Which fiber optic connector is right for your job? You need to evaluate your customer’s priorities to consider cost, time and performance. Cost is an easy factor to look at and its importance depends on the budget for the job. In a large project where the budget has some flexibility, the connector’s cost may not make a difference. If you have a project where the budget is tight, the cost could be what keeps your project on target.
Take a virtual tour of OFS’s fiber manufacturing facilities in Norcross, Georgia. View the highly automated OFS manufacturing operation from the pure raw materials to our VAD preform fabrication process to fiber draw and final product testing.
TIA and the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI), have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance ICT standards with a special focus on smart buildings and wireless infrastructure. They will share technical knowledge and best practices, participate in events, facilitate discussions with standards-related forums, and work together to identify potential areas for cooperation.
Parallel optics technology has become the transmission option of choice in many data centres as it is able to support 10G, 40G, and 100G transmission. For parallel optics to work effectively, it requires the right choice of cable and connector. It is no doubt that fiber optic cable is the main choice for data center cabling as it can provide numerous advantages over twisted-pair copper in a data center environment that allow network designers to benefit from new data center architectures.
Softing has acquired the assets of Phoenix Digital Corporation (PDC), a provider of secure industrial fiber-optic communications products that are ideal for high availability industrial networking sites. The fiber-optic modules eliminate the need for typical Ethernet networking hardware when connecting PLC to PLC, and when connecting PLCs to smart field devices, which the company says simplifies connectivity, nearly eliminates setup and maintenance and drastically improves network robustness.
This infographic provided by Harger, illustrates the grounding and bonding products necessary to keep even the most sensitive information and communications technology (ICT) systems secured.
Power over Ethernet has become the new power grid in buildings. With new standards that allow up to 99W to be delivered, PoE has grown up and is ready to power connected devices throughout the office building, school, and hospital. Panduit’s latest ebook, The Role of PoE in the Modern Connected Enterprise, explores infrastructure considerations and emerging solutions for extending the distance of PoE delivery.
Huber+Suhner introduced its LISA Double Access solution at ECOC 2019, as part of the company’s extensive Fiber Connectivity portfolio. The high-density and modular cross-connect fiber management system provides a maximum of 3600 ports per rack, making it crucial to the support of high-density data center applications, and critical to future-proofing the industry, contends the company.
Several industry leaders, including Broadcom, Cisco, Finisar, Intel, Juniper Networks, Marvell, Molex and Samtec, have announced a new QSFP-DD800 MSA Group to advance the development of high-speed, double-density quad small form factor pluggable (QSFP-DD800) modules to support 800 Gbps connectivity. This MSA will enable QSFP-DD800’s eight electrical lanes to operate at 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) each, by providing technical solutions for 800 Gbps module and connector systems. It will also define a module, connector, stacked connector and a hybrid connector that is a BiPass/Flyover variant which can eliminate the signal losses on a traditional PCB.
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has a new program designed to stimulate IIoT adoption across industry, the better to help IT and OT users solve real problems they face in their businesses. The IIC Accelerator Program encompasses several initiatives to appeal to end users of IoT technology who want to discuss challenges with their peers, get advice from IIC experts, or seek guidance to solve complex technical problems.
