William C. Hurley of Corning Optical Fiber accepted an award for Outstanding Poster Paper at #IWCS2017 Plenary Session Luncheon today. Read the source article at Twitter
IWCS: Corning Receives award for Outstanding Poster Paper
Liz Goldsmith
“The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data”
A century ago, the resource in question was oil. Now similar concerns are being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital era. These titans—Alphabet (Google’s parent […]
Webinar: Best practices for Testing Parallel Optics in the Enterprise
This webinar starts with a definition of parallel optics and a review of current standards related to testing them. Next, various testing and troubleshooting methods based on standards and best test practices […]
Fiber Optics Solve Alternative-Energy Challenges
Utilities began using fiber optics for managing their grid as long as 30 years ago. Early systems used sensors (some made with fiber optics) to measure grid current and voltage, control distribution […]
Webinar: Inside the Colocation Space – Designing for Optimum Performance
Often called the future of data center design, Colocation encompasses every level of data center infrastructure including enclosures, power, cooling, cable management, monitoring and security. This webinar explores design best practices in […]
Optical Trends in the Data Center
This presentation from the Fall BICSI Conference covers transceivers, servers, switches fiber type and cable distance. Read the source article at BICSI
Testing High Speed Fiber Links
This presentation from a Fall BICSI preconference seminar covers Tier 1 and Tier 2 Testing, multi-fiber connectors inspection and cleaning, and using cloud based services to improve results and workflow management. […]
Report: General Cable received takeover bids from Prysmian, Nexans, NKT
Reuters reports that Southwire also could be a longshot contender to purchase General Cable, which put itself up for sale in July. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
TIA giving away a copy of its 942-B Data Center Standard to one workshop attendee
The TIA’s Optimizing Data Center Performance Workshop will be held October 16-17 at the association’s headquarters in Arlington, VA. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
New Perspectives in Test: 400G
VIAVI’s Paul Brooks outlines new challenges in test with speeds up to and even beyond 400G. Read the source article at youtube.com
