Category: Fiber

WheelHouse Advanced Data Center Solutions | Siemon

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Siemon has expanded its comprehensive offering of WheelHouse Advanced Data Center Solutions with new multi-compartment colocation cabinets and the V-Lock™ Cabinet Door Security System. Available in 600mm (24 in.) and 800mm (31.5 in.) widths and in 1000mm (40 in.) and 1200mm (48 in.) depths, Siemon’s multi-compartment cabinets come in 2-, 3- or 4-compartment configurations and in 42U, 45U, 48U and 52U heights. An ideal solution for colocation data centers leasing rack unit space to tenants that do not require

5G Is Coming, and It’s Fortified With Fiber

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5G will happen in the airy realm of radio waves. To get there, big telecoms have to harness underused parts of the spectrum. But there’s another crucial part underlying this system: lowly cable. Huge numbers of new transmitters will be needed to relay all that data to your phone, and many of those transmitters will still connect to the internet through fiber-optic cable—glass as thin as strands of hair carrying pulses of light. To make it all work, companies, including OFS Optics, a fiber-optics and cable company, are now being commissioned to produce millions of miles of new cable holding twice as many fiber pairs—two strands, one for the uplink and one for the downlink—as the old stuff.

Products to withstand harsh environments

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OFS defines “specialty” as any application not related to the transmission of voice or data over long distances, in campus settings, or within data centers. To help our customers with specialty applications such as the delivery of laser power, industrial networking, sensing, avionics systems, and short-haul communication networks.  OFS Specialty Products are ideal for applications that require products to withstand harsh environment conditions. Whether your industry is medical, industrial, aerospace, defense, or energy.

Understanding insertion loss and loss budgets

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Understanding loss means you can design networks properly, identify the good and bad in the network design, and then solve problems more easily. We are starting to see loss budgets get tighter and reflectance standards actually being enforced because speeds are going higher. Understanding how loss and reflectance work and how to work with a loss budget helps you to look and identify the good and bad in the networks design.

Webinar: The Healthcare Edge: Reimagining healthcare in an Internet of Everything enabled world

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The IoT allows us to do business in ways we never imagined, and the healthcare industry is no exception. The technology of tomorrow will bring about changes in the way we diagnose and administer medical care. In this presentation we will discuss the impact of IoT on healthcare providers and dive into: The impact of the IoT on healthcare providers; The growing importance of healthcare at the edge; The issues and challenges facing digital healthcare; and The opportunities and solutions for the healthcare edge.

Cloud IT infrastructure revenues rise despite spending slowdown: IDC

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According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, grew 11.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), reaching $14.5 billion. IDC also lowered its forecast for total spending on cloud IT infrastructure in 2019 to $66.9 billion – down 4.5% from last quarter’s forecast – with slower year-over-year growth of 1.6%.

What’s next for data centers? Think micro data centers

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The death of the corporate data center may be a bit premature. Yes, enterprises are going cloud, but the data center could become decentralized via “micro data centers.” Micro data centers are essentially exactly what they sound like. They use racks and a much smaller footprint. Some of these micro data centers sit in cases that look like gun lockers. Others are mini racks with integrated systems.

Splice Loss Estimation with the Fujikura 41S Fusion Splicer

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Splice Loss Estimation is the process used within the splicer to gauge the amount of optical power lost at the splice joint due to core misalignment. This is accomplished by analyzing the profile image of the fused fiber and is typically common knowledge for fiber optic technicians in today’s industry. However, there is often a lack of clarity regarding the differing splice loss estimation methods. Not all splicers use the same estimation technique, nor do they possess the same level of accuracy or precision. This blog focuses on the Fujikura 41S fusion splicer and its loss estimation advantage compared to other cladding alignment splicers.