Carrier-1 has announced the availability private, purpose-built, dedicated suites within their large, fault-tolerant, wholesale colocation building in Dallas, Texas. Within the same 106,866 square foot facility, current and prospective tenants may now […]
IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) have announced the formation of a task force to develop IEEE P802.3ch—Standard for Ethernet Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for Greater Than 1 Gb/s […]
Through cloud computing, organizations perform tasks or use applications that harness massive third-party computing and processing power via the internet cloud. This allows enterprises to quickly scale services and avoid purchasing network […]
Manufacturers are reviewing digitization strategies to understand how they can improve their operations processes, reduce downtime, and gain a competitive advantage. The convergence of IT and manufacturing operations is necessitating assessment of […]
Vantage is planning a massive data center campus in Ashburn, Northern Virginia, the company’s largest expansion to date, comprising five buildings spanning 1,000,000 sq ft (92,900 sq m). The company … Tweeted […]
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Satirical news site The Onion has joked that given its track-record, the US Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, should drop the “E” and ‘P’ from its name to simply become “The Agency.” […]
I have heard about 8-fiber connectivity. I use 12-fiber MPOs (multi-fiber push). Do I need to switch? There is a saying about how “less is more,” but as it relates to this […]
In today’s market service providers have the option to deploy either a splice in splitter or a connectorized splitter module within their network. While both technologies are suited to build a reliable […]
There are three basic approaches to terminating fiber connections in the field: adhesive connection and field polishing, mechanical connectors and no polishing, or fusion splicing using pigtail assemblies. This article takes a […]
