....
Aug. 24, 2016 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,413
"My role is working with customers, helping them go through this digital transformation. I spend a lot of time talking to banks, big industries, manufacturers working through how they are integrating and transforming their IT platforms and moving them forward," explained William Morrish, General Manager Product Sales at Interoute, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Aug. 23, 2016 09:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,215
SYS-CON Events announced today that CDS Global Cloud, an Infrastructure as a Service provider, will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CDS Global Cloud is an IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provider specializing in solutions for e-commerce, internet gaming, online education and other internet applications. With a growing number of data centers and network points around the world, CDS provides Cloud Hosting, Hybrid Hosting, IDC and GPN (Global Private Network) from its Global Int...
Aug. 22, 2016 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,343
SYS-CON Events announced today that LeaseWeb USA, a cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. LeaseWeb is one of the world's largest hosting brands. The company helps customers define, develop and deploy IT infrastructure tailored to their exact business needs, by combining various kinds cloud solutions.
Aug. 22, 2016 12:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,696
Keeping pace with advancements in software delivery processes and tooling is taxing even for the most proficient organizations. Point tools, platforms, open source and the increasing adoption of private and public cloud services requires strong engineering rigor – all in the face of developer demands to use the tools of choice. As Agile has settled in as a mainstream practice, now DevOps has emerged as the next wave to improve software delivery speed and output. To make DevOps work, organizations must focus on what is most relevant to deliver value, reduce IT complexity, create more repeatable...
Aug. 13, 2016 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,288
Adding public cloud resources to an existing application can be a daunting process. The tools that you currently use to manage the software and hardware outside the cloud aren't always the best tools to efficiently grow into the cloud. All of the major configuration management tools have cloud orchestration plugins that can be leveraged, but there are also cloud-native tools that can dramatically improve the efficiency of managing your application lifecycle. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Alex Lovell-Troy, Director of Solutions Engineering at Pythian, presented a roadmap that can be leve...
Aug. 11, 2016 05:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,473
Sauce Labs has selected Sumo Logic to troubleshoot and better track log performance issues to predict potential issues before they occur. With Sumo Logic, Sauce Labs now has the ability to better help its customers accelerate the software and development cycle. Sauce Labs provides a high-performance, cloud-based automated testing platform that is optimized for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workflows. Catering to fast-moving companies that employ modern development techniques that support DevOps, Sauce Labs creates a large amount of internal log data, with log volume...
Aug. 10, 2016 05:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,433
SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides modern company intranets and team collaboration software, allowing workers to stay connected and productive from anywhere in the world and from any device.
Aug. 8, 2016 09:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,429
"We host and fully manage cloud data services, whether we store, the data, move the data, or run analytics on the data," stated Kamal Shannak, Senior Development Manager, Cloud Data Services, IBM, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Aug. 8, 2016 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,293
On Dice.com, the number of job postings asking for skill in Amazon Web Services increased 76 percent between June 2015 and June 2016. Salesforce.com saw its own skill mentions increase 37 percent, while DevOps and Cloud rose 35 percent and 28 percent, respectively. Even as they expand their presence in the cloud, companies are also looking for tech professionals who can manage projects, crunch data, and figure out how to make systems run more autonomously. Mentions of 'data science' as a skill rose 13 percent, followed by automation with 11 percent and program management with 10 percent.
Aug. 7, 2016 12:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,540
"delaPlex Software provides software outsourcing services. We have a hybrid model where we have onshore developers and project managers that we can place anywhere in the U.S. or in Europe," explained Manish Sachdeva, CEO at delaPlex Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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I was watching my local news yesterday, and they had a little blurb about eating during childbirth.
From Knoxville's WBIR:
"For years, women have had to endure childbirth without food or drink. Experts examined studies and found there is no justification for such restrictions, but said more research is needed for women who are more likely to need heavier anesthesia."
Woohoo! Maybe logic and reason will finally prevail, and we will no longer have to sneak our snacks. :)


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Avoid password fatigue with a password storage system
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Keeping track of all your passwords can be tricky. Kurt says: Keep your friends close and your passwords closer.
