By Erin Leary As a senior IT leader, I want to direct young women to this field. But I can’t yet assure them they’ll be treated equally with male colleagues. IT is […]
Women in Tech — the Good, the Bad, the Hopeful
The Top 5 IT Strategies for the Data Center
In the latest AFCOM State of the Data Center Industry study, we found that data center leaders really have their heads in some interesting places. Beyond cooling, power consumption, rack density, and […]
Test adapters from Fluke Networks certify modular plug terminated links
Category 5, 6, and 6A adapters for the Versiv DSX CableAnalyzer certify modular plug terminated links to the draft TIA-568.2-D standard. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
Three questions to ask before migrating to the cloud
Moving to the cloud has to be a decision based on your organization’s needs and resources, not pressures coming from outside. Tweeted by @Templafy https://twitter.com/Templafy/status/986505782626783232 Read the source article at datacenterdynamics.com
Data Center Design Best Practices
The success and efficiency of the data center can be maximized by considering five key elements when designing: performance, time, space and scalability. Read the source article at mydigitalpublication.com
White Paper: Contaminated end faces #1 cause of problems & test failures
Contaminated fiber end faces remain the No1 cause of #fiberoptic problems and test failures. This whitepaper covers the tools and techniques you need to inspect and clean them. #cabletest http://bit.ly/2H1WZtl Read the […]
RJ45 a case of Mistaken Identity
Our industry commonly uses the term “RJ45” to refer to the modular 8-position, 8-contact (8P8C) interface deployed for Ethernet over copper twisted-pair network cabling despite it pretty much being a case of […]
Greg Sanels elected Chair of TR-42; Roman Shubochkin elected Vice Chair of TR-42.12
OFS congratulates Distinguished Members of the OFS Technical Staff Greg Sandels, the newly elected Chair of the TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Committee & Roman Shubochkin will serve as Vice Chair of TR-42.12 Optical Fibers and Cables Subcommittee! […]
Record breaking fiber transmission speed reported
NICT Network System Research Institute and Fujikura Ltd. (Fujikura, President: Masahiko Ito) developed a 3-mode optical fiber, capable of wide-band wavelength multiplexing transmission with standard outer diameter (0.125 mm) that can be […]
Illegal tire graveyard could become Point One’s $1.6bn data center campus
A Fauquier County board supervisor accidentally identified the property for Point One’s proposed $1.6bn data center campus after receiving notice of an illegal tire dump. Upon visiting the site, District Lee supervisor […]
