The first revision of the Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) cabling standard for healthcare facilities soon will be published. TIA-1179-A was approved for publication when the TIA TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee […]
At its June 2017 meeting, the Telecommunications Industry Association TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Engineering Committee approved for publication the TIA-942-B data center cabling standard. Members of the TR-42.1 subcommittee, which is responsible […]
The SWDM MSA (Shortwave Wavelength Division Multiplexed Multi-Source Agreement) Group announced its formation as an industry consortium to define optical specifications and promote adoption of shortwave WDM standards for use in data […]
Through the IEEE Get program, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has made IEEE 802.3bq, the standard for 2.5GBase-T and 5GBase-T, available for free download. The standard’s official title is IEEE […]
On May 3, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced it will play a lead role in smart community standards development as the newly-appointed Technical Advisory Group (TAG) administrator for the U.S. National […]
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has revised the NEMA RV 4-2016 Application Guidelines for Service-Entrance Cable and NEMA RV 1-2016 Application and Installation Guidelines for Armored Cable and Metal-Clad Cable standards […]
On May 25, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published the NEMA VE 1-2017 Metal Cable Tray Systems standard. NEMA VE 1 specifies requirements for metal cable trays and associated fittings designed […]
We see a wide mix of proprietary, quasi-standard, and IEEE 802.3™ standards-based PoE products popping up. While having a variety of PoE solutions to choose from is a good thing, it can […]
The NECA/FOA-301 standard is unique in the standards world as it was written by contractors and installers for contractors and installers to provide guidelines on how fiber optics should be installed properly. […]
American cloud and colocation provider Switch is introducing a proprietary data center standard that it hopes will find broader support in the industry. According to Switch, Tier 5 evaluates more t… Tweeted […]
