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07 Jan

By Rita Mailheau Planet Products, Technology PlanetechPRO, PlanetechPRO® Limited Lifetime Warranty, Warranty 0 Comments

Introducing The PlanetechPRO^® Limited Lifetime Warranty

Planet Technology USA has just launched a new limited lifetime warranty protection program called PlanetechPRO^® offered for select industrial products. To take advantage of this protection, customers will want to understand the eligibility rules which is the purpose of this article.

To start, here are answers to some frequently asked questions:

Where you can purchase PlanetechPRO^® products and some necessary stipulations
What products are PlanetechPRO^® products
How to ensure the warranty is in effect for your purchase. Your PlanetechPRO^® product MUST be registered.

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05 Jan

What type of network switch should I buy?

By Rita Mailheau Networking ethernet switch, switches 0 Comments

What Type Of PoE Switch Should I Buy?

One question we’re asked every day, is whether to go with a managed POE switch, a smart POE switch, or unmanaged POE switch? In this article, we’ll break through the complexity surrounding this decision making process.

Just as a disclaimer, we tend to recommend a managed because you gain a lot more control and flexibility over your network over the life of the switch. Things change in business,

21 Dec

By Rita Mailheau Technology 2019 tech trends, 2019 technology trends, Intelligent Digital Mesh, latest on technology, strategic technology trend 0 Comments

Our Take on Gartner’s 2019 List of the Top 10 Tech Trends

Every year beginning in October, Top 10 Technology Trends lists begin to appear in tech blogs. They’re usually fun and somewhat gadgety and from a business perspective, grease the skids for holiday shoppers to buy cool stuff for their kids. This year is a little bit different. The list we will peruse—The Intelligent Digital Mesh—is a skosh more conceptual

20 Nov

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Planet Products, Technology Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Media converter, PoE Ethernet Extender, PoE injector, POE Switches, Poe-splitter, power supply unit, Sale 0 Comments

Best Deals on Planet Switches for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Welcome to the PlanetTechnologyUSA Black Friday and Cyber Monday celebration SALE.

To help our customers get an early start on their holiday celebrations, we’re holding this doorbuster savings event. For two days only [plus the weekend], PLANET is offering you 20 percent off 20 of our most popular Gigabit switches and IT Networking gear—see the list below.

These devices fly off our shelves throughout the year. This offer is just our way

15 Nov

By Rita Mailheau Power-over-Ethernet, Technology cat 6a, ethernet, power over ethernet 3 Comments

Cat 6A | The Future For One-Cable Installations Delivering More Power and Greater Bandwidth

While Cat5e and Cat6 Ethernet Cabling are still considered by many to be excellent solutions for cabling installations, and less costly than Cat6A, there are definitely good reasons why Cat6A is a much more desirable option to support the upcoming advances in Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology.

Cost is always a driving factor when putting together a bid, and there’s

01 Nov

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Technology internet of things, latest on technology, sensing city, smart technology, tech updates 0 Comments

Why Having a Sensing City Makes Sense

Back in January, MIT released their list of the top 10 technology breakthroughs for 2018. Ranked at number 3 is a project currently underway in a dusty section of Toronto, where the city meets the Lake Ontario waterfront

17 Oct

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Planet Products, Technology Media converter 2 Comments

The Media Converter | A Quick Guide for The Networking Newcomer

In case you’re new to networking technologies, a media converter is the sort of little device every IT networking professional should keep on hand. That is because it allows you to join different signaling formats onto one well-functioning LAN.

This technology has gone the way of its predecessors in that it has become more streamlined, smaller in size, and simpler

01 Oct

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Planet Products, Technology LAN, Local Area Network, managed switch, managed switches, network switch, poe 2 Comments

The Next Generation Functionality for The Local Area Network (LAN)

As we draw closer to the year 2020, one that experts look to as the IoT 20-billion-device point, it may be time to consider something. Does our approach toward the actual IoT network itself need a rethink?

Networks, in their continuing quest for greater and greater bandwidth, were originally designed to support the PC. An ecosystem that included software systems, computers,

21 Sep

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Planet Products, Technology HDMI, HDMI 2.1, HDMI over IP, PoHD 2 Comments

User Experience | The Force That’s Driving HDMI 2.1 Cable Functionality Improvements

On November 28, 2017, the HDMI Forum, Inc., announced the release of their new HDMI® 2.1 Specification. Among other things, this new version will be better supporting 4K and 8K ultra-high resolution display technologies.

Beyond the high resolution and increased frame-rates [….], more lines of communication needed to be opened up between devices sitting

20 Aug

HDMI Over IP with PoE: Simplicity Meets the HDMI Extender

By Rita Mailheau Networking, Power-over-Ethernet, Technology Digital Signage, HDMI over IP, poe, PoE Digital Signage, power over ethernet 5 Comments

HDMI Over IP with PoE: Digital Signage Simplicity Meets the HDMI Extender

What is HDMI over IP with PoE technology?

High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a transmission interface technology used for video and digital audio data sent from HDMI-compliant devices. This high-quality image transmission makes this a perfect medium for digital signage.

HDMI over IP removes complexity, interconnecting all the pieces needed to achieve high-quality digital capabilities through the

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Introducing The PlanetechPRO^® Limited Lifetime Warranty

What Type Of PoE Switch Should I Buy?

Our Take on Gartner’s 2019 List of the Top 10 Tech Trends

Best Deals on Planet Switches for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Welcome to the PlanetTechnologyUSA Black Friday and Cyber Monday celebration SALE.

Cat 6A | The Future For One-Cable Installations Delivering More Power and Greater Bandwidth

Why Having a Sensing City Makes Sense

The Media Converter | A Quick Guide for The Networking Newcomer

The Next Generation Functionality for The Local Area Network (LAN)

User Experience | The Force That’s Driving HDMI 2.1 Cable Functionality Improvements

HDMI Over IP with PoE: Digital Signage Simplicity Meets the HDMI Extender

What is HDMI over IP with PoE technology?