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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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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Data center tier classifications and five-nines availability ...
... covering such aspects as power, cooling, and distribution. ... that installing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS ... Data center owners have the responsibility to ...

High-density optical connectivity in the data center - Cabling ...
... More servers; more storage; more switching; more power; more cooling; and more cabling to keep it all together. Data center growth is a reality that is ...

Guidelines for FCoE deployment - Cabling Installation & ...
... can support LAN and SAN data types, reducing equipment and cabling in the data center while simultaneously lowering the power and cooling load associated with ...

Self-contained data centers the right fit for some - Cabling ...
... Within the self-contained data center system, base modules serve ... fans that engage should the cooling system fail ... Building power is supplied to one or two panels ...

Infrastructure suppliers team with IBM on modular data center ...
... enabling customers to conserve valuable data center real estate while managing extreme heat loads and optimizing power and cooling efficiencies,” stated Jack ...

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