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Office & Enterprise

Alexandra Nacken Oct 12, 2020

What will convergence mean for office environments?

Ensuring your cabling concept keeps up with increasing consolidation of systems and protocols. Read more!
Data Centres

Joost Grillaert Sep 28, 2020

The road to 100G in Enterprise Data Centres

Enterprise Data Centres need to prepare for the next technology evolution to accommodate the incessant increase of data generation. 100G is set to become the next speed for the core or spine network. Different variants of protocols for 100G Ethernet are now available using multimode fibre. This post focuses on various options ranging from parallel to duplex transmission.
Office & Enterprise

Marcel Reifenberg Sep 14, 2020

Is your LAN ready for BIoT?

Cabling infrastructure for BIoT needs to support the bandwidth and power requirements of a wide variety of services and devices in different Locations. Learn how you get the most out of it.
Office & Enterprise

Didier Willems Sep 1, 2020

Structured Cabling Standards

Over 30 years ago, network cabling progressed from disparate proprietary systems to standardised universal structured cabling. This common network topology is based on twisted-pair copper and fibre optic cabling. The intention is to enable buildings to be pre-cabled in a way that would support any type of ICT system. In this post we will look at some of the main Standardisation bodies and the cabling standards they have published.
Office & Enterprise

Andreas Reckers Aug 17, 2020

Upgrading LANs the smart way

Previously separate systems and platforms are increasingly converging, and at the same time bandwidth requirements are growing fast, driven by cloud applications, IoT, Wi-Fi 6 and more. This calls for future-ready LANs, capable of supporting several generations of technology. What do you need to bear in mind when (re-) designing or expanding an enterprise or facility network? How might FTTO help solve some of the issues?