Judging by the amount of traffic many people face on their morning commutes, anticipating demand and traffic flow is often the greatest stumbling block. My daily commute to work is a prime example: I’m stuck in the traffic on a six-lane highway where it converges into just two lanes ahead. As the car inches forward each time, I find myself repeating in my head “Who designed this highway?” Clearly, I didn’t think this was the most brilliant approach to improve traffic flow. Data center managers go through similar thinking processes when designing the network. The design stage is critical; it practically decides the outcome of a project, and most importantly, whether the investments are fully maximized.
Liz Goldsmith
Three ways to save costs with 5G rollouts
The rollouts for 5G will be expensive, but analytics and machine learning can help operators plan their 5G rollouts in the most effective and customer-centric ways. Here are three ways how: Troubleshooting 5G network performance; Scheduling beamforming in massive MIMO networks to maximize capacity and coverage investments; and improving the positioning of indoor base stations.
Council Post: 5G Is Coming — What Does It Mean For Businesses?
In a mere four years, more than one billion users will rely on 5G. The emerging fifth-generation broadband network promises speeds at least seven times faster than the average 4G LTE browsing experience. While the average 4G browsing speeds run at an average of 56 Mbps, 5G would bump speeds up to 490 Mbps. That increased speed and powerful connection means big things for businesses seeking to pull off competitive digital transformations. But a broader, faster network also brings greater risk. Cybercriminals are always on the lookout for new, sophisticated ways to attack, so they’ll naturally take advantage of 5G’s promise.
Dawn of the 5G: How a new cellular protocol may supercharge wireless
For the electrical contractor, the promise of IoT could be fully unleashed with 5G. The real game changer will be sensor density, potential installation transmitters and supportive technologies such as 5G distributed antenna systems (DAS). The construction site could also be enhanced when 5G hot spots emerge. Think of how low latency and high bandwidth could upgrade the performance of AR goggles, perhaps working with BIM on site and back at the office, and other wireless and mobile tech.
Synergy Research counts 500+ hyperscale data centers worldwide
New data from Synergy Research Group shows that the number of large data centers operated by hyperscale providers increased to 504 at the end of the third quarter, having tripled since the beginning of 2013. According to the researcher, the EMEA and Asia-Pac regions continue to have the highest growth rates — though the US still accounts for almost 40% of the major cloud and internet data center sites. The next most popular locations are China, Japan, the UK, Germany and Australia, which collectively account for another 32% of the total.
NEMA standard specifies for coexistence of connected vehicle roadside infrastructure
A new National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) standard will harmonize and could accelerate deployment of connected vehicle roadside infrastructure technology. NEMA TS 10 Connected Vehicle Infrastructure-Roadside Equipment is a harmonized technical specification for roadside connected vehicle devices. Types of roadside devices covered under the standard are traffic signals, crosswalk signs, flashing school zone safety beacons, ramp meters, and other electronic traffic control equipment.
Georgia’s Hargray Fiber outfits 5G smart city incubator Curiosity Lab with critical connectivity
Hargray Fiber will provide the critical infrastructure at Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, a 5G Smart City incubator. Throughout Curiosity Lab, Hargray’s fiber optic-cable will serve as the key infrastructure backbone, with all services using or connected to the lab’s network benefiting from Hargray’s efficient, seamless transfer of data.
Microsoft announces new capabilities for a seamless, smart and secure IoT world
New solutions deliver IoT innovations from cloud to edge. Microsoft’s new capabilities simplify the customer journey and deliver highly secured IoT solutions. IoT Central is a fully managed app platform that provides solution builders with built-in security, scale and extensibility needed to develop enterprise-grade IoT solutions.
Fiber Optic Connector Market To Set Astonishing Growth
The global Fiber Optic Connector Market is expected to reach USD 5.9 billion by 2025. Major factors driving growth include increasing bandwidth, rising demand for data volume and transmission speed in data centers within the telecommunication industry. Additionally, rising application of fiber optic connectors in a gamut of application areas within the medical and pharmaceutical sector
Small wonder
A new implementation agreement for low-power consumption will see small modules push technological barriers. One of few things to match large webscale internet content providers’ power in the modern world is their hunger for data. Consequently, they are shaping the optical communication industry to get the benefits of high-speed 400G technology in just the format they like.
