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Data Center Data center management is a multi-dimensional, ongoing challenge as managers must keep data traffic and airflow moving in the right direction. Here you will find information on high-speed cabling systems as well as news and information on data center power and cooling techniques and technologies. Data Center News & Products
White paper identifies virtualization benefits for mid-sized businesses
(May 14, 2012)
Frost & Sullivan white paper identifies how virtualization boosts efficiency and flexibility for mid-sized businesses.
Video makes case for active copper cable in the data center
(May 14, 2012)
Texas Instruments' Amir Razavi reviews active copper cabling options available for server-to-server and rack-to-rack interconnects in a modern data center.
Design considerations for data center cold, hot aisle containment
(May 11, 2012)
Polargy video outlines various site conditions that need to be considered during the design phase of data center cold/hot aisle containment schemes.
White paper stresses proper maintenance of data center fiber-optic infrastructure
(May 11, 2012)
CommScope document stresses that that "best practices" procedures for fiber infrastructure be adopted not only by installation contractors, but also by end-users.
TIA-942-A co-editor headlining data center cabling panel
(May 8, 2012)
J&M Consultants' Jonathan Jew will join a data center manager and others in a live interactive discussion on May 17.
Cabling, heat are factors pushing enclosures to get taller and wider
(May 8, 2012)
Report from IMS Research says the 42U height will lose market share as data centers try to grow vertically rather than horizontally.
Modular data center provider shuns geographic restrictions
(May 7, 2012)
Compass Datacenters has released its modular data center offering, which it says "untethers the geography" from facility designs.
Data center density myths debunked
(May 7, 2012)
Do typical data center deployments really achieve densities of 10kW-20kW per rack? Not according to a recent Uptime Institute survey.
Modular data centers Q&A
(May 7, 2012)
The Uptime Institute has released a video of a Q&A session with APC by Schneider Electric's Neil Rasmussen, keynote speaker at its upcoming Symposium event.
CommScope white paper covers network, server cabinet configuration basics
(May 4, 2012)
12-page paper covers topical FAQs.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
Cable-recycling firm fined after workers suffer lead poisoning
An Edmonton, UK-based firm that recycles cable pleaded guilty to exposing workers to lead and has to pay approximately £75,000 in fines and costs. The government agency Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the recycler and described "an abysmal...
Elderly cable thieves shut down 46 oil wells in China
The next time you fill up your vehicle with fuel and are exasperated by the price per gallon, don't blame the big oil companies. Don't blame President Obama's stance on the Keystone Pipeline. Instead, blame two elderly Chinese men.The Shanghai Daily has...
NASA details International Space Station cabling installation
How many times have you heard someone joke that the job of routing and installing cabling is "not rocket science"? Well, recently it was part of rocket science when a NASA commander routed and installed several new cables aboard the International Space...
Editorial Guides
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Data Center Videos
From the Pages of CI&M Magazine
Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
TIA approves 942-A data center standard - Cabling Installation & ...
How to meet today?s challenges in testing enterprise fiber ...
Hitting the high points - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
Solid standard, right tools turn cable IDs into marks of ...
Webcasts
Upcoming
Twisted-Pair Applications at Extreme High Frequencies
This webcast seminar, produced by Cabling Installation & Maintenance, will examine the current and potential future applications for the most robust balanced ...
(May 23, 2012 12:00 PM CDT / 5:00 PM GMT)
Sponsored By:
Berk-Tek Psiber Data Systems, Inc.
Minimizing Deployment Costs of Enterprise Fiber
Presentation #1This discussion will discuss critical fiber trends within the enterprise, standards requirements as well as fiber cabling solutions. Highlights include ...
(May 30, 2012 10:00 AM CDT / 3:00 PM GMT)
Sponsored By:
Panduit Fluke Networks Available On Demand
Deploying Efficient Cabling Infrastructure for Data Centers
Sponsored By:
Berk-Tek Fluke Networks Legrand | Ortronics Related Data Center News & Products
OFS: Few-mode fibers could mean 10x bandwidth jump
(May 10, 2012)
Berk-Tek names Radics VP of sales
(Apr 27, 2012)
CommScope reorganizes business segments, management
(Apr 26, 2012)
Bend-optimized fiber FAQs answered
(Apr 24, 2012)
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Best Practices for Tier 2 Fiber Certification
Extended (Tier 2) fiber certification helps characterize individual events that are invisible when conducting only loss/length (Tier 1) testing. Only with ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Best Practices for Inspecting & Cleaning Fiber
For centuries, optics have been inspected and cleaned to ensure the proper passage of light. While inspection and cleaning fiber connectors is not new, it is growing ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Best Practices for Tier 1 Fiber Certification
By conducting loss/length certification of the fiber cabling infrastructure, you are ensuring that it can support the associated bandwidth demand and network applications ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Encircled Flux ? Why You Should Care
The latest multimode launch condition standard is known as Encircled Flux and helps improve link-loss consistency for high-speed networks where it is critical to ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Fiber Cable Troubleshooting Guide
This comprehensive Optical Fiber Test and Troubleshooting Guide provides network engineers, technicians, and fiber cable installers with practical advice on how ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Case Study: HSBC Installs Cat 6A
See how the DTX-1800 CableAnalyzer combined with the 10Gig kit allowed technicians to quickly complete one of largest Cat 6A installations in the world.... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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6 Reasons for Cable Certification
This paper identifies the specific benefits afforded by cable certification and how much it pays back to the network owner.... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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Copper Cable Troubleshooting Guide
This comprehensive handbook guides you through the troubleshooting of advanced structured cabling systems using the Fluke Networks DTX CableAnalyzer, allowing ... Sponsored By:
Fluke Networks
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