While I was writing this article, I ran across a great phrase so perfect for this month's topic that I have to share it with you: "password fatigue" [1]. Because we all have multiple accounts with different usernames, passwords, security questions, PIN numbers, and whatnot, we end up with way too many passwords.
Often you can't use the same username (e.g., because your name has already been taken or the system assigns a name), and you definitely should not use the same password (a compromise of one system would then let the attacker into all your accounts). As for security questions, you should never use "real" information (like your zip code), because this information is easily discovered and used to reset or recover your password from the service provider. To be safe, you need to choose a good strong password – different for each site you use. I personally have around 350 passwords, security questions, and so on, of which I probably use 50-100 on a regular basis. And it drives me nuts.
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Facebook running up pretty good!! I'm was tempted to to join in the fun..but a little late now. 2.00 is pretty good spread...it not dominated like Znga right now right kinda suck...we should be running to 3.50 at least by now but it been held down really good by big boys with a load of cash to burn...after making their killing. Money makes money as the saying goes!!
It took me a while to understand the SHORTS and after taking a pretty big loss I finally figure it out. NOBODY wants to invest good money in this company. That is the fact. The stock will end under a buck, no doubt about it. Just take the loss and move on and stop beleving the pumper that are waiting for a miracle. The company is bleeding cash, insiders continue to dump the stock (next in AUG), employess are highly dissastified due to the stock's performance. The only individuals that have gain from this stock were the original investors, Morgan Stanley and the dirt bag PINCUS.All these guys that continue to say they buy at these levels are full of it. FB users actually increased while ZNGA lost users. This will be a peeny stock in no time.
So did I miss something USNA199969! Did I read that right that you sold? Please tell me when and at what price so I can finally buy.Thanks in advance.
I'm going to be trading this up even though the spread is thin...it's predictable. Once they decide to run it up...this will be more fun. Bottom is set with the capitulation, 1.6 billions (Increase cash btw) set price at 2.00 plus and along with asset you're looking at $3.00. If you think this coming with 1.2 billions in revenue and making money is going below three...than there really something wrong with your analysis.They bought millions of shares at this level.One exchange house date: 7 to 1 ratio in Buy vs Sell.20120726|ZNGA|1234958|7660624|K So I guess these guys buying millions of shares are just throwing away their money. LOL.GO Znga.
Sorry for a the TYPOS! Save your money buddy.
"we should be running to 3.50 at least by now but it been held down really good by big boys with a load of cash to burn"These rationalizations about MMs and big boys are really lame and tired.
I understand..but maybe you can get me a better explanation. Don't tell me trader and retailer...was able to push 99 millions shares and move the price move between 3 to 3.20. While these guys are able to bring down the house from 5 to 3 in matter of minutes wit less than 1 million shares. That just highway robbery!!! Znga didn't help with the idiotic guidance they provided but still doesn't justify the drop. All the media jump on board to kick Znga will it's down meanwhile they having a feast buying up Znga. Really like to hear you take on it!!


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|24 Oct 1995
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|8 Jul 1994
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|11 May 1992
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|Johannes Broeksteeg, Lucas Soes
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This application is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 08/052,054, filed Apr. 21, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,380,216.
1. Field of the Invention
The subject invention relates to an electrical connector system which can be interconnected to a backpanel interconnectable with a daughter board electrical connector system, and to a high frequency electrical connector for use with the system.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A daughter board electrical connector is shown in European patent application 0 422 785, which is interconnectable to a pin header which mounts on a back panel. It is also advantageous to extend the pins of the above mentioned header entirely through the back panel, and to provide a cable connection to it. One of the difficulties encountered is that variable lengths of connections are required, and thus the system must be modular in nature. Moveover, this system is on a rather small grid, 2 mm×2 mm, and thus these cable connections must be easily accessible and useable by the end user.
It is advantageous in this system to have the provision for connecting coax or twinax cable connectors thereto, although this often results in a complicated design, or otherwise large connector system resulting in a large quantity of overall space required.
It is an object of the invention then to provide modular connector system for mounting to a back panel, where the system is useable in various lengths.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a mounting rail or header for placement over the pins extending from the backplane, where the mounting rail includes both keying and latching means.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an easily disconnectable cable including means in the disconnectable cable including means in the disconnection of such cable connectors.
