Why is Elongation Important in Electrical Tape?
Electrical tape plays an essential role in maintaining electrical safety. And just like with other safety products, you must know what you are looking for when selecting the proper electrical tape.
Reach Objective for Next Generation Higher Speed Ethernet
The international Standards body that specifies the requirements for today’s optical data communications for Data Center and Enterprise applications is the International Electronic & Electrical Engineers, i.e., the IEEE. The specified protocol for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communications is “Ethernet.” The name Ethernet comes from the ancient Greek word, Ether, meaning the air that fills the…
BICSI Fall 2019: What You’ll See from Panduit and General Cable
BICSI’s annual Fall Conference and Exhibition is less than a week away and we’re packing our bags, double-checking our travel plans and brushing up on our card and dice skills. We have a lot in store for Las Vegas, and have many, many reasons for you to stop by the PanGen booth to see us!…
Trends Shaping the Future of Connected Smart Buildings: Power over Ethernet
Part 2: Insights from industry expert Casey Talon Power over Ethernet. Automation. Wireless. The future of connected infrastructures and smart buildings are being shaped today. What do building owners and managers need to overcome to convert commercial facilities into smart buildings? In order to keep up with the latest infrastructure technology trends, we spoke with…
Panduit Solutions Can Help Prepare Your Network Infrastructure for IIoT Technology
How Can Your Network’s Performance Impact Deploying IIoT Technology? Use Panduit’s Insights to Build a Robust Network Foundation for Your IIoT Deployment How can you prepare your network infrastructure to successfully accommodate IIoT technology? Get answers to potential IIoT technology deployment issues that may impact your network infrastructure. For example, here are some questions you…
3 Technology Advances Drive IIoT — and its Demand for Real-Time Data
Deploying IIoT generates data that needs to be collected, analyzed, and acted on in real time. What exactly is real time and how does it affect your network’s infrastructure? Panduit’s latest white paper, “What is the Impact of Real-Time Data?” explains the relationship between process control and real-time data. What is Real Time? The definition…
New NFPA 70E Labeling Requirements
The NFPA 70E Standard provides guidelines for electrical safety in the workplace. Recently this standard has been updated to provide consistency of terms with other standards that address hazards and risk. Some of these changes introduced new terms such as arc flash risk assessment to replace arc flash analysis and shock risk assessment to replace…
What is Driving Adoption of High Density Fiber Enclosures?
Real estate is one of the primary reasons that high density fiber enclosures are deployed in the data center. In some parts of the world, real estate is very expensive. One way to save cap ex is to try to use the smallest data center possible. The smaller the data center, the less square area…
Hasn’t Everyone Deployed 10G Ethernet?
The other day I was participating in a conversation with a customer about LAN and SAN speeds greater than 10G. It was a good conversation and the customer had numerous questions about migrating to 40G Ethernet; what is happening with 100G Ethernet, using multiple fibers for Fibre Channel, etc. Toward the end of the conversation…
Practicing Good Fiber Hygiene
There is something lurking about in today’s data centers that is not mentioned in polite company and quite frankly, is ignored. Although it will not go away, one hopes that it will not rise up and wreak havoc, bringing the enterprise to a halt. That’s right . . . bad fiber hygiene! EEEK!