Emkat is now on LinkedIn!

Emkat is pleased to announce The” Emkat” Linked In Group. The purpose of this group is to embrace our customer base and give you access to collaborate with each other. We will keep this updated with all of the latest industry information and promotions from our vendors.


To join the Emkat Linked in Group please click here

*If you are not already a linkedin subscriber we encourage you to sign up and join the group. This is a valuable tool for all professionals to build your network. If you are a current subscriber, simply log in and request to join the group.

The New Standard in Wireless – 802.11n

802.11n deployments are increasing across all industries in office, warehouse, and manufacturing environments. The latest wireless standard in wireless communications, even users with legacy 802.11a/b/g clients can reap the performance benefits of deploying an 802.11n enabled wireless network. As an extension of the 802.11a and b/g standards, 802.11n is fully backward compatible to 802.11a/b/g wireless clients, making 802.11n ideal for customers looking to “future-proof” their wireless network while extending support to legacy radio devices.


Additionally, networks enabled with 802.11n give wireless users the benefit of receiving considerably higher throughput levels. In true 802.11n deployments, throughput levels can reach 130 Mbps in 2.4 GHz environments and 300 Mbps in 5 GHz environments thus making 802.11n the perfect fit for users with high bandwidth requirements such as wireless video streaming or voice applications.

To read more about 802.11n, click here to view the official Emkat brief.

Global Economic Supply Chain Issues

Due to global economic conditions in 2009, the global semiconductor supply chain was forced to drastically reduce manufacturing capacity as demand dropped. Unfortunately, this caused many smaller semiconductor manufacturers to dissolve. As the economy has improved, demand has drastically increased causing a severe temporary shortage due to diminished supply. This is not a vendor specific issue and has greatly affected parts supplies for all major manufacturers within the industry. This shortage has caused a longer than average lead time on new hardware and product repairs. Please bear with us as we deal with these supply issues through the coming weeks and months. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for our end-users and hope to have this issue alleviated shortly. In the meantime, we will do everything in our power to decrease product lead times and continue to find alternate solutions to meet the needs of our end-users.