What is Industrial Ethernet? How Does It Differ from Commercial Ethernet?
To meet the needs of the industrial environment, Industrial Ethernet essentially uses special industrial protocols encapsulated within the Ethernet protocol in a way that ensures the correct information is sent and received […]
The Fiber Formula – Fact, Fiction & Fantasy
If you missed the pre-conference seminar presented by the TIA’s Fiber Optics Tech Consortium at the Fall BICSI Conference, here’s your chance to download a copy of the presentation. Read the source […]
Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Changing Healthcare Cabling Standards
Whether you are designing an infrastructure for a single doctor’s office or a healthcare campus, the cabling and connectivity you select for the network becomes a critical factor for a healthy network. […]
The Cutting Edge of Next-Gen Data Centers
In order to build out the next generation infrastructure, data processing power will have to take place at the edge of a network. TIA NOW welcomes Don Byrne, Managing Partner at Metrix411, […]
LEDs vs VCSELs | Encircled Flux (EF) Testing with LED
Since today’s high-speed fiber networks use 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSELs) transceivers, some may be confused about why light emitting diode (LED) light sources are used for testing. Understanding the differences between […]
Is the IT Troubleshooting Process Broken?
According to EMA Associates, over 30% of network issues are first reported by end-users who are experiencing performance problems with services and applications. Is that indicative of an effective troubleshooting strategy? There […]
What Type of Cabling Do I Need for the Latest 802.11 Wi-Fi?
Whether you’re just now upgrading to Wi-Fi 5, or already looking to deploy Wi-Fi 6, when it comes to choosing the cabling type to connect the latest 802.11 Wi-Fi access points, it […]
Watch these videos from BICSI
Check out these video interviews from the BICSI Fall conference at Cabling Installation & Maintenance. Read the source article at CIM Video Gallery
Do you want to learn more about PON?
A passive optical network (PON) is a point-to-multipoint fiber network in which unpowered splitters and fiber distribution equipment are used to allow a single strand of single-mode optical fiber to serve multiple […]
The 5G lessons from Google Fiber’s failure
Google Fiber’s legacy isn’t necessarily how far its networks reached, but more that it pioneered a new way of working with local authorities to get them built in the first place Read […]
