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Latest News & Products Broadcom unveils octal 10-GbE SFP+ PHY for higher bandwidth data center, enterprise networks (Feb 7, 2012) How AT&T uses magnets to secure its 4G wireless infrastructure near Los Angeles (Feb 6, 2012) OIF investigates optical interconnect technology investment risk reduction (Feb 6, 2012) Fiber-optic crossword puzzles serve as training, exam aid (Feb 3, 2012) Ideal Industries Networks names director of engineering (Feb 3, 2012) Legrand veteran takes executive sales post at Middle Atlantic Products (Feb 3, 2012) Atkore's wire basket cable trays now sold under Acroba brand name (Feb 3, 2012) Mellanox lowers 10-GbE pricing (Feb 3, 2012) More News & Products > Current Issue , Issue 1 January 2012 Current Issue Past Issues CI&M Magazine White Papers Are you Ready for 40G and 100G? Core and edge higher-speed Ethernet equipment from Cisco, Force10, Brocade, and numerous other vendors is on the market today; by 2015, 25% of network equipment ... Sponsored By:  Leviton An Overview of Macrobending and Microbending of Optical Fibers Bending can increase the attenuation of an optical fiber by two mechanisms: macrobending and microbending.  Some bending is of course unavoidable, e.g., shipping ... Sponsored By:  Corning Designing a Reliable Cabling Infrastructure for Healthcare Facilities Hospitals and other medical facilities face daunting new IT challenges as every facet of care increasingly relies on networked electronics. Berk-Tek and Legrand ... Sponsored By:  Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company Structured Cabling Verification to Vendor Specifications: Marketing Hype or Better for Your Network? Many structured cabling vendors submit their products to third-party verification programs that perform testing to TIA-568. Some go a step further and have independent ... Sponsored By:  Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company More White Papers >		The Cabling Blog by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent CWA likes what it hears from President Obama during State of the Union On Tuesday, January 24, as President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union address, the Communications Workers of America issued a statement praising the president "for his focus on creating an America that is built to last with an economy that... FOA says, 'We have your standard right here ... on one page' In its January 2012 online newsletter, The Fiber Optic Association stated that it is starting a program "to make standards more accessible to the world of users, contractors, designers and installers." Specifically, the association is creating one-page... More Cabling Blog > Featured Videos In 2009 Global Data Center Survey commissioned by CommScope, IT professionals from around the world were questioned to discover their priorities, actions and plans for the data center. This video presents the highlights from the survey.; cable; cabl More Videos > Most Popular Articles Editorial Guides CI&M Editorial Guide: Structured Cabling Systems for Healthcare Environments Cultural, regulatory and technological forces have made healthcare a leading-edge industry with respect to information technology systems.  From HIPPA and electronic ... Sponsored By:  NetClear Read the Guide > CI&M Editorial Guide: Considerations for Selecting and Using Multimode Fiber A network manager’s choice to use multimode fiber-optic cable does not end the decision-making process. Next come considerations including cablingsystem architecture, ... Sponsored By:  OFS Read the Guide > More Editorial Guides > Podcasts Data Center Standards This podcast features insights from Jonathan Jew, an award-winning data center design professional who is at the forefront of international standards development. He provides inside information on the in-progress TIA-942 standard revision as well as goings-on with other data center specifications from ISO, CENELEC and BICSI. Jew also discusses best practices for cabling system design and administration in data center environments. Play Now or Download Tyco Electronics - Ken Hall In this Q&A with our chief editor Patrick McLaughlin, Ken Hall describes the bandwidth-consumption trends that are driving demand for cabling technologies in data centers today. He also explains why the infrastructure within a data center is a basic building block of an organization’s business strategy. Play Now or Download 1 - 2 of 2 1 of 1 Previous 1 Next