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NEWSFLASH: SOLAR POWER ENERGY - IT REALLY WORKS!
After 19 months on the water, the solar-powered ship MS Turanor PlanetSolar finished its journey around the globe in the Hercule Harbor in Monaco on May 4.
“We are extremely happy to have achieved this first world tour with solar energy,” the ship’s captain Swiss Raphael Domjan said from the dock. “We have shown that we have the technologies as well as the knowledge to become sustainable and safeguard our blue planet.”
Amanda H. Miller MAY 04, 2012
"A WORD FROM THE BRIDGE"
Based in the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, SEA-Tech provides tactical IT consulting, technical professional services and project management as well as rapid response technical support to the marine sector in Ireland and overseas.
Established in 2005 and operating under the philosophy of “we do I.T. the way you want it done”, we operate as both a prime contractor for research and academic, coastal and marine engineering, yachting, SMEs and as a subcontractor for marine engineering, shipping agents, chandlers, IT vendors, integrators. Our engineering power and consulting are the backbone of successfull projects.
Still we are very different from any other I.T. Company in Ireland. We are IT experts with marine experience, whose primary goal is to serve you, our customer. Sure, other people say this too - but do they really mean it? Do they live it? We do - and our existing clients will tell you so. SEA-Tech has earned a strong reputation for delivering value in line with customer requirements both on land and at sea.
Founder & Director
Who said IT does not have to be complicated? On Saturday, while all enjoyed the sun at 
Statistical Solutions I endeavoured to tidy up the patch panel. One after another, contractors have worked on this patch boards, the isdn phone lines, the PABX, firewall, wifi access point, server, and the result was waow... I am the only one who never worked on the panel and I take pride into my work. I probably never left a messy cabinet behind. The reason is simple, troubleshooting a dishevled cabinet will take longer than pining down the cause of a problem in a well kept colour coded cabinet.
Not so long ago after SensL moved in their new premises in Cork Airport BP I was commissioned to wire the office and perform some minor improvements to the LAN after the previous tenant had torn appart the cabinet to keep the patch panels and the switches. A few month ago, when I took over PFH the IT maintenance in Statistical Solutions I thought I'd probably spend more time troubleshooting than I would spend rewiring the whole cabinet. Mary Byrne and Brendan Nyhan decided that it was better done over a WE and after procuring the hardware, we decided to have a go at it over the WE.
I first took note of the PABX wiring scheme and I also downloaded the intalation manual. In my experience the lads who install them rarely seave behind a set of note. Maybe they should, in times like ours, the difference is in details, the extra mile! Then I disconnected and removed all the LAN cables, they were of all colours and length, in such way that the cabinet had 
more to do with a yarn of whool than a communication panel. Hopefully the PABX was probably untouched since it was installed and the cables all of the same colour.
The communication cabinet, is the one part of the IT system infrastructure few business owners in my experience dare explore. I would not blame them for it. It's not that it is complicated really, but as I said before contractors after contractor it is usually made an undocumented mess. Unless you feel you can wire your cabinet from ground to hatic your cabinet should be left untouched.
Bottom line, with a few hundred euros, a bit of patience, puzzle skills and Fix-I.T. touch, Statistical Solutions' LAN exchanges are now boosted tona speed of 1000 mb per second, thanks to twenty-four 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-sensing ports automatically detecting optimal network speeds. Next week an extra 24 ports will be added, first for expansion but also for backup. The switch was supplied by CSIreland, with a lifetime warranty and so is my work...
Monday first hour I will liaise with eQ-Tel in Blarney to get a better understanding / documentation of the installation of the IP-LDK20,..
Message on the wall...
Brian O'Kane, Managing Director in Oak Tree Press
