This article discusses the fundamental properties of multimode fiber types and will explain the actual differences between today’s laser-optimized OM3, OM4, OM4+ and OM5 multimode fiber types. Read the source article at […]
Multimode Fiber: Fact vs. Fiction
Data Center 101: Data Center Cooling
The report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of the Data Center Frontier Data Center 101 Special Report series covers the ins and outs of the data center […]
ADSS vs. Lashed Fiber
Would you use a canoe to navigate the Great Lakes? Sure, it can be done, but a canoe is probably not a good choice for that trip. What about taking a power […]
Nominate an Extreme Data Center for DCD Award
Each year, DCD’s industry awards invite the industry to nominate the best projects, teams and practitioners in the world, and a team of judges decides on the winners. This year, we’d like […]
Edge Data Center Program at TIA
Bringing together carriers, data center owners, equipment and cabling suppliers, consultants, auditing firms, and others, to establish standards and best practices for the mass scale operation of edge data centers, this group […]
Commscope : 400G Ethernet is About to Get a Boost
A new task force with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ( IEEE ) on project 802.3cm was formed in March 2018 to fulfil two new multimode objectives for 400 Gb/s […]
Demand for Data Centers in Denver Remains Strong
CBRE’s latest U.S. Data Center Trends Report indicates that Denver’s data center industry is growing. Nearly 12 MW of capacity was under development in Denver at the end of Q1, representing a 12.5 percent […]
Data center leasing surges in Northern Virginia Industries
Northern Virginia saw more data center leasing activity in the first half of 2018 than the rest of the primary data center markets combined, according to a new report. A total of […]
Superior Essex says it has developed the industry’s smallest Cat 6A cable
Per the company, “The new, smaller diameter 10Gain XP CAT 6A plenum cable offers significant size advantages in tight spaces and less environmental impact without compromising on performance or safety.” Read the […]
Data center staff are aging faster than the equipment
What is rapidly aging and largely male? If you said the heavy metal music scene, you wouldn’t be wrong (c’est moi), but that’s not the answer in this instance. It’s data center […]