A further object of the invention is to provide for a twinaxial cable connector system, where the signal contacts are fully shielded, thereby separating the pairs of twinaxial cables into differential pairs.
The objects have been accomplished by providing an electrical connection system for mounting to a printed circuit board, where the system comprises a stamped and formed mounting rail having a lower base portion for placement over a plurality of pins mounted on the printed circuit board, the mounting rail further comprising two parallel and opposed vertical sidewalls, at least one of said side walls having a keying mechanism, and at least one of said sidewalls having a latching member. The system further comprises a cable connector having a plurality of electrical terminals for mating with the pins on the printed circuit board, the connector housing including a complementary keying mechanism and latching element for polarization and locking in said mounting rail.
In another aspect of the invention, a high frequency electrical connector for twinaxial or coaxial cable has at least one signal conductor and a shielding braid surrounding the signal conductor. The connector comprises an insulative housing comprising at least two signal contact carrying passageways, separated by a ground carrying contact passageway. At least two signal carrying contacts are positioned in said respective passageways, having a contact portion for mating with a complementary connector and a connection portion for connecting with a signal conductor. Shielding is at least partially surrounding said housing, comprised of at least upper and lower shield cover parts, where either said upper or lower cover part includes a contact portion for engagement with the ground shield of cable, and where said upper and lower cover part includes shielding portions above and below said passageways, and one of said upper or lower shield cover parts includes an integral contact part positioned in said ground carrying contact passageway.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a daughter board electrical connector poised for receipt with a pin field on a backpanel, and the backpanel cable interconnection system positioned on the backpanel;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the cable connector shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the mounting rail shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an isometric view from the lower surface of the mounting rail shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is an isometric view of the rail prior to forming the vertical upstanding side walls of the mounting rail;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged section of the mounting rail as shown in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a view showing how the mounting rail as shown in FIG. 5 can be stored on a reel for subsequent forming into the mounting rail;
FIG. 8 shows the alignment of one of the connector housings as shown in FIG. 2 with the mounting rail;
FIG. 9 shows the cable connector in a fully connected position with the mounting rail;
FIG. 10 shows the disconnection of the connector shown in FIGS. 8 and 9;
FIG. 11 shows an assembled view of the detail of the cable connector shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 12 shows an inner housing part of the cable connector of FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 shows the inner housing portion of FIG. 12 with outer shielding members positioned around the housing;
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view through lines 14--14 of FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view through lines 15--15 of FIG. 13; and
FIG. 16 is a view similar to that of FIG. 11 showing the top cover portion partially disassembled.
With reference first to FIG. 1, a backplane assembly is shown comprised of a daughter board connector 2 which is substantially similar to that shown in European Publication number 0 422 785. The daughter board assembly 2 is comprised of a daughter board 6 having a plurality of connector housings 8 mounted thereto which are electrically connectable to header connectors 10 providing a pin field on both sides of a backplane 12. Pins extend through the back plane 12, such that a pin field is formed within the headers 10 for electrical connection with the daughter board connectors 8, and further comprise a pin field on the opposite side of the backplane 12 providing a pin field for the cable connector assembly 4.
The cable assembly 4 is comprised of a stamped and formed mounting rail 16 positioned over the pin field formed by the pins 14, together with a plurality of connector assemblies 18. With reference now to FIG. 2, the individual connector assembly 18 will be described in greater detail. The connector 18 is comprised of an insulating housing shown generally at 20 having a lower mating face 22 and a rear cable receiving face 24. The housing 20 further comprises a side wall 26 and an opposite side wall 28. The housing 20 includes a notched section at 30 thereby defining a recessed surface 31 and a rib 32 generally extending along one side edge of the side wall 26. The opposite side includes a notched section 34 for clearance purposes as will be described herein, thereby defining a lower alignment edge 36. The housing 20 further includes two latch arms 38 integrally formed with the connector housing 20 and being moveable towards and away from each other, the two latch arms 38 being formed with a side seam shown at 40, and being hinged at a lower section 42. Each latch arm 38 includes a latching lug portion 44 for locking the connector 18 in position within the mounting rail 16. The latch arms 38 are moveable to an unlocked position by way of a release mechanism shown generally at 46 comprised of a plastic strip 48 which extends through apertures 50 adjacent to the free ends of the latch arms 38, such that upward movement of the mechanism 46 pulls the arms towards each other thereby moving the locking lugs 44 inwardly for releasement.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the connector 18 is profiled as a 20 position connector, having four rows of five contacts across, and therefore the front mating face 22 has corresponding pin receiving openings for receiving the pins 14 of the backplane connector 12. Two ten-conductor cables 52 and 54 extend through corresponding openings 56 and 58 through the rear cable receiving face 24 for electrical connection with electrical contacts in the connector 18. It should be appreciated that the cable receiving openings 56 and 58 are offset from the center line of the connector such that it does not interfere with the operation of the plastic strip 48 which extends between the latching arms 38.
