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Data Center Best Practices eBook
Liz Goldsmith
CommScope Licenses Fiber Adapter Portfolio to AFL
CommScope has licensed to AFL Telecommunications its portfolio of patents for duplex LC fiber optic adapters, which are designed to fit within an SC adapter footprint. The portfolio license provides rights to […]
FEC completes expansion of optical fiber capacity at OFs
Furukawa Electric Company has completed the North American phase of its optical fiber manufacturing process. The Norcross, GA expansion is one of several investments announced in 2017 to double the company’s global […]
Facebook is expanding its Irish data center… again
Facebook plans to nearly double the size of its data center campus in Clonee, Ireland. The tech giant confirmed that it will expand the size of the facility from 86,000 to 150,000 […]
Looks like Facebook won’t be building data centers in China
Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a public post that the social network will not be building facilities in “countries that have a track record of violating human rights like privacy or freedom of […]
White Paper — Use Case: Testing MPO Networks
Use of Multi-Fiber connectors such as MPO continues to grow, the testing challenges for technicians also grows. While the test criteria remain the same as for single fiber, there are some unique […]
BICSI CEO, exec director John D. Clark to retire – Cabling Install
On March 4, BICSI, the professional association supporting the advancement of the information and communications technology (ICT) community, announced that John D. Clark, Jr., CAE, the association’s CEO and Executive Director, is […]
OIF, Ethernet Alliance jointly run live FlexE traffic over interoperable 400G network at OFC 2019 – Cabling Install
Optical communications industry organizations OIF and the Ethernet Alliance are mounting an interoperating 400 Gbps Ethernet (400 GbE) network demonstration at OFC in San Diego, CA (March 5-7). The joint demonstration features […]
Sterlite Tech unveils high fiber count ribbon cable geared for all small cell, data center, FTTx backhaul applications
Sterlite Tech has formally launched its ‘TruRibbon – Ribbon Reinvented’ line at the Optical Networking and Communication Conference (#OFC 2019) in San Diego, March 5-7. The TruRibbon is billed as ‘a fully […]
Facebook to install fiber optic network through West Virginia
The project will provide the opportunity to significantly enhance internet connectivity in West Virginia. The project builds upon West Virginia’s proximity between major internet exchanges and establishes the state as a preferred […]
