Crónicas de cableado

Finding the keys to success in the MPO datacenter

Mientras las empresas intentan cubrir la creciente demanda del tráfico de IP para apoyar la cantidad de aplicaciones comerciales cada vez mayor, muchas están diseñando sus centros de datos con redes de fibra óptica que admiten conexiones Ethernet de 10 G o 40 G entre servidores, switches y redes de almacenamiento, y conexiones Ethernet de 100 G para conexiones de switching principal y con troncales de enrutamiento.

10 de enero de 2013

LinkWare 7 –A good thing just got a lot better!

What do Albert Einstein and Michael Jordan have in common?  No, they’re not both LinkWare users… They focused on continuously learning and pushing the envelope even though they were already far ahead of everybody else. Just like our engineers who worked tirelessly to rebuild LinkWare from the ground up and make the best even better. Improvements include:

27 de junio de 2012

This one is for the ages! New OTDR redefines enterprise fiber testing.

By now you will have heard about the new OptiFiber Pro OTDR  and that’s a relief for me because I’ve been biting my tongue for a while!  Now that its been announced, let me share my impressions and an overview of what makes the product unique.  I will also include some links to more detailed information.  Take this from a guy that has spent five of the last seven years playing with OTDRs… I’ve used them all.  And this one is going to change everything!

14 de marzo de 2012

Would you fight this speeding ticket? The 10% rule explained.

Ironically my desire to speed in traffic evaporated when I bought a real sports car.  But this story is not about me and my desire to push the limits.  It’s about you.

25 de febrero de 2012

Cloudy days ahead!

Todos están hablando de la nube.  La mayor parte de la charla está sobre cómo está cambiando la manera en que interactuamos con datos y con nuestros dispositivos electrónicos.  Pero lo que queremos saber nosotros en la industria del cableado es cómo la nube puede representar oportunidades de negocios. 

23 de febrero de 2012

Re-upped!

I received my new RCDD certificate, good through the end of 2014, in the mail last week. My reaction was more pensive than the elation I experienced after first passing the exam in 2003.

26 de enero de 2012

Why a Cat 6A Patch Cord Adapter has that funny little “A” next to the 6

If you’ve seen a set of Category 6A  Patch Cord Test Adapters, you may have wondered why the “A” is subscripted.  It has to do with the standards that the adapters support. The little “A” denotes that the adapter meets the ISO/IEC specifications for a patch cord test.

7 de enero de 2012

The worlds most trusted cable tester reaches an imporant milestone

When I was a technician we worried about, bad cable, poorly performing jacks, and doubted our testers. The threat of ongoing callbacks and the risk of large installation re-dos keep contractors up at night. Those that have passed the test of time don’t leave much to chance.  But the contractors I know do make decisions based on trust. And trust is earned over time through a series of trials, tests and demonstration of performance.    

30 de noviembre de 2011