Transition Networks announced it will display various solutions from its extensive product portfolio at the upcoming 2017 BICSI Winter Conference & Exhibition (Jan. 22 – 26) in Tampa, FL. Some of the […]
A practical approach to implementing power delivery over structured cabling – Cabling Install
This article will provide a “rough guide” for an IT administrator who is implementing a Power over Ethernet (PoE), PoE+ and/or four-pair PoE++ power over an existing cabling plant, and some implied […]
Active optical cable sales to outshine those of embedded optical modules: LightCounting – Lightwave
Embedded optical modules (EOMs) have supported supercomputers, core routers, and other applications since 2000; active optical cables (AOCs) arrived seven years later to offer a low-cost alternative to pluggable modules, particularly in […]
Sales of 100GbE router ports to more than double by 2018: IHS Markit – Lightwave
Service providers responding to a network functions virtualization (NFV) and packet-optical study expect to more than double their purchases of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) ports between 2016 and 2018, writes Michael Howard, […]
Webinar: The Future of Optical Ethernet 1/19
This presentation from Berk-Tek discusses the current state of Optical Ethernet Technologies for LAN applications and presents the options and implications on networking and cabling infrastructure, and the future of optical Ethernet […]
Download The Road to Ethernet 2026 Presentations | Ethernet Alliance
Did you miss the Road to Ethernet 2025 TEF event? No problem! You can download the presentations. Starting the Journey on the Ethernet Roadmap The Future Ethernet Data Center Ethernet Flexes its […]
Webinar | The Future of Optical Ethernet
Join Berk-Tek’s, Rakesh Sambaraju (Applications Engineer – Data Center Solutions) and Graybar for a free webinar: The Future of Optical Ethernet @ 10:30 a.m. CDT on January 19th. Earn one BICSI CEC […]
The several flavors of 100-Gbit optical Ethernet – Cabling Install
More than 10 years ago the path toward 100-Gbit/sec Ethernet transmission began within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and in that time the IEEE’s 802.3 Working Group has developed […]
Ethernet Alliance applauds successful completion of IEEE 802.3bz standard – Cabling Install
The Ethernet Alliance today hailed ratification of IEEE 802.3bz, the Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation. Enabling access […]
WaveLengths: 100G High-Speed Testing: A Primer
Given that many carriers have begun mass deployment of their 100G networks, a couple of questions arise: first, is 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) testing different than 10 GigE testing? Second, what needs […]
