Well its been a long time coming but finally we have the 1U appliance that we’d been after from Hermstedt AG. Smaller, faster and more robust we’re really pleased with the new server and hope our existing and new customers will be too!
We’ve created a short video to show you the server and to guide you through the process and why its a good idea to make the investment in the new hardware.
Regarding upgrading
If you are due a technology refresh to ensure the continuing reliability of your file transfer equipment, this is the perfect time to re-invest in the new, superior Hermstedt StingRay.
If your existing StingRay server is less than 3 years old then you’re alright, but if your StingRay server is installed in a high volume environment e.g. magazine and newspaper publishers picture desk workflow, upgrading should be a serious consideration.
Contact Pro2col, your local reseller or email info @ hermstedtstingray.com for pricing and further information.
As a vendor of a file transfer solution its really important that we know exactly what the market wants. To help us to take the development of the Hermstedt StingRay file transfer appliance in the right direction we’ve set up an online survey to help us capture your thoughts. If you’ve got a spare two minutes we’d be really grateful if you’d take the time to complete our seven question survey which you can get to by clicking here
Implementing a new file transfer solution can significantly improve the way in which your company works especially if you’re in the graphic arts or prepress industry. Providing a range of file transfer protocols to enable you to work with your customer in the way that they want to transfer files, is only part of the battle. If you don’t have the infrastructure in place, that is the Internet connectivity (bandwidth) then you won’t be able to take advantage of your new solution.
During my regular trawl of the Internet I found a great article which helps users to understand a little more about how long it takes to send files over the Internet. The article, written by Greg Ferro goes on to explain about how latency and data encyption can add to the overall time taken to transfer your files.
If you need to analyse the throughput required on your Internet connection to transfer large files at a reasonable speed then have a read of this article - How Long Does It Take to Transfer Data?
I was trawling the Internet this evening and couldn’t help but let you know about this little piece of history I found. Not that I’m one to harp on about the good old days but some of the people working within the pre-media industry now are too young to have even worked with ISDN, to remember how easy it was to get files to and from customers. There was only one way of sending files via ISDN - 4-Sight or Hermstedt.
For those old timers in the industry who remember using ISDN here’s an article by John Henshall called “SAY GOODBYE TO THE WORLDWIDE WAIT“. It gives a good insight into what ISDN did for the graphic arts industry and is a completely nostalgic trip down memory lane. Written in 2000 it really wasn’t that long ago either, shows how quickly technology and in particular file transfer technology moves forward!
As the last supplier of ISDN products to the graphic arts and prepress industry I feel its our duty to provide for users a bit of the history of file transfer. John’s story reflects the position of many graphics businesses of the time who wanted to reduce the time to market and reduce the cost of sending disks, scans and other images using couriers.
