Many data center managers and facilities teams focus on expanding floor space versus expanding their compute power. They may think, “We have 10,000 square feet now, which means we’ll need 15,000 square […]
What is the Biggest Data Center Design Mistake?
LAN Standards, News & Trends: 2017 Update
Get the latest information about Cabling Standards from FOTC Standards Chair Cindy Montstream. Attendees will earn one BICSI CEC for attending. Read the source article at BrightTALK
TIA to publish updated administration standard and new AIM standard concurrently – Cabling Install
The Telecommunications Industry Association’s (TIA) Subcommittee TR-42.6, Telecommunications Infrastructure and Equipment Administration, is poised to publish two standards simultaneously in the coming months. At the group’s most recent meeting held in early […]
Endface contamination will degrade your fiber network
Since the first commercial installations in the 1970s, the deployment of fiber-optic communication technologies has risen at an astounding rate. Fiber-optic capabilities have become so pervasive and so enabling that this technology […]
A New Approach To Building Data Centers | 2017-02-27 | ENR
In northwest Phoenix, Aligned Data Centers is building a massive facility that will use substantially less power and water due to an innovative design and construction plan. Most conspicuously, this data center […]
Data Center Design: Cable Support
Scott VanDenBerg of Data Center Knowledge walks us through some key considerations when thinking about cable support in the pathways of your data center design. He writes “pathways allow the placement of […]
Did Facebook steal the design for its data center in Sweden?
arstechnica.co.uk – Despite Facebook’s best efforts to get a trade-secrets theft lawsuit tossed, a federal judge is ruling that the social media giant must defend allegations that the companystole the design of […]
Get Longer Reach and More Connections
Berk-Tek premium transceivers paired with GIGAlite-10XB glass achieve a longer reach and more connections than standards. Traditionally, transceivers have been purchased from equipment manufacturers. But since a transceiver’s performance has more to […]
Design For Living: Fiber Optic Network Design | EC Mag
Last month, I discussed the growing pains I have seen in fiber optics. Some of the problems have been issues with incompetent subcontractors, but poor network design seems to cause just as […]
Three Ways Fiber Optic Cabling Impacts Enterprise Infrastructure Networks | CommScope
Today’s commercial buildings are challenging high-tech facilities. These buildings must provide efficient and cost-effective environments for the information-age-based worker. This can be done through optimization of its structure, systems, services and management, […]
