Category: Computer security

Industrial PC Enclosures for all Areas (Part 2)

Liquids: Liquids can potentially destroy a computer in moments. Water is by far the most common liquid and as it is conductive will finish off any computer if it is allowed to seep into the enclosure. Waterproof PC enclosures are also guided by the European IP system with the second number denoting the level of […]

The Most Commonly Used IP codes

Here are some of the most commonly used IP codes in the industrial computer enclosure industry. The IP codes signify how much protection the enclosures offer against the penetration of foreign bodies and permeation of water. The two digits signify the protection against solid objects (the first digit) and liquids (the second digit. The greater […]

Armagard Announce a New Range of Digital Outdoor Signage

Armagard’s range of digital outdoor signage enclosures offers a variety of options for display and digital signage purposes in harsh, industrial, public or outdoor environments. Designed to European IP rating and international NEMA guidelines, they offer the perfect solution for digital outdoor signage. Built to accommodate a large variety of digital signage displays the enclosures […]

Happy Christmas from all at Armagard

Here at Armagard Europe’s leading supplier of Industrial Computer Enclosures, we would like to wish all our customers, suppliers and even our competitors a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope 2009 is a successful year for you all.

5 Recession Busting Computer Tips

Here are five ways to save money in IT during the economic downturn. 5. Only buy what you need. It always amazes me when administrators announce they are to replace their existing office computers and start ordering the latest, state-of-the-art, PC’s. Yet what is the point in buying a computer with enhanced graphics and sound […]

Industrial Computer – Fire risks in IT

Computers are now an integral part of the industrial environment. Computers control all sorts of processes in the manufacturing and production industries. From monitoring production lines to stock control computers are often as important for industry as they are for the office. There is however, one convention that differs between industrial environments than that of […]

Using Computers in Food Production

There is no getting away from them computers are everywhere. No longer is the PC a bastion of the office or home they are now used in all aspects of our business and daily lives. Computers are far more efficient at controlling processes and keeping track of stock than a human counter-part, using a computer […]

Computer protection against theft

LONDON (Reuters) June 2008  ‘A computer containing “restricted” information was stolen from the office of a cabinet minister in a break in. “There was a break-in at the constituency office of Hazel Blears on the afternoon of Saturday, June 14. Hazel was not there at the time,” a government statement said. It continued: “The thief […]

40 Years Old but Has the Mouse had its Day? Touchscreens the New Input Device.

In December 1968 at a computer network presentation in San Francisco, Doug Engelbart from the Stanford research Institute unveiled his prototype input device. Made of wood with wheels from a toy car the device was nicknamed by one of Engelbart’s researchers as the ‘mouse’ a name that stuck for over forty years. It did take […]

Body Armour Protects Avon and Somerset PC from Angry Attack

Whilst police constables in most forces are now equipped with body armour, Avon and Somerset Police are using it to protect another type of PC – their computers. The force has installed Armagard’s Penc 300 compact computer enclosure in custody suites to protect their valuable new computer equipment and it has already withstood an attack. […]