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Sarah Shields promoted to Europe

Posted on June 19, 2018 by - News

sarah-shields-new-620x350Sarah Shields is to become Dell EMC’s new VP of enterprise channel, Europe, and the outfit now needs someone to fill her current UK role.

Shields will now work with partners targeting large enterprise accounts across Europe. Large deals are very much outcome orientated and she thinks they are a great opportunity for partners that want to hit that large base of enterprise customers.

Shields said she is currently in the process of putting together a team to work with her in her new role, but said she will not transition until a replacement for her current role (VP and GM of Dell EMC UKI channels) has been found. The move will see Dell EMC without a heavy weight leader in the UK.

A shortlist of potential candidates has been drawn up, but Shields encouraged people to apply for the role. She stressed that the UK will remain important to her in her new position.

In the new role Shields will report into Dell EMC’s senior VP for EMEA Michael Collins, as she does  now.

Boeing patents Star Trek shields

Posted on March 24, 2015 by - News

cheap_shields_03The US aircraft maker Boeing claims to have invented Star Trek style force fields even before it has built the US enterprise.

Everyone knows that the first Enterprise shipped with ablative plating and any defence involved charging the plating and real shielding did not come until much later.

However Boeing’s patent number 8,981,261 describes a force field that would use energy to deflect any potential damage.could provide a real-life layer of protection from nearby impacts to targets.

At the moment it will not protect from direct hits from a rifle, let alone a Klingon Bird of Prey.

The system can sense when a shock wave generating explosion occurs near a target. An arc generator then determines the small area where protection is needed from the shock waves.
It then springs into action by by emitting laser pulses that ionise the air, providing a laser-induced plasma field of protection from the shock waves.

“Explosive devices are being used increasingly in asymmetric warfare to cause damage and destruction to equipment and loss of life. The majority of the damage caused by explosive devices results from shrapnel and shock waves,” the patent says.

While Boeing may been granted the patent, it’s unclear how long it will be before the company deploys the real-life force fields.