Time to rethink cable management

by Brian Mordick
Courtesy of Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine

High-capacity cables are transmitting more data than ever, but selecting an optimized cable-management system is key to making these cables work for your business. As the information technology (IT) age moves well into the new millennium, the amount of data that companies handle is continuously increasing, making it challenging for IT departments to keep cable networks up-to-date, running smoothly, and sufficient for their companies' needs. Many businesses using Category 5e cables are finding their systems overloaded and experiencing major delays.

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Properly labelled cabling helps avoid marking time

by Patrick McLaughlin
Courtesy of Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine

The structured cabling industry has always, in some way, shape, or form, centered on the concept of speed. Most often, the focus is on the speed with which data travels from transmitter to receiver, and the technology at work has taken the industry on a climb from 10 Mbits/sec to today's 10-Gbit/sec transmission capabilities.

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