Cabling Installation & Maintenance Articles, January 2011
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Building an IP-based hospital megaplex

The new 1.6-million square-foot Johns Hopkins hospital opening in 2012 will be a showplace for IP connectivity.

Hospital data center sees bright future

Fiber infrastructure gives facility an edge accessing medical records.

Air-blown fiber solves today's healthcare IT needs

Characteristics that make the technology attractive in other venues also apply in healthcare settings.

Compatibility issues with bend-insensitive and standard multimode

Lab testing indicates risks associated with mixing bend-insensitive and standard multimode fiber

The facts about bend-insensitive multimode fibers

Reports meant to cause alarm about the medium's compatibility with other fibers are bending the truth.

Trends in fiber-optic cabling termination styles

Knowing each style's pros and cons will help you make the right selections for different applications.

Sorting out data center tiers and cabling specs

The tier concept was included in TIA-942, but the tier system's creator warns against confusing the two.

Departments

I promise, this is the year

This might be the third consecutive year that I have been convinced will be the year that 10GBase-T comes to complete fruition ...

How to route patch cords

Simple guidelines can help gain efficiency in the telecom room.

Latest CCCA testing shows offshore patch cords fail miserably

The latest round of performance testing conducted by the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) has shown that Cat 6 patch cords ...

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