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January/February 2019 I3
January/February 2019 I Volume 40, Issue 1
FROM THE PRESIDENT
05 I Feel the Need...the Need for Speed
By Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP
COVER ARTICLE
06 Wireless in the New Millennium:
So many people are dependent on gadgets
connected to the world through some type of
wireless technology. Discover the invisible side
of the networking world—the side that uses
uncontained radio and light waves scattering
through the ether, and many of the technologies
and standards to make and manage them.
By Chris Scharrer, RCDD, NTS, OSP, CTS
16 Cabling to a Higher Power: Infrastructure
Challenges and Considerations with Remote
Powering (PoE): Explore the exciting implications
of PoE technology, including infrastructure game
802.3bt Power over Ethernet (PoE) over 4 Pairs
amendment. What does this mean and how
By Carol Everett Oliver, RCDD, ESS
30 8 KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEXT-GEN
WIRELESS NETWORKS:
to be aware of about the next cycle of wireless
installation of infrastructure and systems in
tomorrow’s buildings.
By Mark Niehus, RCDD and Scott Rahim
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39 Evolving Standards & Procedures for
Designing and Testing MPO-Based Systems:
As data center architectures evolve for the
high-speed network, this comprehensive article
serves as a valuable resource about data center
architecture trends, applications and transmissions
standards, different options for MPO infrastructure,
and the testing of MPO connectivity.
By Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP and Ed Gastle
51 400 Gb Layer-1 Connectivity: Total Cost
of Ownership for Singlemode Optical Fiber
Based Infrastructure: Many data centers are
architecture options involve parallel optics and
WDM that have opposing effects on the cost of
cabling and connectivity. Learn about the costs
for choosing the right architecture.
By Mike Connaughton, RCDD and
Rakesh Sambaraju
57 Maximizing Return on Investment: When
Intelligent Power Distribution Units and DCIM
Collaborate:
a data center more highly available, manageable,
reduce costs with less hardware, less software
and less networking. By Ashish Moondra
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