As Q4 2012 ends and 2013 begins, the UNH-IOL will enter its 25th year. In 1988, the needs of two competitive companies to work together to their mutual benefit helped form the InterOperability Laboratory. Since then, the thousands of companies partnering with the UNH-IOL all have benefited from this collaborative experiment between industry and academia. Our members in 1988 would easily recognize the UNH-IOL today as the same student-powered phenomena, fueled by the support of industry leaders to support the development of interoperable standards; of services to validate the conformance and interoperability of such standards; and, equally importantly, helping to apprentice the next generation of industry professionals.
IOL Blog Entries for January 2013
Fibre Channel: A Quarter Century of Reliable Storage
By Jamie Bilodeau - January 23, 2013
For just under a year I have been working for the UNH-IOL within the Fibre Channel Consortium. Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed network technology for transferring data. Fibre channel is considered to be fast (most commonly at 2, 4 and 8 gigabit per second speeds) and highly reliable, making it ideal for Storage Area Networks (SANs). The storage components that make up an FC system are invisible to the servers, which simply enjoy direct access to a pool of storage.
Wanted: High School Students Interested in Technology
By - January 14, 2013
Part of the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab's (UNH-IOL) mission is to attract students to, and educate them for, future employment in cutting-edge technologies. We believe that this process should start early before students even enter college. Each summer the UNH-IOL recruits bright, ambitious high school students entering their senior year for a seven week paid internship at our state-of-the-art networking facility.
Big Shoes to Fill
By Jeremy Hochschwender - January 4, 2013
My name is Jeremy Hochschwender, and I work in the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) consortium at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL). I'm a freshman at UNH, pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering. My experience with the UNH-IOL started before I came to UNH. As a senior in high school, I looked at a lot of schools; the key thing I looked for was real world experience. I originally had no intention of going to UNH, as I didn't think that they had any programs that could compete with the co-ops that many other engineering schools offer today. One can imagine my surprise when I discovered the UNH-IOL. It was the perfect setup for me, as it would allow me to gain work experience within the industry just down the street from campus.