Cabling Installation & Maintenance Articles, August 2005
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Contents

Product Update

Fusion splicing a crucial part of bringing fiber to the premises

For this growing application, the right equipment boasts portability, durability, and precision.

Design

Staying connected when disaster strikes

Nobody in the state of Florida has to be reminded of the 2004 hurricane season.

Installation

Racking up the latest in KVM technology

As keyboard/video/mouse technology embraces IP, Category 5e cable takes a place at the table.

Technology

Connecting blocks endure in the evolution of UTP

Not-to-be-forgotten elements in the development of 10-Gigabit Ethernet UTP solutions.

Security

Choosing the right paging and alert system

Why you need to understand the differences between 70-volt and 24-volt system design.

Products & Services

New Products

BICSI Nashville New Product Showcase Compiled by Steve Smith

Molex's end-to-end 10-Gigabit system features the enhanced Modlink plug-and-play system...

Departments

Editorial

Limited-combustible squabble threatens to stain industry

Last month, columnist Donna Ballast filled you in on the potential for requiring limited-combustible cable in certain building spaces ...

Perspective

Fiber soon to overtake copper in LAN deployments

The structured cabling systems market has struggled in recent years after a decade of significant growth in the 1990s.

Ask Donna

Conduits and the Code: Unraveling the mystery

This column is in response to requests to unravel the mysteries of the NEC 2005...

Industry Spotlight

FOLS’ new spreadsheet model compares copper/fiber LAN infrastructure costs

The price of an optical-fiber network is coming down and a new cost model by the Telecommunications Industry Association’s Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS, www.

Supercomm comes to an end, TIA and USTA go separate ways

The 18th Supercomm came to an end for good in June as its two organizers, the Telecommunications Industry Association and the United States Telecom Association, decided to go separate ways and present different conferences and expos in 2006.

Survey points to network managers’ recognition of cabling’s vital role

The important role cabling plays within the network is finally being recognized by network managers...

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Volume 13
Issue 8
August 2005
 

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