With respect now to FIGS. 3 and 4, the mounting rail 16 is shown in greater detail. The mounting rail 16 is in the preferred embodiment stamped and formed from a flat strip of metal material to comprise a lower mounting plate 60 and two upright vertical walls 62 and 64. The lower mounting plate 60 comprises mounting apertures 63 for mounting the rail 16 to the backplane 12 as shown in FIG. 1. The lower mounting surface 60 further includes a plurality of openings at 66 (FIG. 4) which provide access for the pins 14 (FIG. 1) to extend upwardly therethrough. It should be appreciated from FIG. 4 that the openings 66 are symmetrically positioned along the lower mounting face 60 separated .by strap portions 68, although adjacent openings 66 could be joined by removing one or more of the strap portions, for example by severing the lower plate portion 60 at 70. Each side wall 62 and 64 contains a plurality of apertures 72 (FIG. 3) which are profiled to receive the latching lugs 44 (FIG. 2) of the cable connector 18.
As shown in FIG. 3, the side wall 62 includes a stamped recess at 74 extending along the longitudinal length of the side wall 62 thereby defining an inner surface at 76. A plurality of slots 78 are stamped out of the side wall 62 positioned above the surface 76, whereas a plurality of ribs 80 are stamped from the side walls 62, but are not stamped free from the side wall, but rather extend in a co-planer manner with the surface 76. With reference still to FIG. 3, the side wall 64 includes a stamped recess 84 providing an inner surface at 86. A plurality of ribs 88 are stamped free of the side wall 64 and extend upwardly in a co-planar arrangement with the side wall 64, thereby defining a plurality of continuous slots at 90.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the mounting rail 16 is stamped and formed in a flat strip and as shown in FIGS. 5-7, and can be taken up and stored on a reel 92, whereby the strip material shown at 16' can be dereeled, sheered and formed into the appropriate length as shown in FIG. 7.
With the mounting rail 16 and connector housing 18 as described above, the mounting rail 16 can be mounted to a backplane 12 as shown in FIG. 1 with the pin field 14 of the header connector 10 extending therethrough and a plurality of cable connectors 18 can be interconnected to the daughter board assembly 2 via the pins 14. With reference to FIG. 8, the cable connector 18 can be positioned above the mounting rail 16 with the rib 32 aligned with one of the ribs 90 and with the rib 36 aligned with the slot 78. It should be appreciated that the inner surfaces 76 and 86 are profiled to receive the side surfaces 31 and 35 of the connector 18 while the connector 18 is aligned with the mounting rail 16 and the pins 14 by way of the ribs 32 and 36. As shown in FIG. 9, the connector 18 is shown fully inserted in the mounting rail 16 with the ribs 36 and 32 positioned in corresponding slots 78 and 90 (FIG. 8). In this position, the locking lugs 44 are latched into position with the apertures 72 on the side walls of the mounting rail 16. It should be appreciated that the connector 18 is easily disconnected from the mounting rail 16 and from the backplane assembly via pulling the release mechanism 46 in the direction of arrow A FIG. 10 which moves the latching arms 38 inwardly thereby releasing the latching lugs 44 from the Corresponding apertures 72. It should be appreciated that the release mechanisms 46 provide great ease in disconnecting the cable connector 18 from the back panel.
