Cabling Installation & Maintenance Articles, February 2009
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New Products

New Products

The M650 full-featured, compact QUAD OTDR has an integrated visual light source and optical power meter with large transflective touch screen display, suitable for both indoor and outdoor operation.

Editorial

Moves, adds, and challenges

During my annual trek to the BICSI Winter Conference in Orlando, I had the opportunity to leave the conference's host facility one night for dinner.

Features

Design

Using your infrastructure to support video (Part 2)

Broadband video, Internet Protocol Television, and other entertainment applications can run on high-performance twisted-pair cabling.

Technology

An intelligent evolution of bandwidth metrics

Surpassing previous measurement methods, calculated effective modal bandwidth (EMBc) utilizes the fiber's DMD profile ...

Meeting reach objectives for 40/100-GbE channels

These ultra-high-speed transmissions will mandate shorter optical link lengths and require low insertion-loss performance.

Data Center

Passive cooling solution reduces energy expenses

CDW's new data center in Wisconsin houses cabinets that also provide flexibility and scalability.

Security

IP-based video close to standardization

Two separate industry groups are working on specifications aimed at interoperability.

Industry Spotlight

Data center patch system incorporates 1728 fibers in 4U

LightWave Manufacturing & Services LLC (www.mtp-solutions.com) has launched the Chameleon high-density fiber-optic patching system ...

CCCA cautions: Don't always believe the jacket

The Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA; www.cccassoc.org) recently rleased details of an investigation it conducted ...

Emerson enhances Liebert CRAC unit with chilled water-based system

Emerson Network Power's (www.liebert.com) Liebert CW is a chilled water-based computer room air conditioning unit (CRAC) ...

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Volume 17
Issue 2
February 2009
 

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