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Liz Goldsmith

Copper cabling’s future stretches far beyond the data center

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Twisted-copper cabling may not be used in data centers for much longer, but there are plenty of applications where twisted pair cabling is emerging as a strong contender. Increasingly, building applications are connecting to their facilities’ IP networks. This means connecting, integrating, controlling, and powering non-traditional IP devices such as lights, cameras, and many others to the network for maximum efficiency. Embedded sensors in these devices will collect billions of data points that will produce actionable analytics to drive productivity improvements. Copper cabling’s ability to deliver power to end devices is providing the medium with opportunities to serve multiple building systems. PoE is emerging as the most important enabler of devices that use structured cabling in enterprise buildings today, which is critical as IT managers look to drive more value out of their installed copper cabling plant and connect more devices.

What is the Internet of Things? Internet of Things definitions

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The Internet of Things as a network of connected devices with unique identifiers in the form of an IP address which have embedded technologies or are equipped with technologies that enable them to sense, gather data and communicate about the environment in which they reside and/or themselves. The potential and reality of the IoT resides in the ways the IoT is used to leverage the insights from data, automate, digitize, digitalize, optimize and in more mature stages transform processes, business models and even industries in a scope of digital transformation.

How IOT Can Help to Increase Workplace Security | GoodWorkLabs

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According to the National Safety Council more than 4,500,000 injuries occur at workplaces every year. The most significant amount of help to decrease injuries is increasingly coming through the Internet of Things (IoT), which can bring a lot of substantial improvements in the area of workplace safety.Improvements in productivity, increased capacity, enhanced worker safety, and lesser costs are a few advantages which are in store for the future of IIoT

Webinar: High-Capacity Cabling Systems

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To support applications that demand both high bandwidth and large number of connections, installers and technicians are now working with cables containing thousands of optical fibers. This Webinar on High Capacity Cabling Systems looks at the challenges of working with high fiber count cables to support bandwidth intense and high connectivity systems. Learn about the practical implications of terminating the individual fibers and managing the installed plant. Earn one BICSI CEC.
 

Four Smart City Infrastructure Strategies

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By 2050, 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. There are many definitions for smart cities, but for this article, let’s take a simple approach by defining a smart city as a connected city where citizens, technology and processes, such as garbage collection, can all be connected. None of this happens without the fundamental connectivity layer. The demographic shift combined with a continuous growth of IoT and management apps require city planners to start thinking about their smart city vision. Let’s talk about four strategies city planners can consider.

IoT in the Office

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IoT is changing office buildings. From sensors that control lighting and air conditioning to smart furniture, the office environment is becoming more energy efficient and will better support employee health concerns by adding functionality and comfort. And, of course, everything would be Wi-Fi enabled.

Network Speed vs. Bandwidth? | InterConnections – The Equinix Blog

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Can you really compare network speed with network bandwidth? Though interrelated, they are two very different things. While network speed measures the transfer rate of data from a source system to a destination system, network bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred per second (“the size of the pipe”). Combine the two, and you have what is known as network throughput. However, even high-bandwidth networks may not have great throughput when you throw latency into the mix.