Cabling industry round-up: The week's top 5 stories

This week's top trending stories from CablingInstall.com reflect a cross-section of the industry.
The week's top trending industry stories from CablingInstall.com are as follows:ACS Solutions acquires Gepco from General Cable -- When announcing the deal, General Cable described Gepco as “one of the most well-known and respected brands in the professional broadcast industry with an outstanding reputation for unsurpassed quality and performance.”Graybar imports industry veteran as new VP of sales -- Effective from March 21, Jeffrey Wanner has been appointed to the position of vice president, sales for the distributor.The Time Warner Cable mishap -- Shadowed by current news, this first-person tale of broadband installation services woe involves multiple dwellings, multiple technicians, mistaken connections, and a cut buried cable.Cabling Infrastructure Choice for 2.5 and 5GBASE-T over Copper (CI&M White Paper) -- This Panduit technology brief provides information on how to assess and mitigate existing brownfield Category 5e and 6 installations to determine if they can support 2.5 and 5GBASE-T.NEMA Type 1 wall-mount cabinet saves floor space -- With a right- or left-hinged locking back plate design that offers easy rear access to equipment and wiring, Siemon's new Wall Mount Cabinet is an EIA/ECA-310-compliant NEMA Type 1 enclosure ideally used as a mini telecommunications room or for remote network distribution and consolidation points in open, unprotected spaces such as warehouses, retail facilities and schools.
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Little Beaver Inc.
A hydraulic earth drill with a high-torque anchor handle and utility anchor adapter can significantly improve safety for anchor installation.
Enabling a one-person install, the earth drill has several advantages over manually setting drive rods or using anchor crankers.
Creative Composites Group
These Tower Tech XR cooling towers use evaporative cooling to remove heat generated within the data center by IT equipment. Composite cooling towers are more compact and significantly lighter than metal towers. They arrive at a data center site pre-built.
Data center designers shouldn’t sleep on the benefits of fiberglass construction materials.