High performance combined with low profile

Draka’s slim line Cat6 communications cable was the solution of choice when specialist contractors Security Services were charged with installing communications cabling in the redevelopment and extension of Abbey Hill School based in Stoke-on-Trent.

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Corning introduces its LANscape® Passive Optical LAN Solution

Already widely used in government, healthcare, higher education and hospitality sectors, Corning Optical Communications’ LANscape® Passive Optical LAN (POL) Solution is an alternative backbone technology that replaces traditional Ethernet network aggregation electronics and copper cables with passive optical splitters and single-mode fibre. It is ideal for buildings or campuses with over 200 network users and where space is at a premium, bringing fibre straight to the desk or...

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Lowering PUEs to save energy

According to data centre consortium Uptime Institute, a typical data centre has an average PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 2.5. This means that for every 2.5W in at the utility meter, only 1W is delivered to the load. Yet the institute estimates that most facilities can achieve a 1.6 PUE using the most efficient equipment and best practice technologies. Here, Adam Spolnik, Director at ICS Cool Energy, looks at how businesses can achieve these lower levels of PUE to reduce energy costs.

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Webinfinity drives change within the enterprise by cutting through the data challenge

Webinfinity has launched a 'ground-breaking' new software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for businesses, which provides employees, partners and customers with a customised content experience through a single user interface, across all enterprise applications.

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Cat 8 standards coming a step closer

2015 predictions from Kevin St Cyr, senior vice president, Enterprise Solutions, CommScope.

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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