It should also be appreciated that by stamping the mounting rail 16 into a longitudinal length of flat strip 16', that the mounting rail can be produced easily and inexpensively yet provide all the features necessary for mounting and aligning the various connectors 18. It should be appreciated that any number of longitudinal lengths will be required housing any number of connector assemblies 18. If the mounting rail 16 were moulded from a plastic material, several different mould cavities will be required to mould the various lengths, while extruding the mounting rail for plastic material could not provide the alignment features necessary for the connector.
With reference now to FIGS. 11-15, a high frequency connector for alternative use with the outer housing 20 (FIG. 2) will be described. With respect to FIG. 11, the cable connector includes an inner housing assembly comprised of a lower housing portion,116 having a front mating face 118 having a plurality of pin receiving openings at 120. The connector 118 further comprises an upper cover part 122 having a plurality of pin receiving openings at 124. The complementary covers 116 and 122 cooperatively provide cable receiving openings through a rear face, such as at 126.
With respect now to FIG. 12, an inner insert housing portion is shown at 130 comprising a front face 132 having pin receiving openings shown generally at 134, and terminal receiving channels such as 136 and 138 positioned on upper and lower surfaces 140, 142 thereof. With reference still to FIG. 12, it should be appreciated that a central channel 145 is defined between side walls 146 and 148 which provides a communication with the center pin receiving opening at 134c. As shown in FIG. 12, the inner housing portion 130 is interconnected to two twinaxial cables 52' and 54' comprised of an outer insulative portion 152 having a shielded section at 154 and two twinaxial cable pairs: 156a, 156b, 156c, 156d. It should be appreciated from FIG. 12 that the two twinaxial signal conductors 156a and 156b are in alignment with the pin receiving openings 134a and 134b respectively, whereas twinaxial signal conductors 156c and 156d are in alignment with pin receiving openings 134d and 134e respectively. This leaves the center pin receiving opening 134c and the channel 145 empty.
With respect now to FIG. 13, a shield member is shown generally at 160 comprised of upper plate portions 162 and 164 with rear connecting sections 166 and 167 in contact with the shield 154 of the twinax cables 52', 54'. It should be appreciated that this connection could be by soldering, welding, or by way of ferrule or similar clamp. Two contact members 168 and 170 extend forwardly from the plate portion 162 whereas two contact members 172 and 174 extend forwardly from the plate portion 164. The contacts 168 and 170 are defined by bifurcated contact arms, shown generally at 176 in FIG. 13, which are positioned in two of the channels 136 whereas contacts 172 and 174 are positioned in the channels 136 above the pin receiving passageways 134d and 134e. A center ground tab 180 is stamped from a central plate section, intermediate plate sections 162 and 164, and includes an integral contact portion 182 as best shown in FIG. 14. This contact tab portion is bent downwardly into the channel 145 and intermediate the walls 146 and 148, (FIG. 13). As shown in FIG. 14, the contact portion 182 is aligned with the pin receiving opening at 134c. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the shielding further comprises a lower shield member 190, and side plate portions 192 and 194. The lower shield portion 190 has integral contact members 198-206 (FIG. 13), identical to the integral contacts 168-174, the contact members being positioned in respective channels 138 (FIG. 12).
With respect now to FIG. 15, signal contacts 210 are shown connected to the signal conductor 157, where the signal conductor is positioned in passageway 134d. The contact 210 contains a connecting portion 212 for contact with the signal conductor 157, and a receptacle portion 214 for contact with a mating pin 14 on the pin field shown in FIG. 1. It should be understood that each passageway 134a-134d carries a terminal similar to contact 210, each separately connected to a respective conductor 156a-156a. After the electrical connections are made as shown in FIGS. 13-14, the upper and lower cover parts 116 and 122 can be positioned over the inner insert housing portion 130 to encapsulate the shielded members, as shown in FIG. 16.
Advantageously then, two separate differential pairs are fully shielded by way of the outer shield members together with the shielding contacts surrounding the signal contacts.
It should also be noted that the connector concept could also be used with three coaxial cables, where the signal conductors are aligned with passageways 134a, 134c, 134a; and where the upper shield has a contact similar to 180, 182 extending into cavities 134b, 134d, through channels (similar to 145) positioned above the cavities 134b, 134d.
