Blog : Smart Connections

Rahul Rathod Sep 24, 2019

The benefits of Switch presentation panels in a cabling infrastructure

In large network infrastructures the use of presentation patch panels mirroring switch ports can be very beneficial. This practice helps protect your valuable active equipment and improves cable management.

Alexandra Nacken Sep 16, 2019

The Hospital of the Future

Fibre To The Office (FTTO) offers a flexible and digital infrastructure enabling you to build the hospital of the future!

Marcel Reifenberg Sep 2, 2019

Powering FTTO while supporting end-user devices and future applications

The Fibre To The Office (FTTO) concept offers many advantages in the area of flexibility, bandwidth and redundancy. However, when planning a network, we need to take far more aspects into account than these. Because today's LAN infrastructures increasingly serve as energy networks connecting an ever-increasing number of compatible devices, planning for efficient and safe power supply is becoming increasingly important.

Andreas Reckers Aug 12, 2019

How will smart buildings help solve the challenges of today and tomorrow?

The convergence of networks that comes with creating intelligent building networks means IT and facilities management teams need to work together in entirely new ways. FTTO can play a key role in meeting that demand, and facilitating the energy saving, efficiency-enhancing innovations of today and tomorrow.

Alexandra Nacken Jul 22, 2019

Smart Grids: rethinking energy distribution for the future

Transitional power systems are designed to support large plants that serve remote consumers via a transmission and distribution system that is essentially one-way. Today’s power grids, however, need to be more flexible and configurable, to accommodate changes, increase efficiency, and become future-ready and more sustainable.