Volume 12, Issue 6

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Connectivity

Bringing order to raised-floor installations

June 1, 2004
An optical-fiber distribution system is one solution for a potential cabling mess below the surface.
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IP Security & AV

How to break in to high-end security

June 1, 2004
Cabling professionals have a lot to offer to this growing installation opportunity, but skills in IP-based connectivity are a must.
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Network Protocols

The birth of the 'infinite converter'

June 1, 2004
The redefined role that media converters are playing in the grooming and optimizing of optical-fiber networks.
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Cabling Installation

Code red: Open season on ceilings, air duct cable

June 1, 2004
Proposed NEC, NFPA codes may spell end to ceiling-grid installations, CMP cable.
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RJ45 UTP & Shielded

10GBase-T first draft imminent; SNR issues a main focus

June 1, 2004
Noise and loss performance specifications take center stage in standard development.

More content from Volume 12, Issue 6

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Fiber

Research finds optical-fiber market still out of balance

June 1, 2004
A recent study finds that the optical-fiber market is still out of balance, and more consolidation among manufacturers is required to balance supply and demand.
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Connectivity

KRONE: Now is time to push 10-Gigabit Ethernet over Category 6

June 1, 2004
The KRONE Group (Denver, CO; www.krone.com) says now is the optimum time for it to come out with a Category 6 cabling system that enables 10-Gigabit Ethernet, even though a standard...
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Connectivity

New Products

June 1, 2004
More colorful ties; Training for ladder safety; Scalable wireless transmission system; MORE...
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Connectivity

Hospital gets prescribed connection for VoIP system

June 1, 2004
The University of Utah Hospital's decision to deploy a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system tipped over a domino that eventually led to one of the hospital's networking ...
Cabling Standards

Free space optics no laughing matter

June 1, 2004
The first time I heard of the technology I have come to know as free space optics was at a networking conference during the summer of 1998.
Wireless/5G

Purcell Systems opens up new cabinet line

June 1, 2004
Purcell Systems Inc. (Liberty Lake, WA; www.purcellsystems.com) is making a new product line of battery-powered cabinets for wireless applications.