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Volume 17, Issue 11
November 2009
November 2009


CI&M Magazine

In a 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; cabling; CommScope; data center; Survey; General Cable's Bob Kenny explains how the company's Mosaic Twisted Pair (MTP) cabling technology prevents alien crosstalk.; Alien Crosstalk; General Cable; mosaic; MTP cable; Transition Networks, Inc. releases new industrial products.; Art Felgate; Transition Networks; Corning Cable Systems' LAN market manager Marcus Sullivan demos a quick, efficient method for fiber termination.; Corning Cable Systems; Corning Unicam Pretium; fiber termination; Valerie Maguire presents 10 reasons to use category 7A TERA cabling ; category 7A; CIM; Siemon; TERA cabling; Valerie Maguire; Berk-Tek's Carol Everett Oliver discusses the benefits of PoE+ technology.; Berk-Tek; BICSI Winter Conference; PoE Plus; PoE+; Power over Ethernet Plus; CommScope Enterprise Solutions' Paul Kolesar introduces the new OM4 Fiber Standard and discusses how OM4 is being utilized in the next generation data center.; cable; cabling; CommScope; OM4 Fiber; Belden's Stephane Bourgeois talks about challenges for implementing data center structured cabling technology in 2009.; Belden; data center; structured cabling; Siemon Structured Cabling Specialist Lyle Menard, RCDD/NTS, discusses the advantages of pre-terminated copper and fiber trunking cable assemblies. Siemon trunk cabling reduces on-site installation time by up to 75%. ; cabling; Siemon; Cxtec's Peter Belyea talks about 40G/100G circuits and what they'll mean for the data center.; 100G; 40G; data center; ethernet; Siemon's Lyle Menard demos the company's VersaPOD data center cabinet.; data center cabinet; Siemon; VersaPOD; Draka's Jack Rosko talks about coming trends in 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet cabling.; 100 Gigabit Ethernet; 100G; 40 Gigabit Ethernet; 40G; Draka;
 

The Cabling Blog
Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Survey says: Data center virtualization an opportunity for cabling

Not long ago CommScope issued a report entitled Innovating in a Time of Change: Investment and Technical Trends in the Data Center. Some of the highlights from that report have been published in the November issue of Cabling Installation and Maintenance....

Emerson buying Avocent: Metrics, metrics, metrics

Today's news about Emerson Network Power buying Avocent for $1.2 billion is all over the finance pages. We'll let them sort out whether or not Emerson's paying too much at $25 per share. I believe cabling and data center professionals (who don't own the...

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Latest Articles & News
Leviton launches residential structured wiring products (Nov 5, 2009)

Leviton's "Connected Home" line of residential structured wiring products includes the company's HOME 5e and HOME 6 residential-grade connectors and patch cords.

Reflex Photonics launches dual 40G Ethernet transceiver (Nov 4, 2009)

Reflex Photonics' Dual 40G CFP transceiver supports two fully independent 40 Gbps Ethernet links.

Net Optics intros 10-GbE monitoring systems for telecom and data center networks (Nov 4, 2009)

The Net Optics Director Xstream and iLink Agg Xstream platforms enable more cost-effective monitoring of the increasing volume of traffic on 10G network links, says the company.

IndigoVision appoints Bobbie Sauter as North American marketing manager (Nov 3, 2009)

The manufacturer of IP video security platforms has appointed Bobbie Sauter to the new position of Regional Marketing Manager - North America.

Belden adds Omni Cable as master re-distributor (Nov 3, 2009)

Belden has announced a partnership with Omni Cable, a master redistributor of specialty wire and cable for electrical distribution.

Offshore-made cables still fail on fire safety, says CCCA; new quality measures are pending (Nov 2, 2009)

The CCCA says that the prevalence of offshore-manufactured communications cable products which fail to meet industry fire safety requirements continues to plague the marketplace.

'Energy Saver System' from Eaton enables optimum UPS system efficiency, reliability (Nov 2, 2009)

Eaton says its Energy Saver System technology enables large, three-phase uninterruptible power systems (UPSs) to operate at up to 99 percent efficiency without sacrificing reliability.

Arrow, IMS sign NA distribution agreement for power, environmental monitoring systems (Nov 2, 2009)

Arrow ECS has become exclusive North American distributor of IMS's EDX DC-3 monitoring platform for data centers.

Supermarket chain shops for high bandwidth (Nov 1, 2009)

The six-year project upgraded a headquarters facility that supports more than 1,200 store locations.

New Prodcuts (Nov 1, 2009)

The ValidatorPRO and ValidatorPRO-NT are handheld testers designed to allow enterprise network installers to speed-certify Ethernet cabling ...

Editorial Guide

Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency

Read our new editorial guide, "Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency."

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