Cleaning fiber end faces is critical. But unless you remember to actually do it EVERY time it won’t be effective. Read the source article at Twitter
Fiber End Faces Must Be Clean
Half a Million SF of Amazon Data Center Space Going Up in Virginia
Amazon Web Services commands more than one-third of the cloud infrastructure services market, which judging by the latest round of quarterly earnings reports continues to grow at a breakneck pace. Supporting that […]
Webinar: AOC/DAC Cable Testing in Data Centers
Nov. 20th: Data Centers vary widely in nature and can be roughly classified as hyperscale, multi-tenant, and private. A critical and common component in the operation of such data centers is the […]
Clarifying misperceptions about Power over Ethernet and cable losses
Misperceptions about the cable losses in PoE are rampant, and the often-misinterpreted maximum-allowed loss numbers from the IEEE 802.3-215 standard contribute to the misunderstanding. Correctly assessing cable losses in PoE demands a […]
French company developing building-free data centers
A new outdoor server farm concept that uses vats of liquid-cooled computers instead of buildings could be literally located in farmland. Read the source article at Welcome to Network World.com
A Fiber Connector is a Fiber Connector … or is it?
Plug-and-play technology has been around for a long time, and it’s one reason why even non-tech-savvy consumers can upgrade and expand their own electronics. We all like plug-and-play capabilities because it’s a […]
Microsoft Launches Pilot Natural Gas-Powered Data Center in Seattle
The team of researchers at Microsoft that spends its time investigating new ideas for making the cloud giant’s global data center infrastructure more efficient and cost-effective have launched a pilot data center […]
Field Friendly Polarity and Pin Changes
Corning’s Data Center Harness and MTP Jumpers now comes with MTP Pro which enables Field Polarity change a simple one-step field polarity change without removing connector housing or exposing fibers — and […]
Three 5G fiber trends to watch
Fiber is fuel for both LTE and future “5G” systems, and service providers are doing their best to increase their fiber footprints. Here are three fiber trends to watch: Both residential and […]
White Paper: Testing Parallel Optics
To accommodate the relentless need for speed, driven by mobile devices, watching videos online and uploading and sharing content network owners are migrating the physical connectivity in their enterprise and data center […]
