This presentation from the 2017 Canadian BICSI Conference addresses market drivers, fiber types, applications standards and next generation solutions. Read the source article at BICSI
Data Center Standards & Technology Update
TIA’s TR-42 Committee bustling with activity
The standards-development committee’s June meetings resulted in some finalized standards and new initiatives. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
Harmonizing Structured Cabling Standards
The idea of harmonization, somewhat of a holy grail, is to have standards from different organizations agree. For example, imagine if the TIA, IEC, and ISO/IEC organizations used the same test standard. […]
How Standards Meet Innovation
Rapid Fiber Distribution terminal brings the plug-and-play concepts to the challenges of connecting subscribers, which will be a key enabler for connecting subscribers in multi-dwelling units (MDUs). Using industry standard interfaces can […]
Webinar: Learn the latest about POE Standards & Codes
This webinar will review the trends and impacts of the new PoE standards. It will address a discussion on the impact of PoE on cabling performance andthe impact of NFPA codes on […]
Uptime, TIA and BICSI: Who runs the data center design standards show?
With three major players in the game, where should you look for data center design standards? This tip discusses the similarities and differences between the Uptime Institute tier system, TIA-942 and BICSI […]
A deep dive into TSB-184-A recommendations on cabling for PoE
Cable construction, connecting hardware, and bundling recommendations are included in the recently published TSB-148-A document. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
PoE-related amendments proposed to the 2017 NEC
The TIAs—tentative interim amendments—aim to ease the Code’s usability related to Power over Ethernet. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
Making sense of data center standards
It’s been challenging to keep up with the latest standards development for data center applications. Several colleagues of mine participate in the industry standards for Ethernet and cabling, and they tell me […]
The data center life story
Data centers, like people, have a lifetime, and different things mark each stage of their existence. They have an extended and sometimes painful gestation, they can have a difficult birth, but then […]
