Category: FOTC

Extreme Networks deploys Wi-Fi 6 across NFL, MLS and university stadiums

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Extreme Networks has helped the Tennessee Titans upgrade their stadium to support Extreme’s Wi-Fi 6 platform, which will provide tens of thousands of fans with faster speeds and higher-performance connectivity on game days. Since deploying Extreme’s Wi-Fi solutions in 2014, the Tennessee Titans’ Nissan Stadium has seen an immense growth in network capabilities. By upgrading to the company’s ExtremeWireless Wi-Fi 6 access points and ExtremeSwitching technology, the Titans note they “have jumped three generations of technology” and are well-equipped to bring professional-grade, next-generation connectivity to fans at every game, now and in the future.

Rosenberger OSI installs OM4 multimode fiber network for German utility TenneT

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Rosenberger OSI completed a fiber installation for German utility TenneT, upgrading TenneT’s control room with workstations and training workplaces linked via OM4 multimode fiber. The control room upgrade effort, dubbed “KVM Matrix,” enhances TenneT’s ability to use these control centers to monitor the operating status of its networks and their interaction with its data center.

Webinar Registration – Zoom

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Do you know which use cases 5G is realistically expected to support by 2025? Or how it will be possible for 5G to deliver on its multifaceted promise by then? Attend this webinar and learn: What 5G is (now) and it will be (by 2025), Which 5G use cases are likely to change our world by 2025 (maybe autonomous vehicles, maybe not…), Which near- and long-term 5G network challenges worry operators the most and why, from specific domains (e.g., radio access) to end-to-end network slicing, and What is needed to ensure that 5G fully delivers by 2025, if not earlier, and what can be done starting today.

Optical Cabling in the Data Center: Preventing problems through testing

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The seamless interconnect of data center facilities is needed to deliver lightning-fast speeds, and yet internet content providers (ICPs) have grown at such a rate there has barely been enough time to create the rigorous testing regiment necessary. Add the rising cost of cabling infrastructure and the array of interoperability protocols to the mix, and the scale of the challenge becomes even more overwhelming.

Splicing 200µm Ribbon – Getting Started on the Right Foot

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The introduction of  200µm coated fibers in the market is causing a paradigm shift in cabling and splicing technology. These smaller fibers are found in loose fiber cables, and offer many benefits compared to standard 250µm loose fiber cables. The only real disadvantage is that currently most 200µm fiber applications can only be spliced one fiber at a time. If a technician wants to ribbonize these 200µm loose fibers for mass fusion splicing, the simplicity is lost.

Inventors of bend-insensitive optical fiber to be inducted in National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Three researchers from Corning, Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, and Pushkar Tandon, who invented ClearCurve bend-insensitive optical fiber, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) in Washington D.C. in May. They are among 22 inventors who will be inducted at that time. The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show.

WESCO and Anixter sign $4.5-billion merger agreement

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WESCO International Inc. and Anixter International Inc. boards of directors have unanimously approved a merger agreement under which WESCO will acquire Anixter in a transaction valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Anixter’s prior agreement to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC was terminated after CD&R waived its right to match WESCO’s $100-per-share offer for Anixter.