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|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|24 Oct 2003
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|23 Dic 2003
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 20031024


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Raise & Lower Your Own Bed with the Convenience of Remote Control The Mattress Genie bed wedge is completely adjustable - place under your mattress to raise and lower your upper body, just like an adjustable bed. Stops at ANY point between flat and fully upright with the simple to use remote control.
Below are the available bulk discount rates for each individual item when you purchase a certain amount
Now get all of the benefits of a therapeutic adjustable bed on your own mattress. Installs quickly and easily between boxspring and mattress, then raises and lowers the head of the bed with the power of air. It works with an included remote control and adjusts with just the touch of a button! Simply press the up arrow on included remote control and stop at your desired elevation. Ideal for sleeping with conditions including acid reflux, GERD and allergies. Helps sit up in bed for reading, eating and getting in and out.
The Mattress Genie® bed wedge is made up of three primary components that setup in less than two minutes without any tools:
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"Thank you so much for your wonderful invention! ... I can read, eat, sleep and sit up to watch TV for hours .." - Mrs. Lynne McGarity
"With this Wedge Pillow ... my aunt is now able to get out of bed by herself! She is VERY happy with her Mattress Genie Bed Wedge!" - Doris Skiba
"... I travel a lot ... and have severe acid reflux ... before I had to travel with a large bed wedge pillow ... with your Mattress Genie ... traveling [is] so much easier...Thanks again for coming up with the Mattress Genie!" - Gary Dolsey
"5 Stars - I Love my Mattress Genie! I have had my Mattress genie for 5 days and I absolutely love it! WOW, the comfort is unbelievable! I fell and fractured a rib on my right side a month ago. I had been sleeping in a recliner and decided to look into buying an adjustable bed. I was lucky to find the Mattresss genie. I am so thankful I ordered it. I have not slept in my recliner since I've received it. The very firsat night I slep on it, I slep 8 hours. I was so amazed when I woke up and saw that I had slep for such a long time. For the price of it...it is unbelievable. The knee wedge is nice also. I highly recommend the Mattress genie. if you don't want to spend a ridiculous price for an adjustable bed. ...this is a great price for the comfort and relaxation! Buy it, you will love it too!...Contour Living Customer
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Lance (Submitted on 22nd Jul 2016)
I've only had the wedge for a week, but after the first night I had ZERO lower back pain.
I love the fact that the wedge is adjustable and much cheaper than getting an adjustable bed frame to easily adjust my mattress.
Michael (Submitted on 28th May 2016)
Love this the Mattress Genie (Full)!! The new one is great but the wedge is a lot smaller than my last one about 2" on each side but the motor is ALOT more quieter!!
Longwood Florida Resident (Submitted on 11th Feb 2016)
Thank you so much for inventing this product! I got my first good night's sleep on 7 months after purchasing this.
Joseph Baca (Submitted on 4th Feb 2016)
Used about two weeks now and its great. No more acid reflux at night. I have Barrett's Esophagus and its getting better. I would highly recommend this product.
R. Gross (Submitted on 30th Jan 2016)
1. It makes more noise then a Leaf Blower and Lawn Mower combined.
2. Does not deflate completely without a lot of help.
3. If only 1 person is the bed it inflates uneven.
4. It does raise the head of the mattress to a comfortable level,
5. Don't fell that is worth the price.
Unknown (Submitted on 23rd Jan 2016)
My mom just got out of the hospital and I needed to get her a wedge for her to sit upright. This product is amazing!!! My mom loves the fact she is able to adjust her sit-up levels to help her sleep and even get out of bed. Shipping was super fast as well..Thank you for making a great product.
Cindy Oglesby (Submitted on 13th Jan 2016)
Works well
Dave Hill (Submitted on 13th Jan 2016)
I admire the ingenuity of the creators of Mattress Genie. The product I received deflates quickly; so I am consistently needing to pump it. I'm not sure if I have a defective product or that is simply the product itself.
