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INDUSTRY NEWS<br />

NEWSNEWS<br />

NEWS NEWS<br />

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NEWS NEWS<br />

IoT network for Cairngorms National Park Authority<br />

Natural beauty spots across Scotland have seen an<br />

unprecedented surge in visitors amid the pandemic, the<br />

Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) is working with<br />

leading IoT service and solutions provider, North to accrue and<br />

access data that will help manage surges of tourism in a<br />

sustainable way.<br />

Through the installation of gateways and sensor devices<br />

connecting to North's IoT Scotland network framework, the<br />

National Park Authority and other local land managers will be<br />

able to use innovative technologies to monitor footfall, route<br />

usage and vehicle parking. The network will also be available to<br />

local businesses to deploy data gathering sensors, providing<br />

them with the opportunity to gain key data findings and insights<br />

on how they can improve their services.<br />

Funded by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise,<br />

Highlands and Islands Enterprise and North, the £6m IoT<br />

Scotland network provides the infrastructure for companies<br />

and organisations to tap into smart sensor applications. The<br />

proposed footfall and car park sensors will be installed<br />

around the Aviemore and Cairngorm areas and will<br />

communicate with the IoT Scotland network through the<br />

gateways set up at Glenmore Lodge, Ciste, Day Lodge and<br />

two buildings within Aviemore.<br />

Using the data from footfall around the area, the National Park<br />

Authority and partners will be able to monitor the most popular<br />

routes and car parks to ensure they are effectively managed to<br />

prevent degradation of the natural beauty spots. Additionally,<br />

sensors will be used to track real-time data to maximise visitor<br />

experience and safety, relieving car park pressures and<br />

encouraging drivers towards less populous areas. Local<br />

businesses will be able to access the network and adopt smart<br />

technology to improve their services in and around the local<br />

area, as they benefit from a surge in visitors from the easing of<br />

lockdown restrictions and flux in 'staycations'.<br />

Core Network Services for the Distributed Edge<br />

NS1 has unveiled its cloud-managed solution for DNS,<br />

DHCP, and IP address management (DDI), delivered<br />

through the NS1 Connect platform. NS1 Cloud-Managed DDI<br />

enables organisations to deliver core network services across<br />

their distributed network footprint with the agility of softwarebased<br />

deployment, the scale of cloud-native operations, and the<br />

operating efficiency of SaaS management.<br />

"Network teams managing application traffic and connectivity in<br />

distributed environments demand a new approach to delivering<br />

core services that can scale with the business," said David Coffey,<br />

chief product officer, NS1. "With the release of Cloud-Managed<br />

DDI on NS1 Connect, we have converged foundational services<br />

like external and internal DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and intelligent traffic<br />

steering on a single technology stack with internet scale<br />

infrastructure, centralised management, lightweight deployment,<br />

automated scalability, and global intelligence."<br />

Supermicro expands GPU system portfolio<br />

Super Micro Computer has released new systems based on<br />

the NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPUs and 3rd Gen Intel<br />

Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI accelerators<br />

(Supermicro X12 series). These servers are designed for<br />

demanding AI applications where low latency and high<br />

application performance are essential.<br />

The 2U NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU system is suited for deploying<br />

modern AI training clusters at scale with high-speed CPU-GPU<br />

and GPU-GPU interconnect. The Supermicro 2U 2-Node system<br />

reduces energy usage and costs by sharing power supplies and<br />

cooling fans and supports a range of discrete GPU accelerators,<br />

which can be matched to the workload. Both of these systems<br />

include advanced hardware security features that are enabled by<br />

the latest Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX).<br />

Wi-Fi management added into WatchGuard Cloud<br />

WatchGuard Technologies has announced Wi-Fi in<br />

WatchGuard Cloud along with a new line-up of Wi-Fi 6-<br />

enabled access points (APs). The addition of Wi-Fi in<br />

WatchGuard Cloud provides cross-platform integration and<br />

centralised management of all WatchGuard products, while the<br />

new APs give customers enhanced connectivity, performance,<br />

and best-in-class security. The launch of AP130, AP330, and<br />

AP430CR comes as the availability of Wi-Fi 6-enabled devices<br />

continues to grow.<br />

06 NETWORKcomputing NOVEMBER/DECEMBER <strong>2021</strong> @<strong>NC</strong>MagAndAwards<br />

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