In December 2020, IEC 62368-1 certification will become mandatory in many European countries. Are your products compliant? By Bill Conrades, Sales Engineering Manager Product safety certifications aren’t typically at the front of anyone’s mind. But like oil changes and plumbing, without periodic maintenance, things can go south fast. Today’s technology products carry either IEC 60950-1 Read more…
Notably Dell Technologies Design Solutions and Lanner Electronics MBX Systems is expanding a channel strategy aimed at manufacturers of base servers used to build customers’ integrated hardware/software solutions. It can work with channel partners to develop new business, provide consultative engineering that optimizes base OEM hardware for each end customer’s application, and integrate into partner operations Read more…
New Pre-Built Solutions Right-Sized for Disparate ISV Applications & End-User Environments MBX Systems, a manufacturer of purpose-built and deployment-ready hardware devices for technology companies, has expanded its line of pre-built, pre-engineered hardware platforms for physical security applications to help ISVs right-size deployments for specific end-user environments. All products are paired with value-added MBX services ranging Read more…
This system is 16 pounds, portable and can be tethered to other systems. Written by Andrew Wheeler, Author and Managing Editor Rack-mounted servers, or rack servers, are computers configured for installation in a central framework commonly referred to as rack. In any given facility, the rack-mounted server contains a computer or computers in a slot Read more…
Tom Larson was looking for his next adventure. Enter one company that was established in the 1990s, is ISO9001:2015 certified, and has built a significant infrastructure on I.T. hardware supply chain and order fulfillment. Enter MBX Systems. By Jay Bartlett, Security World Back in 2008, many considered it the year of “convergence.” The year where IP-based Read more…
The top priority at MBX Systems is the well being of our employees and maintaining business continuity as the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus advances. Justin Formella, Chief Strategy Officer It’s important that we continue to communicate how we are preparing our entire organization and protecting your end-to-end supply chain. We’ve gone to incredible lengths to Read more…
“There’s a paradox here,” said MBX’s Justin Formella. “If it seems like an overreaction after the fact, it means you probably did the right thing and helped the situation improve.” For Chicago business, the coronavirus at first seemed like distant shells from a hostile army still far from its target. Manufacturers reliant on Far East Read more…
Savvy entrepreneurs are planning ahead to mitigate the effects of supply shortages and sick employees. When the 12 China-based employees of private-label sock manufacturer PAC-MFG return to their office on Monday after a two-week quarantine of the city of Haining, things will be a little different. Buses and trains are hot spots for transmission of the coronavirus, Read more…
At AllCell Technologies’ facility in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, dozens of employees are cranking out lithium-ion batteries, destined to power drones, electric vehicles and more. The key component of the rechargeable batteries comes from China and other Asian countries, where the coronavirus has caused factories to shut down or operate at reduced capacity, Read more…
MBX recommends reserving supply allocations ahead of forecasts to secure components into Q2 2020. Justin Formella, Chief Strategy Officer There have been multiple changes to the status of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak over the past two weeks, and we want to update you on what we know today about its impact on technology manufacturing Read more…