Chris (Submitted on 10th Jan 2016)
I just had neck surgery and bought this because I wanted the head of my king size bed to angle upwards like the hospital bed I had been in. I didn't want to invest in an adjustable bed so I gave this a try. I am not disappointed. Just like the hospital bed I can fine tune the amount my head is raised to get most comfortable. I am able to sleep through the night and do not have discomfort when I awake. Anyone considering an adjustable bed should try the Matress Genie first-it might save you tons of money like it did me.
Susan (Submitted on 9th Jan 2016)
I love the concept and it would be great on a smaller bed with one person sleeping on the mattress.. However, the king size Genie is not satisfactory. The heavier person causes air to move to the lighter person's side, thereby raising one side to nearly maximum when heavier person adjusts it for their comfort. I was greatly disappointed and feel this issue should be noted on the website. The customer service rep I contacted said this problem has been encountered by other customers and suggested purchasing two twins for a king-sized bed to avoid this issue. If I had known the King Genie is prone to this, I could have avoided the hassle of returning it (repackaging the product and shipping costs) by simply purchasing two twins instead of one King. There is a price difference between 1 King and 2 twins, but avoiding the inconvenience of ordering a king, returning it, then waiting for the product to arrive would be worth that cost. Bottom line - don't purchase king size.
Patricia (Submitted on 8th Jan 2016)
Enjoying the genie very much I have COPD And Sleep Apnea and the genie helps me rest more comfortably. I recommend it to everyone with these conditions
SWB (Submitted on 8th Jan 2016)
Works great' BUT--it needs some form of device that prevents over inflation of bladder.
Over Inflation of bladder has caused 2 of the bladders to start leaking at the area where the hose is connected, and especially at the seems.
Maybe some type of device that whistles when back is fully inflated.
*Customer Service Response*
Over inflation is not possible with this product, as the blower is equipped with a release that will allow any excess air to escape after the product is inflated.
B Capp (Submitted on 8th Jan 2016)
Should have known- typical inflatable problems. On a 2 person bed, if one person moves, the other person bounces. Also, seems to have "deflate gate" problems.
Jane C (Submitted on 8th Jan 2016)
I have been sleeping in a recliner for the past several years. My sister-in-law suggested a bed wedge, I found you!! I am 73 years old. I was able to install the Mattress Genie on my queen sized bed by my self, I have been sleeping on it for five days now. LOVE IT!!
Nana (Submitted on 7th Jan 2016)
Love this!
PG (Submitted on 7th Jan 2016)
My husband has bad acid reflux & this was for him, he absolute loves it, thank you for a great product. I had first considered an expensive bed until I found your product ( mattress genie) this works great.
Vikki (Submitted on 7th Jan 2016)
This product works well. It is not too attractive and somewhat bulky and cumbersome near the bed, but it is ample it does the job.good sizing., I got the king size
Contour Living Customer (Submitted on 7th Jan 2016)
Wife needs to be inclined and after much searching I found the contour adjustable wedge to work great.
Bill (Submitted on 6th Jan 2016)
Doctors recommended that I sleep with head elevated. This meets my need perfect.
Jane Colgan (Submitted on 30th Jul 2015)
I have been sleeping in a recliner for the past several years. My sister-in-law suggested a bed wedge, I found you!! I am 73 years old. I was able to install the Mattress Genie on my queen sized bed by my self, I have been sleeping on it for five days now. LOVE IT!!
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EXCEL FINANCIERS I received a check for $2,975.00 to assist the international clearance fee, and I had won $120,000.00, Ripoff Ottawa Nationwide
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It contained a Ref#, Winner Code # and stated that my name was attached to a coupon number 076-87445 with serial # 306-740 and it had drew the lucky numbers. The letter gave me a contact name(Jerry Smith)and a number for me to call. I called and he was very professional and asked for no personal information. He instructed me to deposit the check into my account and to call him back after the check($2,975.00)cleared. He asked had I ever won anything before and of course I had not. He congratulated me on being a winner.
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Massive overdosing or acute poisoning by ALOPRIM (allopurinol sodium for injection) (allopurinol sodium) for Injection has not been reported.
In mice, the minimal lethal dose is 45 mg/kg given intravenously or 500 mg/kg orally (about 1/3 or 4 times the usual human dose on a mg/m2 basis). Hypoactivity was observed with these doses. In rats, the minimum lethal dose is 100 mg/kg i.v., and 5000 mg/kg orally (about 1.5 and 75 times the usual human dose on a mg/m2 basis).
