IT teams have more metrics than ever before. Yet according to Forrester Research, one-third of user complaints linger without resolution for a month or more. Do you have the right insight to understand and resolve user problems? In this webinar learn how the end-user focused technologies of Observer 17.5 simplify user experience assessment and troubleshooting to: Improve engineer’s ability to triage problem response and assign support tickets; Facilitate faster root-cause analysis with user-experience driven workflows; Ensure performance visibility in next generation 100 Gb data centers; Understand how users, by location or service, are experiencing an application.
Webinar: Performance Data ≠ User Experience
March issue of FOA Newsletter is Available
In this issue of the FOA Newsletter, we had hoped to report about the giant OFC conference in San Diego last week and remind you of the CGA Damage Prevention conference next week in Palm Springs. While you are sequestered at home, we’ve provided some interesting things to read in this newsletter and many other places around the Internet in “Worth Reading” below. We’ve also got some good, free online training at Fiber U, including the new OSP Construction course or if you are preparing for an FOA certification course, any of the other Fiber U courses linked to FOA certifications.
BICSI reschedules 2020 BICSI EMEA District Conference & Exhibition
BICSI has rescheduled the 2020 BICSI Europe, Middle East & Africa Conference & Exhibition in Dubai from 13-15 April to 6-8 September 2020.
BICSI’s CEO discusses being at the forefront of digital transformation
John Daniels, BICSI’s Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, talks to CI&M’s Patrick McLaughlin about how BICSI members provide the enabling technology that allows organizations across all industries to transform their operations.
Structured Cabling Market Forecast, Trend Analysis & Competition Tracking – Global Market Insights 2018 – 2028
Value of the structured cabling market was estimated at nearly US$ 16 billion in 2018, and is forecast to record a CAGR of approximately 8% through 2028. North America remains the leading market for structured cabling, driven by the proliferation of data center project. 5G technology is expected to pave lucrative growth opportunities for the structured cabling market, upheld by increasing palpability of the technology’s trials and deployments worldwide.
Network Infrastructure: Utility and Applications
When we’re talking about network infrastructure, we’re talking about the IT services division, which provides a network where multiple different devices can connect. Hardware, applications, utilities and facilities all fit within the umbrella of the network infrastructure.
How to Avoid Twelve Common Industrial Ethernet Mistakes
Whether you’re a process or plant engineer, a technician, or an electrician, if you work in an Industrial Ethernet environment, you’ve got to be an expert in a wide array of areas. When the line is down, the priority is a quick fix to get it back up and running. Sometimes these “temporary” quick fixes are put into place and forgotten until the next time the line goes down, and then you are left to fix the “fix.” Learn the twelve common Industrial Ethernet mistakes, so you can avoid them going forward.
The 3 doors of a tech-ready building
The stakeholders in a commercial office building space can be broken down into: 1) the building owner, 2) the cabling installer servicing a tenant in the building, and 3) the owner of the contracting firm that employs the installer. Each of the three parties can face challenges when a tenant within the building space needs even a minor cabling job completed because to tenants, connectivity is now seen as a more important amenity than parking.
Fiber is the Backbone of Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium, the new 65,000-seat home of the Las Vegas Raiders is powered by 227 miles of fiber and more than 1.5 million feet of copper, from CommScope creating the ultimate experience for Raiders fans by supporting over 2,400 screens, 1,700 Wi-Fi 6 access points, and Allegiant Stadium’s Distributed Antenna System (DAS). The 100G fiber backbone and 10G CAT 6A copper will deliver connectivity for critical stadium systems and applications such as high-resolution security cameras, fire and safety, HVAC and lighting controls, wayfinding, ticketing, concessions, merchandise, and parking.
Standards Update, March 2020
Read the latest standards news from Fluke Network’s Seymour Goldstein, who attended the TR42 meeting in New Orleans and the SC25 WG3 meeting in Sydney Australia.
