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IEEE announces 'Global Standards at IEEE' seminar (Feb 16, 2010)

IEEE announced that it will be hosting a Global Standards at IEEE seminar in Bangalore, India, on 9 March 2010.

IEEE ComSoc lauded for corporate standards development (Jan 8, 2010)

The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) was recently honored for its “Outstanding Contribution to Corporate Standards Development” by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA).

IEEE P1901 Working Group moves to complete powerline communications standard (Oct 21, 2009)

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced that the IEEE P1901 Working Group “has made outstanding progress and garnered overwhelming support” in streamlining and preparing the powerline communications draft standard for the final approval stage.

1394 TA targets VersaPHY; approves baseband coax, singlemode fiber standards (Sep 25, 2009)
The 1394 Trade Association (1394 TA) announced the formation of a new technical working group that will focus on the development and marketing of VersaPHY technology, billed as a 100% compatible extension to IEEE-1394 that can be implemented with existing IEEE-1394 PHY silicon. The association has also set new specifications for baseband coax and singlemode fiber interconnects.
IEEE Products
Versa Technology unveils Gigabit Power over Ethernet injector (Feb 25, 2010)

Versa Technology introduced the VX-Pi1000Gb PoE Injector, an IEEE-compliant 802.3af Power Over Ethernet  Injector which provides DC 48V over Ethernet cables.

AIS releases PoE touchscreen panel PC for Green building, control applications (Jan 12, 2010)

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) has unveiled its 10.1” Power over Ethernet (PoE) Touchscreen Panel PC, which is powered by the Intel Atom Z530 processor for ultra-low power consumption.

Microsemi develops PoE midspans with integrated lightning protection (Oct 21, 2009)

The PowerDsine 9001G-40/SP is a high-power Gigabit midspan that enables outdoor networking devices including security cameras and wireless LAN access points.

Belden expands Fieldbus line (Sep 18, 2009)
Belden announced added temperature and use ratings, and expanded multi-pair capabilities to its line of low capacitance DataBus cables for Foundation Fieldbus applications.
The Cabling Blog
Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Copper connectors putting Large Hadron Collider out of commission

Are you familiar with the Large Hadron Collider? I knew nothing about it until I read Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. Then it started popping up in the news all the time, so it seemed. The LHC -- I don't know if that's its real abbreviation or not -- is a...

You aren't planning to abandon that cable, are you Uncle Sam?

Government Computer News (GCN) is reporting that cabling-integration firm Automated Systems Design (ASD) was contracted to install the cabling for some 500 temporary offices for the Census Bureau as that government entity ramped up for its data-collection...

TIA TR-42 subcommittee elections bring new names to the fore

While posting to our Web site the news about the recent election of new chairs and vice-chairs for TR-42 and several of its subcommittees, I was reminded of a conversation I had several years ago with an executive of the training organization BICSI.It was...

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