The need for power and bandwidth is rapidly increasing, driving the adoption of Power over Ethernet (PoE) and Multi-Gig Ethernet (GigE) over copper cabling. Service providers that deploy and troubleshoot these networks face new challenges in certification of the cabling infrastructure along with being able to validate PoE and Multi-gigabit link speeds on a loaded infrastructure with a single solution.
IIoT brings together a range of industrial devices that all communicate over a common Ethernet protocol, enabling the sharing of information across multiple industrial systems. Industrial Ethernet connectors need to stand up to harsher mechanical factors (vibration, force and impact), the potential for ingress (dust and liquids), climate and chemicals (temperature, radiation and pollutants) and electromagnetic interference – these factors determine standards-based M.I.C.E. parameters for classifying components in an industrial network.This article looks at the types of connectors available for emerging industrial Ethernet applications.
The latest Smart Buildings Magazine round table recently took place, which was entitled, ‘Collaboration within Smart Buildings’. Hosted by Schneider Electric, the panel discussed the collaboration required to deliver and derive genuine value from smart building technology. The wide ranging discussion looked at the involvement required of key contributors including business/finance/HR/IT and occupants in ensuring the delivery of a smart building.
Smart buildings are touted as providing more efficient buildings in terms of resource utilization, renewable resources, and energy efficiency, and as delivering improved indoor air quality (IAQ), productivity, and connectivity with the digital world. They hold out the promise of seamlessly weaving people, technology, and business into an enhanced and optimized ecosystem.
New technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and smart B-IoT devices, are supposed to make nearly any problem readily solvable; yet we see very few examples of these types of infrastructures being designed or constructed today.
While the promise of smart buildings stands to revolutionize how we design, build, and work in the built environment of the future, are these claims to fame just speculation or is there some validity to them?
As we transition into a new decade, technological advancement is set to continue riding the Moore’s curve. Which means more technology in a given span of time than in any previous era. With the twin engines of evolution and adoption of technology on overdrive, there has been a sharp reduction in the time to bridge the technological divide. Technology has quickly engulfed almost every sphere of human activity. And yet, the question uppermost on everyone’s mind is: What’s next?
What do you want to know about the future of optical fiber? The Fiber Optics Tech Consortium will answer your questions during their BICSI Panel discussion.
The standards development efforts that will produce specifications for single-pair data transmission and single-pair cabling systems will build on a vehicular-related foundation. In 2015 the IEEE completed its 802.3bw standard which specifies 100Base-T1 systems, driven by the automotive industry’s needs.
Going into 2020, Wi-Fi 6, multi-gig switching, and automated security are the key IT areas that need to be prioritized by those wishing to get ahead of the competition.
A look into the future of IT and the role SD-WAN will have in enterprise communications and smart homes and cars
In 2020, four key trends — Upstream Bandwidth, Smart networks, Visualization and Distribution — will move us closer to real-world improvements to speed, capacity, and efficiency coming to networks around the world, while making meaningful improvements in the way that operators manage their networks and consumers experience broadband.
