Power over Ethernet (PoE) provides organizations with a simple and convenient option for powering devices such as IP phones and low-power cameras. Now, as technology continues to evolve, the structured cabling infrastructure […]
Corning Optical Communications’ UniCam High-Performance Toolkit 2 can be used to install LC, SC, ST connectors and all fiber types. “This capability greatly simplifies fiber termination operations for contractors and allows them […]
Panduit has revolutionized field-installable fiber terminations with its OptiCam 2 fiber termination tool. The tool goes beyond a pass-fail reading to provide an immediate calculated insertion loss for “right-the-first-time” terminations. The company […]
In the data center space, we have seen an increase in speeds from Megabits per second (Mbits/sec) to Gigabits per second (Gbits/sec). During this time we have seen three MPO/MTP polarity methods […]
Building a compact data center is always challenging; but how about doing it in a historic 15th century library full of priceless antique manuscripts, under the watchful eye of the Pope? In […]
There are more than 7 billion people in the world. Each of those people, on average, has five connected devices. There are literally billions of machines around the world to keep those […]
AFL is adding to the sub-unitized MicroCore cable family with the Ultra HD MicroCore using SpiderWeb Ribbon® (SWR®) technology. The cable supports high fiber density deployments in data center and central office […]
TR-42’s Sharon Lutz penned an article for the March Issue of @CI_Electronics on MTP Connectors and #standards. Take a look at the full article here: https://bit.ly/2GWweHJ Read the source article at Twitter
Recent extended conversation between Eric Pearson & Jim Hayes, both FOA founders, covered issues of testing fibers @ multiple wavelengths. Read summary here because there is some very interesting and useful information […]
The latest Cisco Visual Networking Index indicates some interesting trends going into 2021: Annual global IP traffic will reach 3.3 zettabytes by 2021. In 2016, global IP traffic was 1.2 ZB per […]
