It’s been challenging to keep up with the latest standards development for data center applications. Several colleagues of mine participate in the industry standards for Ethernet and cabling, and they tell me […]
orking the day-to-day, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the codes and standards for the electrical industry are living documents that change regularly to accommodate current technologies and trends as well as […]
Following up on my previous article, we will now have a closer look at a statement which consultants favouring Uptime tend to throw at data centre operator/owners trying to convince them to […]
Data center training provider EPI recently appointed LearnQuest as its authorized training partner for North America. According to a statement issued by EPI, “LearnQuest will offer EPI’s globally accredited series of certification-based […]
A wide range of safety extra low voltage (SELV) limited power source (LPS) applications may be supported using remote power deployed over balanced twisted-pair cabling. Examples of these types of applications include […]
Consultants favouring Uptime are typically using the argument that they are not using a checklist but are assessing designs based on desired outcome. The claim is that ANSI/TIA-942 is not flexible and […]
One of the key differences between UTI:TST and ANSI/TIA-942 is the scope. For the TST topology guideline of UTI the scope is very clear as it only covers the mechanical and electrical […]
There have been many debates on the internet to discuss this topic including the confusion about its relation to codes and arguments about using a capital letter to indicate the term Standard. I […]
BICSI recently revised and published its ANSI/BICSI 001 standard, which specifies information and communications technology (ICT) system design and implementation for educational facilities. “ANSI/BICSI 001-2017 is a complete revision of the previously […]
At its meeting held in June, the Telecommunications Industry Association’s TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee initiated four standards projects related to single-twisted-pair cabling systems. One of those projects is the effort […]
