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Bringing the Physical Fiber Layer into the 21st Century

By Voices of the Industry - June 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Bob Shine, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Telescent, highlights how data centers are working to respond to today’s network  and data traffic needs. Explore the potential of the physical fiber layer. 

Tagged With: COVID-Impact, Data Center Network, enterprise data center operations, Fiber Optic Cables, telescent

Bringing Automation to Physical Fiber Cross Connects

By Voices of the Industry - April 9, 2020 1 Comment

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Bob Shine, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Telescent, explores ways to automate physical fiber cross connects. Automation ensures the integrity of the testing process, connectivity records and measurement results.

Tagged With: automation, Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Interconnection, telescent

Future of Fiber Optics, Data Center Networks Closely Tied

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Demands for data volumes and data rates are growing at a never-before-seen pace. A new white paper from Panduit explores how the data center fiber optic networking infrastructure requirements need to change and evolve to meet current and future demands for data volumes and data rates, which are only going to continue to grow.

Tagged With: Data Center Infrastructure, Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Panduit

Delivering Reach & Performance with Fiber Optic Cabling Systems

By Sarah Rubenoff - October 2, 2019 1 Comment

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Pushing the limits. This, according to a new white paper from Panduit, is going to be what moves network performance into the next era. A new report from Panduit explores how a fiber-optics solution can increase flexibility, agility, scalability,  ease of deployment and more.

Tagged With: Data Center Network, Fiber Optic Cables, Panduit

Facebook Will Begin Selling Wholesale Fiber Capacity

By Rich Miller - March 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Hyperscale

As Facebook builds more fiber routes to move data traffic between its data centers, it will begin selling unused capacity to other companies, effectively entering the wholesale fiber business.

Tagged With: Facebook, Fiber, Fiber Optic Cables

NJFX Welcomes Subsea Cable On-Ramp for Google, Facebook

By Rich Miller - September 18, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Meet-Me-Room at the NJFX data center in Wall Township, N.J. (Photo: Rich Miller)

A new trans-Atlantic cable carrying Facebook and Google traffic from Europe will land at the NJFX colocation campus in Wall, NJ, boosting its bid to make New Jersey a strategic landing point for the world’s subsea cables.

Tagged With: Fiber Optic Cables, NJFX, Undersea Cables

Another Data Center Planned for Virginia Beach Cable Landing

By Rich Miller - April 24, 2018 1 Comment

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Telecom consultant ACA International has announced plans to invest $52 million to open a 130,000-square-foot data center in Virginia Beach, helping build momentum for the city’s cable landing station as a data center hub.

Tagged With: Fiber Optic Cables, Undersea Cables, Virginia Beach

Keys to Effective Fiber Optic Cable Installation

By Voices of the Industry - March 28, 2016 2 Comments

Installing a fiber cable system in your data center goes beyond cable management and connecting two points together warns Duke Robertson from CPI. You will want to read these best practices for fiber optic cable management.

Tagged With: Chatsworth Products, Fiber Optic Cables

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How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency

How to Simplify Distributed IT Management? Focus on the Tools to Improve Flexibility and Efficiency Russell Senesac, Director of Data Center Strategy at Schneider Electric, explores how to address distributed IT management and the tools available today.

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