Over the past several decades, the market has seen the introduction of various fiber optic connectors aimed at providing lower insertion loss performance, lower cost, higher density and/or easy termination. In fact, […]
101 Series: Know Your Fiber Connectors
Insertion Loss: Are You Positive It’s Negative?
Insertion loss, or the loss of signal that happens along the length of a fiber optic link, is expressed in dBs and should always be a positive number. But it can be […]
Top 10 Data Center Industry Trends for 2019
The data center industry is changing and growing at a striking pace. Large build-outs are causing supply-chain strains and skill shortages, while innovations in networking, power, and resiliency are creating new opportunities, […]
Fiber-optic backbone provider Hurricane Electric connects to milestone 200th Internet exchange
Hurricane Electric says its expansive network of 100G, 10G, and 1G fiber-optic connections provide customers with fewer hops, reduced latency, and greater throughput. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
DSX CableAnalyzer now certifies GameChanger extended-reach UTP cable
Users of Fluke Networks’ DSX CableAnalyzer can certify Paige Datacom’s 200-meter-capable GameChanger UTP cable. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
The global data center cooling market is anticipated to reach values of around $8 billion by 2023
The growing demand for facilities development and increasing need to improve energy efficiency through a reduction in power consumption and carbon footprint is leading to the growth of the data center cooling […]
Google shares data center security and design best practices | Google Cloud Blog
Google’s focus on security and protection of data is a key design criteria. Our physical security features a layered security model, including safeguards like custom-designed electronic access cards, alarms, vehicle access barriers, […]
How Corning Makes Super-Pure Glass for Fiber-Optic Cable
The glass company can’t just melt silica. The process involves glass soot particles and a grain silo of sorts. Read the source article at wired.com
61% of product engineers say IoT, sensors are most important emerging technologies: Survey – Cabling Install
Internet of Things (IoT) and sensor technology experienced remarkable double-digit growth in 2018, yet security for IoT continues to be the greatest challenge for electronic product developers to overcome, according to new […]
Research: Data center users don’t value energy efficiency
In its first annual “Data Centers and the Environment” report, Supermicro found that many businesses underestimate the importance of efficiency: only 28 percent of respondents consider environmental issues in the selection of […]