In the management of overdosage, there is no specific antidote for ALOPRIM (allopurinol sodium) for Injection. There has been no clinical experience in the management of a patient who has taken massive amounts of allopurinol.
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Published: Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
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To The Editor: Bill Mosss recent post-election punditry laced with one unnecessary dig at Carl Mumpower seems strange after Times-News clarion calls for political peacemaking.
Carl can ably defend himself knowing he campaigned tirelessly throughout Western North Carolina so that voters knew exactly warts and all where he stood on the issues. Its refreshing to hear a candidate state just the facts and not rely on nuance to be all things to all people.
I concede Carl knew his comments crtical of his partys departure from our principles would be fodder for GOP insiders not enamored with his candidacy to withhold vital support, organization and funding. Even petty intra-party issues whether to allow Mumpower to attend venues or distribute his signs portended the anti-Mumpower divisiveness that guaranteed defeat. Charles Taylor could have been helpful, but chose otherwise because Mumpower success would signal the end of buying votes with public money electoral model. Yet Mumpower outpolled Taylor by 4,000 votes in Henderson County spending a measly $80,000 to win 15,000 more WNC votes than Taylors millions did in 2006.
The Obama tsunami sank many boats and Bill Mosss spin about Mumpowers defeat just mirrors the RINOs foolhardy template to mimic democrats for electoral success.
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People with NASH often have other medical conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol. These conditions should be treated with medication and adequately controlled; having NASH or elevated liver enzymes should not lead people to avoid treating these other conditions.
Experimental approaches under evaluation in patients with NASH include antioxidants, such as vitamin E, selenium, and betaine. These medications act by reducing the oxidative stress that appears to increase inside the liver in patients with NASH. Whether these substances actually help treat the disease is not known, but the results of clinical trials should become available in the next few years.
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- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is fat in the liver, with inflammation and damage.
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The class lasted a full 8 hours, and covered a good amount of information on all the steps in digital workflow (e.g. camera, software/editing, printing, organizing, sharing). The two instructors were very good, were engaging and kept the class on track. My criticism of the class is that it was over-crowded (about 150 people) so was not a workshop but rather a lecture/presentation. Questions were limited to an absolute minimum (only during breaks basically), an aspect I found frustrating. Nikon should clarify this to potential students so they don't go into the class expecting any amount of personal attention. Also, at $150/person, Nikon School grossed about $22,500. That said, they should have invested more to either split the group over a few days or had a multiple of the number of instrictors on-site (e.g. 8 - 10) so attendees could have had some of their individual needs adressed.
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I would characterize this as beyond unprofessional. I would never do business with a company like this. If they treat people like this they probably aren't any good.
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mr. Browning was an elderly sounding gentleman… Perhaps he has Alzheimer's?
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SUBMITTED: Friday, July 03, 2015POSTED: Friday, July 03, 2015
Kerry needs to do his research and eximine the law. In the state of California, it's illegal to charge actor a fee for consideration for employment. AB1319, the Krekorian Scam Prevention Act of 2009, makes that clear, and other recent decisions by the state make it a violation of the law for extras and background agencies like Central Casting, Sande Alessi and Bill Dance to charge a "registration fee" or a "photo fee".
Real casting directors who cast TV and film in Los Angeles are paid by the studios, networks, and production companies which hire them to find talent. For Kerry Lee to suggest otherwise is ridiculous and shows clearly his ignorance, arrogance or simply his disregard for the law.
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First of all I now truely understand the meaning behind the qoute" you can't please everyone" but we still try. Our company response to this report is to ask you to simply do your own research about the entertainment business and Calltime Casting's business practices and not listen to someone who clearly knows nothing about the industry or why we give you options to work with us . We also ask that you go to our website www.CalltimeCasting.com look at our resume and watch the video interviews with celebrity talent we've worked directly with and have nothing but great things to say about our company and what role Calltime and casting Director Kerry Lee has played in their careers. Also remember in the end nothing is free in Hollywood but God Blessing.
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