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More Or Less Cabling To Support IP Convergence?
IP (Internet Protocol) Convergence is a term few describe with precision. The use of the term in popular culture has raised IP convergence (AKA ‘IP Everywhere’) to cultural icon status, leading CXO...
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CommScope Speaks On 40/100GbE And Data Center Network At Ethernet Technology...
Ethernet keeps evolving. A number of technology evangelists recently gathered together at the Ethernet TechnologySummit in Santa Clara, California. They discussed nothing but Ethernet for three days....
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Spaghetti Cable-nara
Administration of an infrastructure needs to be done right, not only at the initial installation, but throughout the life of the system. Inaccurate or time-consuming connections can be costly, but when...
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Technology Trends, Bandwidth Needs, Cabling Decisions
Dramatic increases in PC performance over recent years continue to be reflected in the network traffic they generate. The potential of PCs to utilize network bandwidth is still far from fully realized...
View ArticleDo You Know The Ethernet Alliance?
The recent Technology Exploration Forum (TEF) on Next Generation 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Interconnect Specification held in Santa Clara, CA marks another successful event for the Ethernet Alliance....
View ArticleArchitecture Must Be a Priority!
John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer, Cisco Systems, emphasized the word “architecture” multiple times during his keynote at the recent Cisco Live! in Las Vegas. He also listed...
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40/100GbE Is Alive And Well
Almost one year has passed and I can still feel the excitement surrounding the first 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) plug-fest sponsored by the Ethernet Alliance. This excitement is because of the...
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A Picture Paints A Thousand Words, A Video Displays A Thousand Pictures
Video is the element most often associated with the term multimedia, and also widely touted as the ‘bandwidth cruncher’. Applications, such as desktop video teleconferencing and Internet radio/TV,...
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Thanks for voting! The winner is…
Recently I asked what best practices in the data center were of interest to you, so that we could write about topics that were relevant to our viewers. Thank you for all of the votes so far. If you...
View ArticleNeed Help Justifying That Infrastructure Upgrade?
I often get asked by customers, partners and fellow employees: ‘How do we justify the expense of an infrastructure to the powers that be who control the purse strings?’ While there is no one single...
View ArticleFrom ‘Doorstop’ To Desktop To Mobile Device – The Evolution Of Catalogs
For decades, our industry has relied on large ‘doorstop’ catalogs from product manufacturers and distributors, for customers and partners to wade through to find the right solutions. The main issue...
View ArticleIs Managing Your Remote Sites One Of Your Headaches?
Information flow is now second only to cash flow in the success of many organizations. To secure the information needed to run the business, network connections in every part of the organization must...
View ArticleTechnology, Intelligence, Energy
Technology, Intelligence, Energy - Three words that probably best sum up the key challenges and opportunities for network infrastructures, whether they are wired or wireless. As with most things in...
View ArticleWire More To Wireless!
As organizations strive to make more effective use of people, workspaces, and business systems, flexibility may be the single biggest factor in worker productivity and corporate efficiency. What...
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Fiber-to-the-……
Over the past years, one infrastructure media technology in particular has become more and more common in catering to the trends in all types of networks, that of optical fiber. When I say networks, I...
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Healthcare, Structured Cabling Standards and HIMSS
The Telecommunication Industry Association (or TIA) has historically provided best practices on cabling in traditional premises environments though its TIA-568 series of standards. Over time, TIA has...
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Fiber-To-The-Antenna
Due to the high investment in new network infrastructure, mobile communications operators are tending to focus on operating costs (OPEX). The increasing number of cells and the parallel operation of...
View ArticleData Center Soup
For those of you involved in the planning, design, commissioning or operation of data centers, keeping up to date with the suggested best practice and available options can be a veritable soup to wade...
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Stay Out Of My Garage
What would you do if all of your neighbors had access to your garage, with the ability to enter and, at any time, take anything out. In talking with a network manager for a hospital facility this week,...
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When Does “Good Enough” Begin To Cost You?
I was recently asked to accompany a sales manager on a customer visit to a large multinational business. The purpose of our visit was to share our experience and opinion on a situation that is...
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Moving To Next Gen Ethernet While Preserving More Than Half Of Your Initial...
Much has been written about the many factors driving the requirements for higher speed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology. These factors include high-bandwidth applications and a growing user base, both...
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An Eye To The Future For Multi-Tenant Data Centers
Much has been written on the challenges that face multi-tenant data center operators with regards to balancing capacity and utilization for the facilities in which they invest. An equally daunting...
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Webinar: Data Center As A Living Infrastructure
Data centers are critical to the IT operations of most organizations, playing a key role in storing and accessing information used to run the business. Whether you operate a dedicated data center...
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CommScope Studies Next-Gen Twisted Pair Cabling With IEEE, Publishes White Paper
For years, CommScope has been participating and contributing to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) standards development efforts. Most recently, experts from CommScope...
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A New Journey Has Begun—40/100GbE Over Twisted-Pair Cabling!
I can’t help sharing fantastic news! The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approved the Next Generation BASE-T Call for Interest (CFI) at IEEE 802.3 July 2012 Plenary meeting....
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Category 6A And The Landline Phone—A Progression Of History And Technology
Do you remember or still have four conductor drop cable as the infrastructure for your home telephone? Category “nothing” cable carried many of our analog conversations then and still does today. The...
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Should I Wire My New HQ For A Future DAS Capability?
A leading health insurance company in the midwest United States was in the process of building a new headquarters. The building included 10 stories for offices, conference rooms, cafeteria, and a...
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Intelligence Saves The Day!
Recently, I was working with a customer to implement an intelligent infrastructure system in their data center. They were struggling to manage their ports and patch cords as several different groups...
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How Will Next Generation Wireless Networks Look In 5 to 10 Years?
If predicting the future were easy, no company would ever spend money developing products that ultimately do not sell or cultivating markets that never materialize. But of course, predicting the future...
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PON To The Broadband Rescue In Rural Communities
Service providers continue to face three major challenges in providing broadband services in low-density population areas such as rural communities. They are under pressure from constituents to offer...
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Can You Evolve Easily From An HFC Network To FTTx?
For more than 35 years CommScope’s engineers have led the industry with innovative solutions for the MSO market. This is nothing new for CommScope. Across our business units, you’ll find solutions that...
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