Cable manufacturers have generally made fiber optic cable for a lifetime of 20+ years and in the last decade or so we’ve been told that 40 years is reasonable for a cable. […]
What’s The Lifetime of a Fiber Optic Cable?
Liz Goldsmith
CommScope highlights fiber fundamentals
Whether its used for metro capacity, backhaul or inside a building, fiber is a cornerstone of global communications networks. CommScope is a major player in fiber, as well as many other telecom […]
How Big Batteries at Data Centers Could Replace Power Plants
Battery systems intended as backups may help companies like Microsoft increasingly employ renewable energy. Engineers are studying whether battery systems can be used to help grid operators smooth out the small spikes […]
On-Demand Connectivity: Colocation’s Secret Weapon
Look for operators that provide on-demand data center services to help advance your hybrid IT transformation. In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Randy Rowland, President of Data Center Services at Cyxtera, explores how choosing […]
Four Startups – Four Liquid Cooling Designs for Data Centers
Close to half of a data center’s total energy use can go to keeping equipment properly cooled. The most common data center cooling method has been to simply refrigerate air through rows of […]
How Does Deploying Colocation Hubs Optimize Network Performance?
In this blog, we’re going to look at how placing high-speed, low-latency interconnection at distributed digital edge control points enables you to optimize network performance and leverage controls for greater security. Tweeted […]
The future of private clouds
Cloud computing has come a long way in ten years. A decade ago, the cloud, in all its forms, was largely the preserve of technology-based sectors, a place where techies developed and […]
Why this cryptocurrency company is moving into a $60-million Plano data center
dallasnews.com – All this means a demand for data centers with huge energy capacities and airtight security — Dallas-Fort Worth added 51 megawatts of data center capacity in 2017, making it the […]
Historic Mexican Hotel Fibers Up
Learn how Corning’s new ONE SD-LAN solution pushed fiber deeper into the horizontal to enable state-of-the-art technology at a historic hotel in Central Mexico. Read the source article at Corning
Why not let someone build it for you?
Have you ever calculated the amount of time it takes to move, stage, unpack and mount all of the components into your cabinets? Preconfigured cabinets can save you 30% while making your […]
