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Physical Security

Security surveillance applications run over IP video systems are a promising market for designers and installers of structured cabling systems, as IP security technology evolves quickly. This topic center provides information on these as well as other security applications including access control and alarm systems. Here you’ll find detail on the analog conversion to IP-based security systems.


The Cabling Blog
Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Another materials supplier raises prices for cable manufacturers

Today Dow Wire and Cable announced price increases on several cable-manufacturing compounds. The increases will take effect October 1 and affect Dow's customers in North and South America.Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) based specialty compounds,...

FEP supply situation - Let's blame China

For several years China's ravenous consumption rate of just about everything has made an impact on supply-and-demand levels of, well, just about everything. In the past we have reported about the price of copper being affected by China's consumption of...

Is a TIA Cat 7 standard on the horizon?

A source with connections to the Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-42 Engineering Committee says that sometime next year, the group may take up an issue it has long tabled - the development of specifications for Category 7 twisted-pair cabling...

Editorial Guides
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CIM Editorial Guide: Cable Management for High-Speed, High-Density Cabling
The evolution of high-speed networking systems, particularly in the data center, have required corresponding evolution in the network’s physical layer cabling ...
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CIM Editorial Guide: High-Performance Copper Cabling Systems for Data Centers
Today’s best-in-class copper cabling systems claim the bandwidth capacity to handle 10-Gbit/sec data transmission. With the need for speed keeping pace with ...
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Physical Security Videos
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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Dos and don?ts of WLAN and DAS - Cabling Installation & ...
... Those tempted to run wireless LAN traffic over a DAS out of concern for the physical security of access points should consider using devices like this ceiling ...

Extend your cabling?s capabilities with four-pair PoE - Cabling ...
... a and 802.11b/g. And 802.11n brings about bigger operating ranges that transform it into a better candidate for mesh networks for physical security, in which ...

Codes, standards and technologies driving green building ...
... technologies are taking on a wider role in integrating building services such as lighting controls, fire detection and alarm and physical security systems. ...

Optical fiber raceway changes with the times - Cabling ...
... Other new technologies like server virtualization and Internet Protocol convergence are constantly increasing the amount of data being transmitted and stored ...

Supermarket chain shops for high bandwidth - Cabling Installation ...
... The network includes Internet Protocol (IP) convergence of devices such as closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, in addition to data and Voice over IP ( ...

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