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contents
FROM THE PRESIDENT
05 Essential ICT Professionals
and Emerging Technologies
By Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP
COVER ARTICLE
06 Wi-Fi 6E for the 10 Gb Era: Wi-Fi 6E is described
as a private highway for the latest and greatest
devices and services. Discover the unique advantages
of this technology, how it benefits from 6 GHz
unlicensed spectrum, how it impacts PoE, why the
lines between it and 5G are blurring, and
much more.
By Sundar Sankaran, Ph.D.
16 Li-Fi: The Future of LED Lighting Technology:
Imagine making an internet connection as simple
as turning on a light switch. The possibilities of how
data can be used are exciting and endless. Learn
everything about Li-Fi in this in-depth study, including
how it works, applicable standards for installation,
cabling infrastructure solutions, and current
challenges for mass deployment.
By Miro Sino, RCDD, P.Eng, LC, LEED AP
26 Leveraging Infrastructure to Optimize the
Edge: Explore the ways to leverage infrastructure
that impacts the deployment, monitoring, management,
and operation of an edge data center. Infrastructure
choices address common challenges
related to security, environmental conditions, and
reliability, thereby ensuring uptime for the network
and those systems dependent on the network.
By Brian L. Kelly and Mark Dehmlow
36 Protecting the Future at the Edge: Addressing
the Risks of Emerging Edge Data Centers: Seventy-
five percent of enterprise-generated data is
expected to be created and processed outside
of traditional data centers. Discover the importance
of physical protection via critical practices for ensuring
that EDCs remain operational, secure, and
reliable. Without critical practices in place, the
emerging technologies EDCs aim to support will
struggle needlessly as they gain adoption.
By Jacques Fluet
46 Multimode Fiber Technology, Latest Market
Trends and Standards: This article is designed in two
parts to provide the most current and comprehensive
knowledge about MMF. In part one, the trends
behind MMF’s success story are explored. Part two
provides the most recent standards update, providing
ICT professionals the capability to offer their
customers the best this technology has to offer
now and into the future.
By G. Mabud Choudhury and John Kamino, RCDD
66 The Impact of ICT on Healthcare Simulation:
As health care simulation technology is increasingly
making its way into the delivery of medical care
and medical educational institutions, its future
depends on reliable networks designed, installed,
and supported by ICT professionals. Learn about
installation methods, cabling, best practices, and
much more.
By Patti Fisher, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM, WD
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
Volume 41, Issue 4
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