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Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Guest Blog: Master Format 2010 - What's new?

by Felix ZayasJuly 28, 2010In the telecommunications field the term "MasterFormat" can be somewhat of a convoluted term. For the next 350 words or so I will go through the finer details of MasterFormat and how it relates to telecommunications.MasterFormat...

Tweet this: New data center for Twitter is overdue

Twitter announced on its Engineering Blog that later this year it will open its own dedicated data center in the Salt Lake City area. The microblogger's Jean Paul Cozzatti said in his post that the dedicated data center will allow Twitter to "have full...

Legal investigation underway in Tyco's ADC acquisition

Several law firms are taking a look at the Tyco Electronics acquisition of ADC for approximately $1.25 billion to determine whether or not ADC's board accepted an offer from Tyco that represents the best value for shareholders. Such investigations are not...

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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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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Better to be safe - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... The double embarrassment comes from the fact that I had just worked on the article by The Fiber Optic Association’s Jim Hayes that begins on page 9 of this ...

With optical patch cords make sure you get what you pay for ...
... Some contractors and users pay good money for fiber-optic patch cords but because those cords were not tightly controlled during manufacturing, they are of low ...

Training and safety are paramount for fiber-optic installations ...
... First of all, most sources used in fiber optics are optimized for modulation speed, not absolute power. Premises cabling with multimode fiber and light ...

Fire alarm, EVAC systems require robust and reliable cabling ...
... tested for flame-propagation characteristics in accordance with the Standard Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed ...

Corporate objectives, business ops and data center cabling ...
... Years back we’d gotten involved with the fiber connector “wars” as they were called, with respect to getting a smaller package and deliver more ports in ...




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